Retired professional cyclist Jesper Skibby admitted to using the performance enhancing drug EPO while riding for the TVM team during the 1990’s. The admission came as Skibby spoke to Danish news paper Extra Bladet at the launch of his autobiography appropriately titled Let me Explain. Skibby, now in his forties, says he first started doping in 1991, when he used cortisone during the Ruta del Sol. He later moved on to EPO in 1993, usually injecting himself once per day. According to Wikipedia, Skibby says that he continued to dope for more than ten years. While Skibby declined to say who supplied him with the drugs, he did say that he came forward with the information in the hopes that “young people don’t make the same mistake I made.”

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Team CSC this week announced the launch of one of the most comprehensive anti-doping programs in professional cycling. Joining forces with Department-Z (no relation to Dave-Z) at Bispebjerg Hospital in Denmark, CSC (starting next month) will run its team through nearly 800 tests, many of which will be done during Out-of-Competition periods. No word yet though on what sort of tests they will be running. The move comes as cycling wraps up a tough year in which there was sometime more news about doping than racing. CSC says the move is designed to protect rider health, but whether intended or not, it may also help to protect the sport from some of the scandals that overshadowed the past season.

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