Check out the scoop over at Velonews.
Bjarne Riis, winner of the 1996 Tour de France, admitted Friday that he had taken the banned blood-boosting drug EPO while competing for the German team Telekom.
“I have taken banned substances, I have taken EPO. I bought it and took it myself,” he said, Riis said at a press conference, adding that team doctors bore no responsibility for his actions.
“It is ultimately the cyclists themselves who must take responsibility,” he said.
Riis said he took EPO from 1993 until 1998, including the 1996 season when he won the Tour de France.
Asked if he was a worthy Tour de France winner, Riis replied: “No, I am not.”
