CERA's shadow casts doubt

Riccardo Riccò kicked off the CERA circus during this year's Tour

Riccardo Riccò kicked off the CERA circus during this year's Tour (Image credit: AFP)

This year's Tour de France was almost certainly not the first time CERA has been used. Cyclingnews' Shane Stokes finds out that this latest generation of EPO may have been influencing results in major events for at least a year before le Tour 2008.