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Article: Cyc: Zabel ready to return 1996 green jersey
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
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- July 15, 2007
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AAP Sports News (Australia)
07-15-2007
Cyc: Zabel ready to return 1996 green jersey
BERLIN, July 15 Reuters - Germany's Erik Zabel, who in May admitted he used the banned
substance erythropoietin (EPO) in 1996, said he was willing to give back the green jersey
he won as the Tour de France's best sprinter that year.
Zabel told Bild am Sonntag newspaper that he could understand calls from Tour organisers
for him to return the jersey, which is hanging on a wall at his home.
"I was expecting that because Bjarne Riis's Tour victory ...