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THE COBRA // The Rise and Collapse of the Infamous Riccardo Ricco

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Riccardo Ricco was a promising Italian talent, winning mountain stages with ease and was set to become a superstar- and then it fell apart. We look at Ricco's doping, his personality, and the inability to ever change.

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20 Comments

@JG2525-x3y 9 months ago

So Giannetti was masterminding the doping for Ricco in 2007 and now he is working for UAE 18 years later? This is the shit that makes the public question Tadej Pogocars dominance now.

@213tpg 9 months ago (edited)

I raced against him as an amateur. My team mates told me Ricco had already tested over 50% RBC as a junior.

@AlonsoRules 9 months ago

Don't forget Bernard Kohl and Stefan Schumacher

@montanajones8393 9 months ago

Ricco & Danilo Di Luca must have gone to the same school... They both talk the same talk.

@MachuDidgeridoo 9 months ago

Dude, this channel is good. You deserve more followers

@Omeiden 9 months ago

Can we as viewers do something? maybe help spread the word about this magical channel? criminally underrated. I LOVE the unpolished nature of these videos!

@kennykaniff 9 months ago

As soon as I saw the thumbnail I started the video and came to the comment section IN HOPES you were going to make the connection from Saunier - Duval to UAE and Gianetti in specific but I'm at 2:32 and can see you didn't disappoint. I'm curious how far you go with this tho. Looking at the title of the video I'm pretty sure you won't be discussing Saunier - Duval or Gianetti in present tense. I can't wait to see how detailed you get woth this. Knowing you and your work I'm confident you'll do a great job
Gianetti has a nickname in sone circles and we call him "Dracula Gianetti" because of his blood bag fiasco😂
I HYPED the video for you
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@markdeane8385 9 months ago

He should have just done zone 2 and 140g of carbs...😂

@Peroriperora 5 months ago

Once a doper always a doper. Once caught, you’re banned for life. And significant prison time (5+ years) for you and the ones who sold you the products. End of story.

@DaisyJ5241 9 months ago

quite the whiplash in tone and substance from this to Wout Poels 4 wins. Great channel.

@abedfo88 9 months ago

Man what a time it was to be alive, i used to come home from college and turn on Tirreno Adriatico to see what madness Ricco was up to.

This guy was the Gianetti prototype for Pogacar.

@cpk313 9 months ago

Now Gianetti is helping Pog and the rest of UAE dominate 8^. It will be interesting to see how Juan does at Trek.....

@Forested-4000 9 months ago

Wow…glad I found this channel

@kennykaniff 9 months ago

One thing I remember about Ricco is how many times he made headlines for doping or connections to doping
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@twl1979 9 months ago

UCI bans johan b but celebrates Giannetti…..hummmmmm

@MrBoombastlick 9 months ago

This was great, thanks! This really brought me back...

@Drinimartini 9 months ago

Each new video from your channel is like Christmas Day. I share your videos with friends, hoping you continue to grow. Thank you so much!!!

@jan-willemdeclercq5977 9 months ago

What a conclusion 👏 cheers to you mate!

@Mikadobiscuits 9 months ago

Another excellent documentary, thank you

@NomadAttorney 9 months ago

Johnny Hoogerland makes an appearance! My boy. Loved that guy. Will never forget the TDF incident with the barbed wire fence and car. Was it Voigt who crashed with him?