11.   Spiegel said Telekom riders used EPO, steroids and growth hormones, provided and administered by the various support staff on the team.

12.   Tests are an indication that the riders may be using the banned endurance-boosting hormone, EPO.

13.   The blitz was part of a race-wide investigation into allegations that riders were using banned performance-enhancing substances.

14.   Tests are an indication the riders might be using the banned endurance-boosting hormone EPO.

15.   The Tour de Suisse is traditionally used by riders as a warm-up for the Tour de France, which starts later this month.

16.   According to Boyon, far too many riders had been using medicines which have been prescribed by doctors but which are classed as doping products by several sports bodies.