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Papp began racing in 1989. He finished 1st overall at the 2004 Vuelta a Habana del Este and 3rd Overall in the 2002 USCF Criterium Rankings for Elite Men |
Papp began racing in 1989. He finished 1st overall at the 2004 Vuelta a Habana del Este and 3rd Overall in the 2002 USCF Criterium Rankings for Elite Men. Papp led that same ranking in 2003. He was the 2002 NYC Championship and Superweek Stage Winner. Papp competed internationally since 1994 when he first joined the United States National Team. Papp raced across the globe, including in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Chile, Cuba, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Macau, Monaco, Panama, Taiwan, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In 1999, he finished as first American, third overall, at the prestigious [[Univest GP]]. He is the only US male to have placed in the top-10 at the UCI Pan American Continental Championships road race, finishing 8th in 1996 and 2004, and 10th in 2005 as a Discretionary Nominee to the United States National Team. As a result of his doping sanction, however, Papp was disqualified from the results he obtained after mid-2001. |
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Joseph Michael Papp |
| Nickname | "JoePa" / "El Leon de Madruga" |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 148 lb (67 kg) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
Joseph M. Papp (born 25 May, 1975) was an American quasi-professional racing cyclist; was paid to ride some of the time but never had a professional license. He holds dual Irish-USA citizenship, and his Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) license (#USA19750525) affiliates him with the USA Cycling. Throughout his career Papp represented the US National Team, and in 2006 competed for the Italian teams Partizan-Whistle and Team Bianchi-Cinghiale, and Hong Kong-based squad Champion System. From 2001-2005, he rode for various incarnations of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center/America's Cycling Team (UPMC-ACT), in addition to Chilean squad La Polar. From 1994-1996 Papp was a member of the Pittsburgh Power, a team in the National Cycle League[1] owned by former Pittsburgh Steeler Franco Harris, and in 1995 Papp rode with Montgomery-Bell, the team that would evolve into the US Postal Service squad of Lance Armstrong. He is also a widely-read cycling author, writing extensively about his experiences in the pro-am peloton, and was a diarist for the cycling news website cyclingnews.com [1]. Papp has also written training advice columns, product reviews[2],[3], and route guides for biking in Pittsburgh.[4] His work has appeared in print in such publications as VeloNews, Winning Bicycle Racing Illustrated, The Ride Magazine, Bike Culture and Cycling Times.
Cycling Experience
Papp began racing in 1989. He finished 1st overall at the 2004 Vuelta a Habana del Este and 3rd Overall in the 2002 USCF Criterium Rankings for Elite Men. Papp led that same ranking in 2003. He was the 2002 NYC Championship and Superweek Stage Winner. Papp competed internationally since 1994 when he first joined the United States National Team. Papp raced across the globe, including in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Chile, Cuba, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Macau, Monaco, Panama, Taiwan, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In 1999, he finished as first American, third overall, at the prestigious Univest GP. He is the only US male to have placed in the top-10 at the UCI Pan American Continental Championships road race, finishing 8th in 1996 and 2004, and 10th in 2005 as a Discretionary Nominee to the United States National Team. As a result of his doping sanction, however, Papp was disqualified from the results he obtained after mid-2001.
Suspension
Papp served a two-year suspension from competitive cycling after returning a urine sample on May 7, 2006, at the International 42nd Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey that was reported by the World Anti-Doping Agency (“WADA”) accredited Turkish Doping Control Center in Ankara, Turkey as positive for metabolites of testosterone or its precursors (6α-OH-androstenedione 6β-OH-androsterone). He was ineligible to compete in sanctioned cycling events from July 31, 2006 through July 31, 2008. According to the terms of his suspension, Papp was "disqualified from all competitive results obtained on and subsequent to July 1, 2001," despite testing positive only in 2006, and after having signed an agreement with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) that negated only those results obtained after May 6, 2006. Subsequent to testifying in the Landis Affair, in an interview with Dr. Dawn Richardson which was printed in VeloNews[5], Papp admitted to an extensive doping regime that included steroids and EPO. He recounted that in his final race of the season for Team Whistle in Italy, what should have been a routine tumble resulting in nothing more than a bruise and road rash instead almost cost him his life. The combination of EPO and blood thinners led to hospitalization with internal bleeding.
Landis Affair
Papp described in detail how synthetic testosterone helped him to recover during multi-day stage races similar to the Tour de France. He was a witness in the USADA arbitration hearing examining Floyd Landis' positive result for testosterone from the 2006 Tour de France. USADA used his testimony to refute earlier claims made by Landis' attorneys that testosterone couldn't help Landis win the 2006 Tour and that he'd be crazy to use it if he knew he might be tested [6].
"It's such a false statement that it makes me angry," Papp said. "Why am I here? I'm not getting anything out of being here. I have everything to lose from being here."
Papp rebutted both Landis theories — saying it was easy to stay below the threshold of a positive test with the gel and claiming the gel helped him greatly in recovering between stages. He said it was easy to get away with having allowed amounts of testosterone in his system if he timed it right. After leaving doping control, he could simply go to a private place and discreetly rub the gel into his chest.
During the Landis hearing, Papp acknowledged systematically doping under the guidance of medical professionals in the United States, Europe and Latin America. He admitted to using at various times EPO, HGH, cortisone, insulin, thyroid hormone, anabolic steroids and amphetamines. The testimony, while not fundamental to the arbitration panel's decision to uphold Landis's conviction, contradicted the claims of Landis and his legal team. In an interview published in VeloNews: The Journal of Competitive Cycling [7]. Landis asked interviewer Neal Rogers, "Why did they [USADA] bring in Joe Papp? Who the f--k is that guy?"
Leogrande Affair
Papp's exposure to - and knowledge of - doping in cycling was reconfirmed in late-2008 when it was revealed that he provided significant physical evidence, including photos and a hand-written note[8]., in USADA's anti-doping case against Kayle Leogrande. Leogrande was given a two-year suspension, after the panel hearing his case found that Papp's corroborative evidence added weight to the testimony of Suzanne Sonye and Frankie Andreu, while reinforcing Leogrande's own lack of credibility.
Palmares
2006 (all results listed were forefeited)
- 1st Giro di Terra D'Otranto
- 1st GF Pinarello
- 1st KOM competition - GF Max Lelli, Italy
- 1st 2 Stages - International Presidency Tour of Turkey (UCI 2.2)
- 2nd G.F. Città di Ceriale, Italy
- 2nd Stage 2 - Tour of the South China Sea (UCI 2.2)
- 2nd Stage 13 - Vuelta a Cuba (UCI 2.2)
- 2nd Stage 6 - Tour of the South China Sea (UCI 2.2)
- 2nd Stage 5 - International Presidency Tour of Turkey (UCI 2.2)
- 2nd Stage 7 - Tour of the South China Sea (UCI 2.2)
- 2nd Points Classification - Tour of the South China Sea (UCI 2.2)
- 3rd Gran Fondo Valli Parmensi
- 3rd MF Portofino Kulm
- 3rd Stage 10 - Vuelta a Cuba (UCI 2.2)
- 4th G.F. Selle Italia Prestigio, Italy
- 4th Giro Valli dell' Alto Verbano
- 4th Stage 3 - International Presidency Tour of Turkey (UCI 2.2)
- 4th G.F. Umbria Verde, Italy
- 5th Stage 4 - Tour of the South China Sea (UCI 2.2)
- 5th Stage - Vuelta a Cuba (UCI 2.2)
- 5th Points Classification - Vuelta a Cuba (UCI 2.2)
- 6th Stage 2 - Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de São Paulo (UCI 2.2)
- 6th MLK Classic
- 7th GF Michele Bartoli
- 7th 5 Stages - Vuelta a Cuba (UCI 2.2)
- 8th Stage 3 - Tour of the South China Sea (UCI 2.2)
- 8th Stage - Vuelta a Cuba (UCI 2.2)
- 10th G.F. del Lambrusco Ceci, Italy
- 10th Stage - Vuelta a Cuba (UCI 2.2)
- 19th Final General Classification - Vuelta a Cuba (UCI 2.2)
(Papp was disqualified from all competitive results obtained on and subsequent to July 1, 2001.)
Other
Papp has a BA in History (summa cum laude) from the University of Pittsburgh and was a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs and graduate student in Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz School of Public Policy (2000-2001). He has delivered guest lectures at Chatham University on the topics of supplement use by athletes and gene-doping, and is currently pursuing an MBA there. Papp married champion Cuban cyclist Yuliet Rodríguez Jiménez in October 2004, but has been separated from her since December 2006. In his spare time, he enjoys snowboarding, travel, spending time with friends and family and keeping abreast of international affairs.
In the aftermath of his suspension from competition, Papp began speaking publicly about the dangers of doping. In August 2007, he addressed a South Florida high school coaches conference, and has been quoted in Scientific American [9], the Wall Street Journal [10], the International Herald Tribune, and the New York Times.[11] Papp also appeared as a guest on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" radio program[12] and was featured in the June 2008 issue of Outside Magazine.[13] Papp never retired from cycling, and as such he remains a member of the US Anti-Doping Agency's Out-of-Competition (OOC) testing pool. Papp must submit quarterly Athlete Location Forms (ALF) that list his physical whereabouts should USADA wish to subject him to a surprise doping control. Papp is also a member of UCI’s Whereabouts Testing Pool, and had no "Missed Tests" declared against him during the period in which he was ineligible to compete.
See also
References
- ^ "The Lost League". bikeforums.com.
{{cite news}}: Text "retrieved May 16, 2008" ignored (help) - ^ "The Next Level DVD". Trifuel.com.
{{cite news}}: Text "retrieved May 16, 2008" ignored (help) - ^ "The Next Level DVD: Strength Training for Endurance Athletes". Bike Culture Magazine.
{{cite news}}: Text "retrieved May 16, 2008" ignored (help) - ^ "Weekend Wheeling in Pittsburgh - Hills for the Best". GORP.com.
{{cite news}}: Text "retrieved May 16, 2008" ignored (help) - ^ "Ask the Doctor: The medical risks of doping". VeloNews.com. August 23, 2007.
- ^ "Papp admits taking drugs, Landis set to testify". Reuters. May 18, 2007.
- ^ "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood: Landis lashes out". Neal Rogers, Inside Communications. January 21, 2008.
- ^ "USADA vs. Kayle Leogrande Decision" (PDF).
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|retrieved=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "The Doping Dilemma". Scientific American. April 2008.
- ^ "Barry Bonds and the Egg". The Wall Street Journal. August 2, 2007.
- ^ "The Puzzle of the Teflon Peloton". The New York Times. July 23, 2007.
- ^ "Talk of the Nation". National Public Radio. October 7, 2007.
- ^ "Vanishing Point". Outside Magazine. June 2008.
