Breaking: Ciprelli charged with trafficking EPO

French sports news website L'Equipe reported yesterday that Patrice Ciprelli, husband of 59-time French National Champion Jeannie Longo, has confessed to purchasing the banned blood-booster EPO in 2010 and 2011. Ciprelli was arrested during a police raid on the couple's home on the 8th of February. Evidence was  presented on Friday to a judge and the decision has now been taken to charge him with trafficking the drug