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PARIS -- A French inquiry into sports doping has uncovered proof that 1998 Tour de France champion Marco Pantani and runner-up Jan Ullrich used a banned blood booster to fuel their performances. Frances senate, after a five-month investigation focused on fighting sports doping, released a report Wednesday that confirms what many riders have long said: use of the banned substance EPO was rife in cycling in the late 1990s, before a test for the drug had been developed. Pantani was suspended in 1999 from the Giro after failing a random blood test, and his career was damaged by several doping investigations. He died in 2004 at 34 of an accidental drug overdose. Ullrich, the 1997 Tour winner, has admitted to blood doping and last year was stripped of his third-place finish in the 2005 Tour. The 1998 Tour de France was notable for the major scandal that emerged with the discovery of widespread doping on the French Festina team. The subsequent police crackdown led to seven of the original 21 teams either withdrawing or being ejected from the Tour. Other star riders whose positive doping tests were disclosed by the senate report Wednesday include double stage winner Mario Cipollini of Italy and Laurent Jalabert of France. Kevin Livingston, an American who finished 17th in that years Tour, also tested positive for EPO, according to documents included in the senate report. Third-place finisher, American Bobby Julich, last year admitted to his own EPO use during the 1998 Tour. In 1999, Lance Armstrong won the first of his seven straight titles, which he was stripped of this year after admitting to using banned substances for all of those victories. Senators took pains to point out that the 1998 Tour de France disclosures represented only a few pages of the 800-page report released Wednesday, which mainly focused on establishing the size of the sports doping problem and identifying ways of improving anti-doping measures. The senate inquiry heard from 138 athletes, drug testers and officials from 18 sports, including rugby and soccer. The report comprises 60 proposals for improving anti-doping measures, including establishing "truth and reconciliation commissions" within each sport; making sure that all sporting events taking place in France fall under the watch of French anti-doping authorities; and testing for a wider range of illicit substances. Senators also propose taking disciplinary power away from sports federations and giving it to the French anti-doping body AFLD. The positive tests disclosed in the senate report were uncovered via retrospective testing in 2004 and 2005, by French anti-doping authorities seeking to perfect their test for EPO. The results had since been stored without the identities of the riders being released. Senator Jean-Jacques Lozach, one of the reports authors, said retrospective testing is one of the ways authorities can stay ahead of cheating riders. "Given the performance of Chris Froome, the winner of the 2013 Tour de France, there were doubts expressed and suspicions raised. In light of todays controls these suspicions are not legitimate or justified," Lozach said. "Who knows if in three or five years these doubts wont be justified or legitimized by retrospective controls." Brian Cookson, the head of British Cycling who is challenging Pat McQuaid for the presidency of the sports governing body UCI in September elections, called the senate report "a terrible indictment of the people responsible, and those with the most responsibility for the culture within the sport are the UCI." In a statement, Cookson pledged to implement a fully independent investigation into doping in cycling. "We owe it to those who chose to ride dope-free and to the fans to understand the mistakes of the past and make sure they are not repeated," Cookson said. Another former French pro whose positive doping test emerged Wednesday said senators risked tarring a cleaner new generation of cyclists with the disclosure of 15-year-old doping revelations. "Im thinking of Thibaut Pinot, who finished 10th in the Tour at 22, or Romain Bardet," said Jacky Durand, winner of one stage of the 1998 Tour as well as the prize for most combative rider. 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Clippards deal Monday means all eight Nationals players who filed for arbitration wound up settling before a hearing.PARIS -- Monaco is shaping up as a French title contender after dispatching Montpellier 6-2 on Friday night, with Radamel Falcao celebrating his return from injury with a goal.The win moved Monaco up to second place, one point behind Nice ahead of this weekends games, and took Monacos goal tally to 29 goals in 10 games so far.Falcao started his first game since sustaining a concussion against French league rival Nice on Sept. 21, and leveled for Monaco from the penalty spot in the 36th minute after midfielder Ryad Boudebouz had opened the scoring for the visitors with an early free kick.But the star of the night for Monaco was 17-year-old forward Kylian Mbappe, who won the penalty from which Falcao scored and expertly headed a goal of his own shortly after the break before setting up another for striker Valere Germain in the 74th.ddddddddddddIt was only Mbappes second start of the season but the players outstanding ability will make it difficult to leave him out of the side. He was Frances best player when it won the under-19s European Championship last summer, scoring five goals.Monacos other goals came in the second half from Brazilian defender Jemerson and midfielders Thomas Lemar and Adama Traore.Boudebouz got Montpelliers other goal from the penalty spot to make it 2-2 in the 61st.Nice travels to Metz on Sunday while defending champion Paris Saint-Germain hosts bitter rival Marseille, needing a win to move level with Monaco. ' ' '