The world’s leading authority on the detection of banned performance-enhancing drug EPO in blood says a particularly low level of the substance is explicable only by renal damage or doping — a conclusion that raises fresh doubts over historic alleged doping by a current staff member at Team Sky. As The Mail on Sunday reported last week, court documents in France show that an expert at a 2001 criminal trial concluded from a blood sample taken from a Dutch rider, Servais Knaven, that he had taken artificial EPO. The toxicology reports that led to testimony that Knaven had taken EPO were compiled by two doctors whose evidence was challenged in court, but the court ruled it was good evidence.The Mail on Sunday revealed French court documents show an expert at a 2001 criminal trial found Dutch rider, Servais Knaven, took artificial EPOKnaven has been held the role of ‘directeur sportif’ at Team Sky since 2011His employment comes in spite of Team Sky's 'zero tolerance' policyTeam Sky's unnamed experts exonerated Knaven of any wrongdoingEPO expert Robin Parisotto told the MoS: ‘The only known causes of such a low EPO level in blood [0.7] is either due to significant renal damage ... or the current and previous administration of recombinant [banned] EPO’Team Sky said the new medical opinion doesn't change their position on Knaven, who maintains his innocence and is a valued member of Team Sky
No 3: A summary of an interview, quoting Knaven’s own words, following a police interview on 3 Dec 1998, signed by _ to show it is an authentic and accurate representation of what he had said in that interview.