Dr Michele Ferrari is back in hot water once more, as the Italian doctor is now facing a trial in Bolzano, Italy for allegedly helping Italian biathlete Daniel Taschler to dope.

This case, which will be held in early 2016, will ironically mark 10 years since he managed to clear his name in a Bologna trial that accused him of helping riders to dope.

Ferrari is facing trial after allegedly giving advice to Taschler on how to take EPO during the 2010-2011 winter season. Gottlieb Taschler — a vice president of the international federation and Daniel Taschler’s father is also facing trial after putting his son in touch with Dr. Ferrari. Both have denied any wrong doing.

Ferrari was also a casualty in the 2012 USADA Reasoned Decision that saw Lance Armstrong, Ferrari’s most famous client, lose his seven Tour de France titles. USADA banned Ferrari for life. Ferrari was also banned for life by the Italian Cycling Federation in 2002 but has recently appealed to a regional court to have the ban lifted because of a WADA rule change. He claims the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) failed to properly notify him of his ban. 

Ferrari still runs a coaching business but recently claimed he had retired from coaching professional athletes when speaking to Italian journalist Marco Bonarrigo of the Corriere della Sera newspaper.

“I’ve retired and I’m not interested in coaching anymore," he told Bonarrigo. "They still go fast, even without me: you saw the Tour de France didn’t you?”