Riccardo Ricco To Face Coni At Month’s End
ROME, July 23, 2008 (AFP) - Disgraced Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco is to be interviewed by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) at the end of the month, Italian news agency Ansa said on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old became one of the major attractions of this year’s Tour de France when he stunned a host of big names to win two stages, just a few weeks after finishing second at the Giro d’Italia.
However, Ricco was arrested ahead of stage 12 on July 17 following a positive test for EPO after the fourth stage time trial at Cholet on July 8.
He subsequently denied taking any banned substances but has been fired by his Saunier-Duval team - whose sponsor on Wednesday withdrew from cycling with immediate effect, due to Ricco’s doping scandal.
Ricco will be interviewed by Coni on July 30, a day after his former Saunier team-mate Leonardo Piepoli is also heard.
Piepoli, who won the Tour’s 10th stage was also sacked by Saunier for infringing the team’s code of ethics.
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