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• Investigation Reveals Ricco Self-Transfusion
  September 5th, 2011
  

  ROME, Sept 5, 2011 (AFP) – An investigation into banned Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco concluded that he did perform a blood transfusion on himself, the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper reported [...]

• Ballan and Cunego Called Before CONI Over Doping
  August 2nd, 2011
  

  ROME, Aug 2, 2011 (AFP) – Former Tour of Italy winner Damiano Cunego and former world champion Alessandro Ballan have been called before the Italian Olympic Committee’s (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor. [...]

• Ricco Suspended By Italian Olympic Committee
  June 10th, 2011
  

  ROME, June 10, 2011 (AFP) – Controversial Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco was on Friday suspended by his country’s national Olympic committee’s (CONI) anti-doping body, a source said. The ban applies [...]

• Ricco Doping Gets Him Fired Again
  February 19th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Feb 19, 2011 – Disgraced Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco was sacked by his Vacansoleil team on Saturday for breaking team regulations, according to a statement released by the Dutch [...]

• WADA Chief Laments Ricco Affair “Tragic”
  February 10th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Feb 10, 2011 (AFP) – World Anti-Doping Agency president John Fahey has described as “tragic” the case of Riccardo Ricco, the Italian rider taken to hospital after a self-administered [...]

• Is Ricco At It Again
  February 8th, 2011
  

  ROME, Feb 8, 2011 – The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has opened an investigation into Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco, who was hospitalized after being taken ill during training on Sunday, [...]

• Italian Cycling Family Get Doping Bans
  February 8th, 2011
  

  ROME, Feb 8, 2011 – Italian cyclist Lorenzo Bernucci, a former team-mate of ace sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, was slapped with a five year ban on Tuesday by the Italian Olympic [...]

• Caucchioli First Rider To Challenge The Biological Passport To CAS
  October 26th, 2010
  

  Italian cyclist Pietro Caucchioli, suspended for two years for a doping positive, will be the first cyclist to challenge the biological passport before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), [...]

• Di Luca Doping Ban Gets Reduced For Talking
  October 15th, 2010
  

  ROME, Oct 15, 2010 (AFP) – Disgraced Italian Danilo Di Luca is set to return to competition in January 2011 after an anti-doping tribunal at the Italian Olympic Commitee (CONI) [...]

• CAS Cuts Record 20-Year Doping Ban On Italian
  August 17th, 2010
  

  GENEVA, Aug 17, 2010 (AFP) – International sport’s top court on Tuesday cut a record 20 year doping ban imposed on Italian cyclist Gianni Da Ros, reducing it to four [...]

• Caucchioli Suspended Two Years
  June 3rd, 2010
  

  Italian, Pietro Caucchioli, convicted of doping from abnormalities found in his biological passport was suspended for two years by the National Anti-Doping Tribunal of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI). Caucchioli, [...]

• Pellizotti Called Before Coni For Doping
  May 4th, 2010
  

  ROME, May 4, 2010 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Franco Pellizotti was on Tuesday called before the Italian Olympic Committee’s (Coni) anti-doping prosecutor to explain anomalies in his biological passport. The [...]

• Bosisio Gets Two-Year Doping Ban From Coni
  April 28th, 2010
  

  ROME, April 28, 2010 – Italian Gabriele Bosisio was on Wednesday hit with a two-year doping ban by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) after testing positive for the banned blood-booster [...]

• Disgraced Di Luca Handed Handed Fine And Two-Year Ban
  February 1st, 2010
  

  ROME, Feb 1, 2010 (AFP) – Italian Danilo Di Luca was handed a two-year doping ban and a hefty fine by the Italian Olympic Commitee (CONI) on Monday. Di Luca, [...]

• Prosecutor Asks For Three-Year Doping Ban For Di Luca
  December 17th, 2009
  

  Italy’s anti-doping prosecutor on Thursday asked the Italian Olympic Committee’s anti-doping tribunal to hit former Tour of Italy winner Danilo Di Luca with a three-year ban. Di Luca tested positive [...]

• Bosisio Pleads Innocence In Doping Case
  November 23rd, 2009
  

  ROME, Nov 23, 2009 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Gabriele Bosisio pleaded his innocence at a hearing with the Italian Olympic Committee’s Anti-doping prosecutor on Monday. The 29-year-old LPR rider was [...]

• Season Over For Embattled Vuelta Champion Valverde
  October 5th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Oct 3, 2009 (AFP) – Tour of Spain champion Alejandro Valverde has brought his season to a premature end admitting he needs rest before beginning to plan his race [...]

• Italian Cyclist Cucinotta Suspended For Doping
  September 11th, 2009
  

  ROME, Sept 11, 2009 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Annalisa Cucinotta was suspended for two years for doping by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Friday. Track cyclist Cucinotta, 23, tested [...]

• No Tour de France For Valverde
  June 23rd, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 23, 2009 (AFP) – Controversial Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde will not take part in this year’s Tour de France, his Caisse d’Epargne team announced on Tuesday. His absence [...]

• Valverde Appeals To CAS Over Doping Ban
  June 19th, 2009
  

  GENEVA, June 19, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde has appealed against a doping ban imposed by Italian authorities last month, world sport’s top court said on Friday. The [...]

• Valverde Facing Down The Barrell Of Two Year UCI Ban
  June 10th, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 10, 2009 (AFP) – Alejandro Valverde faces a worldwide two-year doping ban if cycling’s world ruling body the UCI acts upon vital evidence, which has still be received [...]

• Alejandro Valverde Fighting His Italian Doping Ban
  May 26th, 2009
  

  Spain’s Alejandro Valverde said Tuesday he has filed a court complaint for “irregular conduct” against the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as part of his [...]

• Valverde Rails At ‘Injustice’ After Catalonia Win
  May 24th, 2009
  

  MADRID, May 24, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s Alejandro Valverde vowed to put his doping worries behind him after winning the 89th edition of the Tour of Catalonia on Sunday. The [...]

• ‘Thanks, but no thanks’, Danes tell Valverde
  May 14th, 2009
  

  COPENHAGEN, May 14, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde, who has been banned from racing in Italy after being implicated in the Operation Puerto doping scandal, was on Thursday [...]

• Valverde Banned From Racing In Italy For Two Years
  May 11th, 2009
  

  ROME, May 11, 2009 (AFP) – T- The anti-doping tribunal of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) on Monday suspended Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde from competing on Italian soil for two [...]

• Valverde To Take Legal Action Against CONI Prosecutor
  May 6th, 2009
  

  MADRID, May 6, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde announced on Wednesday that he is bringing a lawsuit against Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri. “Mr Torri [...]

• Coni Confirm Rebellin’s Positive Dope Test
  April 29th, 2009
  

  ROME, April 29, 2009 (AFP) – The Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday confirmed that cyclist Davide Rebellin was under investigation for doping due to a positive test returned at [...]

• Spanish Judge Blocks Release Of Valverde Samples From Doping Affair
  April 18th, 2009
  

  MADRID, April 18, 2009 (AFP) – The Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) said Saturday a judge has again refused to hand over blood samples that could prove whether Spanish rider Alejandro [...]

• Italian Prosecutor Demanding Two-Year Ban For Valverde
  April 1st, 2009
  

  ROME, April 1, 2009 (AFP) – Italian National Olympic Committee (Coni) anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri on Wednesday called for Alejandro Valverde, embroiled in a Spanish blood doping probe, to be [...]

• Operation Puerto – Blood Sample Is Valverde’s, Say CONI
  February 19th, 2009
  

  by Barnaby Chesterman ROME, Feb 19, 2009 (AFP) – Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri said on Thursday that a blood sample found in the laboratory central to [...]

• Coni Describes Spanish Court’s Valverde Objections As “Groundless”
  February 18th, 2009
  

  ROME, Feb 18, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde’s appearance before the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) to face doping charges has been kept for Thursday after describing a Spanish [...]

• CONI Summons Alejandro Valverde On Doping Suspicions
  February 11th, 2009
  

  The Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday summoned Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde to face charges of doping or attempting to dope in relation to the infamous ‘Operation Puerto’ affair. The [...]

• Emanuele Sella Admits Doping At CONI Hearing
  August 8th, 2008
  

  ROME, Aug 8, 2008 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Emanuele Sella admitted to taking the banned blood booster EPO at an Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) hearing here on Friday. After the [...]

• Coni Bans Bastianelli and Sella From All Competitions
  August 7th, 2008
  

  ROMA, Aug 7, 2008 (AFP) – Italian cyclists Marta Bastianelli and Emanuele Sella, who have both recently failed drugs tests, were banned from all competitions by the Italian Olympic Committee [...]

• Riccardo Ricco Suspended by Coni
  July 31st, 2008
  

  ROME, July 31, 2008 (AFP) – Disgraced Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco was on Thursday suspended by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) anti-doping tribunal after admitting to using the banned blood-booster [...]

• Leonardo Piepoli Denies Doping At Coni Hearing
  July 31st, 2008
  

  ROME, July 31, 2008 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Leonardo Piepoli said he had “denied everything” following his doping hearing with the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Thursday. Piepoli was heard [...]

• Riccardo Ricco Mans Up And Admits To Using EPO
  July 30th, 2008
  

  ROME, July 30, 2008 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco admitted to using banned blood booster EPO when interviewed by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday about his positive [...]

• Marta Bastianelli To Face Coni On August 5
  July 30th, 2008
  

  ROME, July 30, 2008 (AFP) – World champion cyclist Marta Bastianelli is to face an Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) hearing on August 5 after failing a dope test this month. [...]

• World Champion Italian Cyclist Marta Bastianelli Tests Positive For Banned Substance
  July 28th, 2008
  

  ROME, July 28, 2008 (AFP) – World champion road cyclist Marta Bastianelli blamed her local chemist after testing positive for a banned stimulant, as reported by Italian news agency Ansa [...]

• Riccardo Ricco To Face Coni At Month’s End
  July 23rd, 2008
  

  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 [...]

• Italy’s Eddy Mazzoleni ‘Oil for Drug’ Affair BAN – Two Years
  April 8th, 2008
  

  ROME, April 8, 2008 (AFP) – Eddy Mazzoleni, third in last year’s Tour of Italy (Giro d’Italia), has been handed a two-year ban by the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) for [...]