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Riccardo Ricco Suspended by Coni
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 EPO.
Ricco has kicked off the Tour de France, and subsequently sacked by his
Saunier-Duval team, after testing positive following the fourth stage
time-trial.
He [...]
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- Basso: Suspension was ‘best thing’ to happen to him
January 17th, 2008Basso: Suspension was ‘best thing’ to happen to him
By Agence France Presse
Filed: January 17, 2008
Disgraced former Giro d’Italia champion Ivan Basso said Thursday that his two-year doping suspension was the best thing to happen to him.
Basso was tipped to win the 2006 Tour de France, shortly after cruising to victory in the Giro, but he [...] - Danilo Di Luca to appeal his three-month suspension
December 16th, 2007The 2007Giro d’Italia winner, Danilo Di Luca has appealed his three-month suspension in the Oil for Drugs investigation. The 31 year old Italian from Abruzzo, is accused of using the services of Doctor Carlo Santuccione, has appealed the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) Disciplinary Commission’s decision last October to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) [...]
