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Ricco Positive for EPO and Team Withdraws from Tour

epochtimes.com

Jul 17, 2008

Story Timeline: 88 days

LAVELANET, France—Italian rider Riccardo Ricco has tested positive for the banned blood-boosting drug EPO on this year's Tour de France, the French anti-doping agency (AFLD) said on Thursday. The 24-year-old from the Saunier Duval team, who has won two stages in this year's race, becomes the third rider to test positive for EPO (erythropoietin) on the 2008 Tour after Spaniards Manuel Beltran and Moises Duenas Nevado. "It's for the same product as the other two," AFLD president Pierre Bordry told Reuters. Ricco tested positive after the fourth stage, an individual time trial in Cholet last week, Bordry added. The Saunier Duval team has now withdrawn from... [read full story]

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