"Polish top two in Under-23 race provisionally suspended
Polish brothers Pawel and Kacper Szczepaniak, who finished first and second in this year's under 23 cyclo-cross World Championship, have returned positive results for EPO, in controls carried out at the event which took place in Tabor, Czech Republic in January."
"Former LPR Brakes rider to front TNA hearing in April
The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has requested a two-year ban for former LPR Brakes rider Gabriele Bosisio, who will face the Italian Anti-doping Tribunal (TNA) next month.
Bosisio, 29, tested positive for EPO in an out-of-competition test conducted on September 2, 2009. The test was a targeted control, carried out by the International Cycling Union (UCI), which had detected irregularities in his biological passport blood profile."
In a landmark case, UK Anti-Doping announced that rugby league player Terry Newton has accepted a two-year suspension after testing positive for hGH in an out-of-competition control carried out on November 24, 2009 . This is the first time an athlete has been sanctioned for hGH use.
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced the provisional suspension of De Rosa-Stac Plastic rider Eddy Ratti after he returned positive test results for EPO.
The 32 year-old Italian tested positive for the illegal blood booster in an out-of-competition urine test conducted on January 21. The sample was analysed at the World Anti-Doping Agency's approved laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The UCI announced that Ratti's test had been carried out as part of his profile for the biological passport programme."
Riccardo Riccò's girlfriend has denied taking the banned blood-boosting drug EPO CERA, revealing she breast fed her baby boy just before undergoing the anti-doping test on January 10 that showed the positive test.
The Italian Olympic Committee announced on Friday that Vania Rossi failed a test for EPO CERA after she finished second at the Italian national cyclo-cross championships. Ricco tested positive for the same drug at the 2008 Tour de France.
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