Italian Di Luca fails doping test

Giro d’Italia runner-up Danilo Di Luca has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned blood booster Cera.

The 33-year-old LPR rider won two stages in this year’s Tour of Italy and wore the pink jersey as race leader.

“The decision was made in response to a report to blood samples collected during the Giro on 20 and 28 May 2009,” said the International Cycling Union.

The 2007 Giro winner faces a two-year ban if his B sample returns positive.

Di Luca served a three-month suspension in late 2007 after the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) found him guilty of frequenting a doctor accused of supplying doping products to athletes.

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8163587.stm

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