Cycling: Italian Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha) has tested positive for the blood doping substance EPO. The sample dates back to 2012. A subsequent test confirmed the positive result. Team Katusha described the news as a "complete shock" in a press release. Caruso has been riding for the Russian team since 2010. This year, he competed… read more
Cycling: Just a few days ago, the International Cycling Federation announced that Kazakh Valentin Iglinskiy had tested positive for EPO. Now his older brother, Maxim Iglinskiy, has also been suspended. Maxim Iglinskiy's greatest achievement was his victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2012. That year, he was part of Astana's Tour squad and helped Vincenzo Nibali on his way... read more
Cycling: Only a few hours passed between the nomination for the World Championships and the provisional suspension due to a positive doping test. Italian Matteo Rabottini (Neri Sottoli) tested positive for EPO. On Friday morning, the Italian cycling federation announced the names of 16 riders who will represent the Squadra Azzurra at the World Championships in Ponferrada... read more
Cycling: Italian Riccardo Chiarini (Torpado), who finished fourth in this year's Absa Cape Epic with his partner, Belgian Roel Paulissen, has tested positive for EPO. The Italian (photo right), who won the fifth stage of the world's toughest mountain bike stage race with Paulissen, was tested positive on May 7 during a... read more
