Cyclist Piepoli receives 2-year ban for doping

Posted: 01.26.2009 at 8:48 AM

ROME (AP) -- Italian cyclist Leonardo Piepoli has been banned for two years after testing positive for doping at last year's Tour de France.

The Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping tribunal said in a statement Monday the ban takes effect immediately and ends on Jan. 25, 2011.

Piepoli failed tests on July 4 and July 15 for CERA, an advanced version of the blood-boosting hormone EPO.

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