Cycling: Tour stage winner Astarloza tests positive for EPO
Associated Press
AIGLE, Switzerland — The International Cycling Union has suspended Tour de France stage winner Mikel Astarloza for doping.
The 29-year Spaniard tested positive for the endurance-booster EPO in an out-of-competition control on June 26, eight days before the Tour began.
The UCI says Friday it has provisionally banned Astarloza from racing until the Spanish cycling federation can hold a disciplinary hearing. He rides for the Euskaltel-Euskadi team.
The federation can disqualify any of Astarloza's results after June 26. He won the 16th stage of the Tour on July 21.
