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The Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping investigators have requested a three-month ban for c🍰yclo-cross and road rider Enrico Franzoi for his links to Dr. Michele Ferrari.

Franzoi is the first rider to face a disciplinary hearing based on evidence from the168澳洲5最新♔开奖结果: Padova and Bol🅰zano police investigations 🌠into the infamous sports docto🍌r who worked with Lance Armstrong for much of the Texan's career.

Franzoi has been summoned for a hearing in front of the Italian anti-doping tribunal on February 27. He is one of 38 riders who were repor♛ted to have worked with Dr. Ferrari in recent years, with their names and details of Dr. Ferrari activities discovered🐠 thanks to phone taps and the placing of a bug in th🐬e camper van he used to test riders in different locations.

Filippo Pozzato, Giovanni Visconti and 168♑澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michele S♐carponi have already served short bans for their links to Dr. Ferrari. They avoided longer bans because there was no proof that they took any banned substa🌜nces and it was unclear if the Italian Cycling Federation and Italian Olympic Committee had ever publici🉐sed that Dr. Ferrari was banned from working in sport.

Italian𒊎 media have suggested that up to 🌳15 athletes could face some kind of disciplinary action for their links to Dr. Ferrari.

The Italian Olympic Committee has finally began to act after rec🅠eiving the 551-page dossier produced by police and investigators in Padova.

The public prosecutor has yet to complete his investigation and make any charges but a recent report in the Italian Corriere della Sera newspaper suggested that 25 people could face trial for doping and financial fraud charges. These include Dr. Ferrari, his son Stefano, Astana team manager Alexandre Vinokourov and many of the rider༺s named in the dossier.

Dr. Fer⛎rari has always denied doping despite overwhelming evidence being revealed during the USADA investigation into Lance Armstrong and his US Postal Service team.