Italian rider Fabio Mazzucco faces four-year ban for EPO positive
Mg.K Vis-Colors for Peace rider tested pꦅositive in out-of-competition test on January 18

Italian Continental rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Mazzucco faces a four-year suspension from racing🌠 after testing pౠositive for EPO in an out-of-competition test.
The 23-year-old returned an adv📖erse analytical finding for t✤he red blood cell booster in a test conducted on January 18, over a month before Mazzucco made his season debut at the GP Civitanova Marche in early March.
EPO positive cases are now rare due to the introduction of a test for t♎he drug. However Continental teams are not required to be part of the UCI's Athlete Biological Passport programme that m🌼onitors blood values over time and can spot anomalies and EPO use.
Mazzucco, who signed for Mg.K Vis-Colors for Peace this season, went on to compete at the Per Sempre Alfredo and GP Industria e Artigianato one-day races (both DNFs) as well as the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Settimana Coppi e Bartali stage race (108th overall) while awaitﷺing the results of his B-sampl𝓀e.
He's currently provisionally suspended from competition according to a document💝 updated by the UCI last week and is now set for a four-year competition ban under the WADA Code.
Mazzucco, who hails from Este near Padova in north-east Italy, turned pro in 2020 with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè, racing꧒ for three years with the ProTeam before making the step down to Continental level this year.
Riding for Mg.K Vis, he was a breakaway stage winner at the 2019 U23 Giro d'Italia on the white gravel ro𝄹ads of Tuscany and went on to make his debut at the Italian Grand Tour the following year, riding in the breakaway on stage 11🅘.
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Mazzucco endur🐼ed a challenging 2022 season, only completing 24 race days for Bardiani ౠafter he was forced to take five months off racing through the summer due to physical problems.
Last💃 November he moved back to Tuscan squad Mg.K Vis but is ♓now facing a much longer layoff from the sport.

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