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Tour de France stage 16 winner Mikel Astarloza tests positive for doping

July
31

AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) — 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.

This should give Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux the stage win and other fin for a Frenchman.

AP Photo pf Astarloza after the stage 16 win, which he an now kiss goodbye.

This entry was posted on Friday, July 31st, 2009 at 11:36 AM by Randall Wolf. Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

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Randall Wolf Randall Wolf is Director of Photography at The Journal News/LoHud.com, and has ridden more than 80,000 miles on a bike during the past 35 years. Some of these miles include a three-week touring trip from Suburban Philadelphia to Nova Scotia and back at age 16 and a few years later a solo two-week trip to Montreal. In 1985, he photographed the first U.S.-based team in the Vuelta a Espana, a three-week professional cycling race throughout Spain. He has participated in professional teams and races throughout the U.S. including the national championship in Philadelphia, and Tour of Georgia. In the mid-90s he competed as an amateur racer throughout the Northeast. Bike commuting was his choice of transportation while working in Baltimore and Toronto. He is a ride leader and member of the Westchester Cycling Club and Rockland Bike Club, and lives in Garrison with his wife.
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Robert Brum Robert Brum, an assistant metro editor for The Journal News/LoHud.com and The Rockland Express, grew up cycling the roads of Rockland County. He now lives in Queens and rides with the Long Island Bicycle Club. Brum logs between 2,000 and 3,000 miles a year cycling throughout the Northeast.
David Schloss David Schloss is the co-founder and president of the Rockland Bicycling Club. A lifelong cyclist and self-described bicycling addict, Schloss is also a professional writer, photographer and educator, he is also the director of a group that supports photographers, which allows him to travel the globe, sneaking in rides.
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