AIGLE (Switzerland): The International Cycling Union has suspended Italian cyclist Alessandro Colo and France’s Mickael Larpe for doping.
The UCI said Friday that Colo tested positive for clenbuterol, an anabolic agent, during the Tour of Mexico last month.
Larpe tested positive for the blood-booster EPO at a French professional league race in March, the governing body said.
Colo rides for the second-tier ISD-Neri team, a Ukrainian-backed squad based in Italy. Larpe is from the second-tier French Roubaix-Lille-Metropole team.
The UCI said both riders were provisionally suspended until their national federations call them to disciplinary hearings.
