FORMER VUELTA WINNER RECEIVES TWO YEAR BAN

The Sports Arbitration Court [CAS] in Switzerland has accepted the UCI?s request that 2002 Tour of Spain winner Aitor Gonzalez should receive a two year ban for use of the steroid metiltestosterone.

Gonzalez, who has now retired from cycling, tested positive for the banned drug on two separate occasions in September 2005. The 31-year-old Spaniard claimed he was innocent and blamed the positive on a contaminated vitamin supplement, Animal Pak.

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