Giro director Michele Acquarone issues public statement

Michele Acquarone, Giro d'Italia director

Italian Michele Acquarone has responded to news of his precautionary suspension as RCS Sport Chief Operating Officer amidst an internal company audit.

Acquarone did not attend the recent 2014 Giro d'Italia course presentation in Milan after Italian media reports of an investigation into an alleged misappropriation of some €13 million.

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