Ricardo Ricco has been suspended from competition with immediate effect by his Vacansoleil-DCM team after the Italian rider became seriously ill after a suspected illegal blood transfusion.
Ricco was admitted to hospital with stomach pains after a training ride, and it was reported that he admitted to hospital staff that he had transfused blood into his body that had been kept in his home refrigerator for 25 days.
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