Ricco talks of return to cycling but no one is listening

Doping syringe

Italian Riccardo Riccò has said he wants to return to cycling, two months after being rushed to hospital supposedly following a botched blood transfusion.

Riccò is without a team and is under investigation for doping. "We fired him immediately," Vacansoleil team press officer, Frank Kwanten told Cycling Weekly. "He's off the list at the UCI, we sent a dismissal letter to him and the UCI.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.