Androni Giocattoli team out of RideLondon-Surrey Classic after doping ban

Italian team suspended for 30 days after its riders Fabio Taborre and Davide Appollonio failed anti-doping tests in June

Androni-Sidermec on stage one of the 2015 Tour of Italy

(Image credit: Watson)

The Italian Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec team will not take part in this Sunday's Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic after being suspended from competition by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a consequence of two of its riders violating anti-doping rules.

The UCI's Disciplinary Commission made the decision to suspend the team for 30 days from Saturday, August 1, after a second member of the squad failed an anti-doping test. It means the team will not now take part in the one-day RideLondon-Surrey Classic on Sunday, August 2.

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