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The Italian Olympic Committee has suspended Italian doctor Carlo Santuccione for life for his involvement in a major doping investigation.

Santuccione was caught up in the ?Oil for Drugs? police investigation in 2004, with police video and audio recording apparently showing how he told riders what drugs to use and how to avoid testing positive in anti-doping controls.

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