Mauro Santambrogio tests positive for testosterone

Italian rider fails another doping control after previously testing positive for EPO in 2013

Mauro Santambrogio wins, with Vincenzo Nibali in second, Giro d'Italia 2013, stage 14
(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Italian Mauro Santambrogio tested positive for testosterone on October 22, 2014, just before finishing his EPO doping ban. The UCI, which gave Santambrogio a reduced ban for cooperating with its reform commission, announced the result today.

Cycling's governing body said that the 30-year-old may request a B sample analysis and that meanwhile, he is provisionally suspended.

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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.