Scarponi and Katusha targeted in anti-doping operation

Michele Scarponi and Levi Leipheimer, Volta a Catalunya 2011, stage three

Lampre's Michele Scarponi and the headquarters of the Katusha team have been visited by Italian police as part of a widespread anti-doping operation.

Scarponi's team confirmed that the Nucleo Antisofisticazioni (NAS) yesterday visited their rider and searched his hotel room near Mount Etna, Sicily.

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Nick Bull is an NCTJ qualified journalist who has written for a range of titles, as well as being a freelance writer at Beat Media Group, which provides reports for the PA Media wire which is circulated to the likes of the BBC and Eurosport. His work at Cycling Weekly predominantly dealt with professional cycling, and he now holds a role as PR & Digital Manager at SweetSpot Group, which organises the Tour of Britain.