BERNUCCI GETS SACK FROM T-MOBILE

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T-Mobile rider Lorenzo Bernucci of Italy has been fired from the squad after returning a positive ?A? test for the substance silbutramine.

Bernucci was riding the Tour of Spain when news of the positive test for the substance - banned by WADA and which can incur a maximum penalty of one year from the UCI - broke. He was lying 21st overall at the time and did not start Tuesday's stage four.

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