PETACCHI OUT OF TEAM MILRAM

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Alessandro Petacchi and his Milram team have split following the Italian sprinters ban for Salbutamol abuse

Petacchi tested positive for the substance at last year's Giro but later cleared by the Italian Cycling Federation. But then the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport who banned Petacchi on May 6th, just before the Giro.

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