Rebellin stripped of Olympic silver after EPO positive

Final podium: Davdie Rebellin wins the 2008 race

The Union Cycliste Internationale has announced that Davide Rebellin will be stripped of his silver medal from the 2009 Beijing Olympic road race after testing positive for EPO.

Rebellin failed a drug test for CERA (Continuous Erythropoiesis Receptor Activator), a new form of the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO), at the Games, but news of the positive test result only surfaced in April this year after the International Olympic Committee sanctioned retro-testing of samples taken during the Games.

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