Trek-Segafredo rider André Cardoso tests positive for EPO

The Portuguese rider failed a dope test out of competition on June 18 with Haimar Zubeldia drafted in as a replacement for the Tour de France

André Cardoso in action at La Flèche Wallonne

(Image credit: Yuzuru Sunada)

Trek-Segafredo rider André Cardoso has failed an out-of-competition test for blood booster EPO, the UCI confirmed on Tuesday.

The Portuguese rider, who was due to ride the 2017 Tour de France starting Saturday in Düsseldorf in support of Alberto Contador, was notified of an Adverse Analytical Finding of Erythropoietin (EPO) in a test sample collected in an out-of-competition control on June 18, 2017.

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Richard Windsor