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[SIZE=-1]The Canadian Press, PARIS - Nov 25, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran was banned Tuesday from competing in France for two years after his positive doping test at the Tour de France. [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]The ban takes effect immediately, said Pierre Bordry, the head of the French Anti-Doping Agency.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The 37-year-old cyclist tested positive for EPO at this year's Tour, and will be ineligible for the next two editions of cycling's premiere race.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The French agency oversaw all testing at this year's Tour and caught six riders using two forms of EPO.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Bordry said Beltran and the International Cycling Union have been notified of the ban, and that he expects the sport's governing body to uphold it in its competitions by applying the World Anti-Doping Agency's code.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Beltran, a former teammate of seven-time Tour champion Lance Armstrong, and his Spanish countryman Moises Duenas Nevado both tested positive for an older form of the banned blood booster during the showcase race.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Four others were caught using a more advanced form of EPO called CERA - German time trial specialist Stefan Schumacher, Austrian climber Bernhard Kohl and Italian climbers Riccardo Ricco and Leonardo Piepol [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]The Canadian Press, PARIS - Nov 25, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran was banned Tuesday from competing in France for two years after his positive doping test at the Tour de France. [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]The ban takes effect immediately, said Pierre Bordry, the head of the French Anti-Doping Agency.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The 37-year-old cyclist tested positive for EPO at this year's Tour, and will be ineligible for the next two editions of cycling's premiere race.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The French agency oversaw all testing at this year's Tour and caught six riders using two forms of EPO.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Bordry said Beltran and the International Cycling Union have been notified of the ban, and that he expects the sport's governing body to uphold it in its competitions by applying the World Anti-Doping Agency's code.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Beltran, a former teammate of seven-time Tour champion Lance Armstrong, and his Spanish countryman Moises Duenas Nevado both tested positive for an older form of the banned blood booster during the showcase race.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Four others were caught using a more advanced form of EPO called CERA - German time trial specialist Stefan Schumacher, Austrian climber Bernhard Kohl and Italian climbers Riccardo Ricco and Leonardo Piepol [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
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