The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that it has notified Italian rider Luca Paolini of anAdverse Analytical Finding of Cocaine (Benzoylecgonine metabolite) in a sample collected in the scope ofan in-competition control on 7 July 2015 during the Tour de France.
The rider has the right to request and attend the analysis of the B sample.
In accordance with UCI Anti-doping Rules, the rider has been provisionally suspended until the adjudicationof the affair.
At this stage of the procedure, the UCI will not comment any further.
For more information. please contact:
Louis Chenaille
UCI Press Officer
+41 79 198 7047
louis.chenaille@uci.ch
John Zerafa
VERO Communications
+44 7813 814 816
jzerafa@verocom.co.uk
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