Shocka: Tour De France Rider Caught Doping

Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:35:37 pm PDT

Here we go again: Tour rider Beltran tests positive for EPO - official.

AURILLAC, France (AFP) - An anti-doping chief at the Tour de France confirmed to AFP on Friday that Spaniard Manuel Beltran, who rides for the Liquigas team, has failed a doping test for blood booster erythropoietin (EPO).

Confirming an earlier website report by the L’Equipe sports daily, Pierre Bordry, the chief of the French national anti-doping agency (AFLD), confirmed the Spaniard had failed a test. ...

Beltran is now likely to be thrown off the race, although the same sanction could be applied to his entire team.