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Italian cyclist Andrea Piccolo suspected of transporting human growth hormone

Andrea Piccolo took part in this year’s Giro d’Italia, but crashed out on the 19th stage.
Andrea Piccolo took part in this year’s Giro d’Italia, but crashed out on the 19th stage. Photograph: Luca Zennaro/EPA

Andrea Piccolo has been sacked by US-based team EF Education-EasyPost Pro Cycling. The 23-year-old was stopped by Italian authorities on suspicion of transporting human growth hormone while trying to enter his home country.

In a statement confirming Piccolo’s contract had been terminated, “effective immediately,” EF Pro Cycling added that the Italian was “suspended internally without pay in March, after taking a sleeping aid that was not approved by the team, though legal.”

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