Italian Diego Ulissi has been handed a backdated nine-month suspension after testing positive for the asthma-inhaler drug salbutamol, his Lampre team said today.
"Ulissi informed the team that he has received from the Swiss Olympic Association notification of a nine-month suspension starting from 25 June 2014," Lampre said in a statement.
The ban was issued by the Swiss Olympic Association because Ulissi, who has won three Giro d'Italia stages, is based in that country.
