Cioni "unfit to start" Italian Dario David Cioni has been declared unfit to start in Sunday's road race, following a medical checkup by the Italian cycling federation. "Dario David Cioni will not figure as part of the official Italian squad, being declared inapt as a result of a health control carried out by the FCI for health protection purposes," the FCI said in a statement. "The medical commission of the GCI will collaborate with the Italian athlete and his medical staff to carry out clinical tests to explain the origin of the problem."
Cioni will be replaced by Franco Pellizotti in the 12 man lineup.
in a statement. "The medical commission of the GCI will collaborate with the Italian athlete and his medical staff to carry out clinical tests to explain the origin of the problem."
Nice mistranslation of "collaborate" there. One assumes that the UCI and teams managed to work together to get all the medical paperwork in order since we haven't heard any more about the 6 Vuelta positives...
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in a statement. "The medical commission of the GCI will collaborate with the Italian athlete and his medical staff to carry out clinical tests to explain the origin of the problem."
Nice mistranslation of "collaborate" there. One assumes that the UCI and teams managed to work together to get all the medical paperwork in order since we haven't heard any more about the 6 Vuelta positives...
Which would seem to indicate that it is likely that Tyler actually is a medical problem and not a doper. Stay tuned for this.