Only two days to wait for the third Grand Tour of the year and in some ways the best. Mostly short and fast stages with summit finishes, but the sprinters also get a look in, here and there. Team news from la Vuelta, plus results, reports and video from the USA Pro Challenge and action from Zottegem. Close shave for Katusha, Cult Energy saved and more contract news. Bring on the Spanish fun!TOP STORY: Caruso Positive in 2012!The Katusha team has had a bit of a scare on the run up to the Vuelta a Espaa. Giampaolo Caruso has been found positive for EPO in a sample taken in March 2012, due to retroactive testing on old samples. This comes after Luca Paolini’s positive for cocaine. According to MPCC rules: If a team has two adverse findings in a 12 month period the team must suspend its self for a month (see Androni). No problem as they are three years apart. Under UCI rules: If a team is ‘notified’ of two adverse findings in 12 months they will be banned for a time decided by the UCI. This looked to be a problem for the team, although we are still waiting for the ‘B’ sample tests for both riders. Luckily for the Russian team the UCI cannot use a law retroactively as that law did not exist in 2012 and so the team will not suffer.Two questions come to mind: If samples are being held from up to 10 years...
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