When it rains…it pours.  There has simply been no good news from the cycling world as the Beijing Olympics quickly approach.  Emanuele Sella has been suspended from the Italian cycling team after being tested positive for EPO.  Sella’s suspension follows teammates Riccardo Ricco, and Marta Bastianelli.  This is an unfortunate turn for the Italian squad as Sella and Ricco are far and away the strongest members of the team.

“I don’t know anything about this story, I haven’t been told anything, it’s not true,” Sella was quoted as saying by the ANSA news agency.

I don’t know whether to hope that the tests are truly inaccurate, or these athletes are arrogant enough to think they won’t get caught.

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