Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco(L) talks with one of his lawyers prior to holding a press conference, after he was interviewed by an anti-doping prosecutor, in Rome on July 30, 2008. Ricco admitted to using banned blood booster EPO when interviewed by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) about his positive dope test on the Tour de France. Ricco, who had won two stages, was kicked off the Tour after testing positive for EPO (erythropoietin) following the fourth stage time-trial on July 8. He initially denied having doped following his positive test and arrest by French police, but now he has come clean. AFP PHOTO / Vincenzo Pinto (Photo by VINCENZO PINTO / AFP) (Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images)
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