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Tour 'winning war against doping'

Ricco's positive test is the third to hit this year's Tour de France
Tour de France organisers believe Italian Riccardo Ricco's failed test proves that cycling is winning the battle against doping.

Ricco is the third rider at this year's event to test positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO).

"We're getting closer to an acceptable situation," said Patrice Clerc, president of Tour organisers Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO).

"This is a message of hope which means we're winning the game against doping."

He added: "We are building the foundations for a new professional cycling and we're closer than ever to achieving it.

"We're winning because we're kicking these people out of cycling."

606: DEBATE
Doping puts the honest riders at disadvantage. We have to send a strong signal: NO CHEATING.

Froggy
Ricco, who won two mountain stages of this year's Tour and was sitting ninth in the overall standings, follows Spanish riders Moises Duenas Nevado and Manuel Beltran in failing a test.

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