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Doctor banned in doping case

Associated Press

Thursday, October 22, 2009

LISBON, Portugal -- Portugal's cycling federation has suspended a Spanish doctor for 10 years after finding him guilty of providing illegal substances to riders in the country's biggest doping case. The federation says Marcos Marino Maynar provided prohibited substances, including performance-enhancing drugs and materials to mask control samples, to members of the LA-MSS team during the 2008 season. In a ruling released late Wednesday, the federation's disciplinary committee also banned three ...

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