Tour rider hit with drug ban

PORTUGUESE cyclist Andre Cardoso of Alberto Contador’s Trek-Segafredo team has been provisionally suspended after failing a test for the banned blood-booster erythropoietin (EPO), the International Cycling Union said.

Cardoso had been included in Trek-Segafredo’s team for the Tour de France that starts this weekend in Duesseldorf, Germany.

According to UCI rules, Trek-Segafredo can still replace Cardoso in their nine-man squad.