Italy's Mauro Santambrogio won stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia on May 14. After the tour it became known that he should have helped. A sample taken during the tour showed traces of EPO. His team Vini Fantini then released him immediately.
If you give the reports of Journal of Sport Believe me, the anti-doping laboratory in Rome initially rated the sample taken by Santambrogio on May 4 as negative. Only after the positive doping test by his then teammate Danilo Di Luca did a follow-up test result in a positive result.
# So Mauro Santambrogio could be happy again soon.
Santambrogio applied for the B sample after the findings became known. However, the UCI has not yet tackled this. As the Journal of Sport suspected that Santambrogio's positive sample could be an EPO micro-dose. Doses up to 500 units are difficult to detect as early as 12 hours after injection. If the B sample is negative, Santambrogio would have to be acquitted. Unlike Di Luca, who is currently facing a 12-year ban, he would be formally eligible to start again.