Lampre fires Scotto d'Abusco

The Lampre-Caffita team has sacked its rider Michele Scotto d'Abusco, who, along with Liberty's Isidro Nozal, returned a high hematocrit before the start of the Dauphiné Libéré. "On the basis of our internal regulations and in the absence of health justifications, the rider has been dismissed with immediate effect," said the team in a statement.