Luis Martin sanctioned

Spanish rider Luis Roberto Alvarez Martin has been given a two year suspension for doping after testing positive for testosterone (high T/E ratio) at the race Vuelta Ciclista Internacional a Extremadura in Spain on April 23-24, 2005. He was sanctioned by the Real Federacion Espanola De Ciclismo and his suspension will run until September 5, 2007. He is disqualified from the race.