The Portuguese Cycling Federation (UVP/FCP) has suspended nine members of the Continental team LA-MSS as a "preventative measure", it announced Friday. The disciplinary board opened an investigation into alleged doping offenses against five riders and four staff members of the team after a raid by police of the team's base in Povoa de Varzim netted banned drugs and transfusion equipment.
The UVP/FCP has suspended Tiago Silva, Rogério Batista, Pedro Cardoso, Afonso Azevedo, and as well as masseur Paulo Silva, Spanish doctor Marcos Marino Maynar, directeur sportif Manuel Ramos Zeferino and club president Luis Almeida pending the conclusion of its investigation.
