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In cycling, the lesson still hasnt hit home: if its too good to be true, its not true. Ricardo Ricco, who earlier in the Tour won a pair of mountain stages in the dramatic fashion trademarked by to his late compatriot, Marco Pantani, has tested positive for EPO. His Saunier-Duval team has voluntarily withdrawn from the race.The widely-wielded replica Audemars Piguet watch comparison to El Pirata turned out to be apt, although we dont wish the same end for Ricco as the one that befell Pantani. But Riccos performance winning stage 9 to Bagneres de Bigorre, where he gapped the lead group by over a minute in the final 1.1 kms, was truly out of of this world.
