Lampre rider Diego Ulissi of Italy celebrates on the podium after the 230 km (143 miles) 17th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race from Feltre to Tirano May 25, 2011. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
PARIS (Reuters) - Italian rider Diego Ulissi failed a drugs test conducted during this year's Giro d'Italia for the banned substance salbutamol, his Lampre-Merida team said on Wednesday.
"The results of the test from the UCI (International Cycling Union) report the presence in the urine of the athlete of an abnormal amount of salbutamol (1900 ng/ml), higher than the limit allowed by the regulations, which sees the limit at 1000 ng/ml," Lampre-Merida said in a statement.
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