Petr Ignatenko has been fired by the RusVelo team after he returned an adverse analytical finding for human growth hormone in an out-of-competition doping control carried out on April 8, while the UCI has also revealed that Southeast’s Panamanian rider Ramon Carretero tested positive for EPO during the Tour of Turkey on April 22.
The 24-year-old Carretero was part of Southeast’s Giro d’Italia squad but he abandoned the race during stage 2, citing influenza. Southeast had reportedly attempted to replace him with a substitute the day before the race began, but were not permitted to do so.
Carretero joined Southeast, formerly Vini Fantini-Selle Italia and Neri Sottoli, at the beginning of the 2013 season and he lined up at the 2014 Giro d’Italia, abandoning at the end of week one. The Italian squad lost its title sponsors at the end of the 2014 season following a spate of positive tests from Mauro Santambrogio, Danilo Di Luca and Matteo Rabottini in recent years.
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Under the regulations of the Movement for Credible Cycling (MPCC), Southeast will be expected to suspend itself for a period of one week if Carretero’s positive test is confirmed by analysis of his B-sample.
“I’m in Paris and I’m going to the Four Seasons where I’ve got a meeting with a big sponsor but what am I going to tell them now?” Southeast manager Angelo Citracca told Tuttobici.
“The last person I’d have expected something like this from is Ramon. You all know the rider and his technical value. He has a special story as an athlete representing a country like Panama and that was more than enough for us.”
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