AIGLE, Switzerland -- Italian cyclist Stefano Pirazzi has been banned for four years for a positive doping test before the Giro d'Italia. The International Cycling Union said Pirazzi, 30, is suspended until May 3, 2021. The UCI says he tested positive for growth hormone-releasing peptides in training one week before the Giro began in May. Pirazzi won the mountains classification in the 2013 Giro and a stage of the three-week race the next year. He was fired by his Bardiani CSF team within a month of the positive test. Pirazzi can appeal against his ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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