MELBOURNE: Olympic cycling medalist Margarita Fullana of Spain has been provisionally suspended after testing positive to banned blood-booster erythropoietin (EPO). The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced the ban Saturday, dealing a further blow to the sport's battered image. The suspension had been handed down after a WADA-accredited laboratory in Montreal reported an “adverse analytical finding of EPO” in a urine sample collected in an out-of-competition test on Aug. 30, the UCI said in a statement. She acknowledged she had committed a “stupid” act and said she would “accept my sanction and turn the page.”
