Zinaida Stahurskaya (Blr), tested positive for Stanozolol during the race GP
Carnevale Europa (Ita) on July 16, 2005, tested positive for
Testosterone during the races Giro di San Marino (SMr) on July 31, 2005 and
during Sparkassen Giro Bochum (Ger) on August 7, 2005,
sanctioned by Federation Bielorusse De Cyclisme, suspension of 2 years from
July 16, 2005 to July 16, 2007, disqualification of the races.

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Stahurskaya gets two-year ban
Former world champion Zinaida Stahurskaya has been banned for two years for
doping. The 34 year-old Belarusian tested positive at three European races
last year -
once to anabolic steroid stanozolol and twice to hormone testosterone.

"It is regrettable, but we believe that it will teach her a good lesson,"
Belarus cycling coach Anatoly Miklashevich told AP on Monday. Stahurskaya, who
is currently
training in Italy, won the 2000 world road race title and the women's edition
of the Tour de France in 2002. It is not her first positive test for doping
substances, nor her
first suspension: At the Giro d'Italia Femminile in 2001, she returned a
positive test for a diuretic, and at the Circuito di Massarosa in 2003, for
ephedrine. She was out
of competition for four and two months respectively.

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Magilla