On the morning of the penultimate stage, he was escorted out of the team hotel by Italian police. He had failed a blood test, with the results suggesting he had been doping
M'mawa wina pa siteji yokongola kwambiri, adaperekezedwa kuchokera ku hotelo yomwe kunali timu yake ndi apolisi aku Italy.  Analephera kuyezetsa magazi, ndipo zotsatira zake zimasonyeza kuti anali kumwa mankhwala ozunguza bongo