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 MILAN, Italy (AP) - Cyclists Tyler Hamilton of the U.S. and Joerg Jaksche of Germany were suspended by their team Wednesday from competing in the Giro d'Italia following pressure to ban riders implicated in the Spanish doping scandal.
Hamilton, the 2004 Olympic road race champion, recently returned to competition after serving a two-year ban for blood doping.
"The management of Tinkoff Credit Systems, as a precaution, has decided to suspend the two riders until the relevant authorities clarify the position of the two riders in connection with Operation Puerto," the Italian-Russian team said in a statement.
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