An Italian court has indicted former Giro d'Italia winner Damiano Cunego and 26 others on doping charges involving his Lampre-Merida cycling team, in a new blow for a sport dogged by drug scandals.
A spokesman confirmed that 2004 Giro winner Cunego, who is leading the team in the Tour de France, as well as former world road race champion Alessandro Ballan and others had been indicted on charges of buying or receiving banned substances.
The trial centres around a pharmacy in the northern Italian city of Mantova frequented by riders of the Lampre team.
