The 24-year-old Ricco won two stages this month before being pulled from the Tour de France after the positive doping tests. His team withdrew from the race.
Italian Rider Ricco Admits Doping 'Mistake'
ROME (AP) - July 30, 2008
Ricco spoke Wednesday after a hearing before the Italian Olympic
Committee's anti-doping prosecutor. Ricco says that "the mistake
is only mine" and that he wanted to unload a "huge burden."