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Enlarge Photo Caisse d'Eparge's team rider and race winner Alejandro Valverde of Spain cycles in the rain... Tour of Spain champion Alejandro Valverde was banned for two years on Monday for an anti-doping violation by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).CAS made the decision following an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Cycling Union (UCI). The ban was back-dated to start on Jan. 1.
Valverde, who will miss the next two Tour de France races, was already serving a two-year ban from racing in Italy.
That suspension meant he also missed last year's Tour de France which passed through Italy.
(Reporting by Brian Homewood; Editing by Ed Osmond)
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