CYCLING: TWO-YEAR BAN FOR PELLIZOTTI SOUGHT

CYCLING: TWO-YEAR BAN FOR PELLIZOTTI SOUGHT

(ANSA) - Rome, July 29 - Italian cyclist Franco Pellizotti was reported Thursday to the Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping tribunal after the International Cycling Union found "anomalies" in his blood.

The 32-year-old climber, who topped the mountain classification in last year's Tour de France, could face a two-year ban if found guilty.

Pellizotti was pulled from this year's Giro d'Italia when news of the doping case broke.