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Blanco suspend Sanchez over doping allegations

Blanco -- formerly the Rabobank team -- said on Saturday they have suspended Spanish rider Luis Leon Sanchez provisionally amid accusations he was linked to Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes in the Operation Puerto blood doping racket.

Stage winner, Spain's Luis-Leon Sanchez, celebrates on the podium at the end of the fourteenth stage of the 2012 Tour de France cycling race on July 15, 2012. Blanco -- formerly the Rabobank team -- have said they have suspended Sanchez provisionally amid accusations he was linked to Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes in the Operation Puerto blood doping racket.

The Dutch team said it is investigating and would in the meantime not select Sanchez.

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