Italian cyclist Dario Frigo received a six-month suspended sentence and 12,000-euro fine Monday for doping during the 2001 Giro d’Italia.

The former Paris-Nice and Tour of Romandie winner was forced to pull out of the 2001 Giro, while in second place overall, after Italian police found drugs in his hotel room following the San Remo stage.

Judge Paolo Luppi also handed down similar sentences on riders Giuseppe Giuseppe Di Grande and Alberto Elli after the duo were found guilty of using banned substances found after police and drug squad officers raided the hotel rooms of all competing teams following the San Remo stage of the 2001 Giro.

Trainer Primo Pregnolato also received an eight-month suspended sentence, 6000-euro fine and was banned from participating in any competition for the duration of the sentence.

Riders Domenico Romano and Ermanno Brignoli were condemned to suspended sentences of five months and 20 days and one month and 10 days respectively after a deal with the court.

Frigo faces other charges after his wife Susanna was stopped by French police this summer and found to be carrying 10 doses of EPO. Both Frigo and his wife are facing charges in connection with that case in France.
Agence France Presse