Liberty will fire Heras

Roberto Heras' Liberty Seguros team says it will have no option but to fire Heras if the B-sample test from stage 20 of this year's Vuelta confirms the A-sample finding that he used EPO during the Vuelta.

"If the positive is confirmed he will have to leave Liberty Seguros," team manager Pablo Anton told Spanish sports daily AS. "All the teams in the UCI ProTour have signed a code of ethics which states that any rider who tests positive will be fired."

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