Roche 'disgusted' to find out about Sanchez positive

BMC Racing rider Nicolas Roche has said that he was disgusted to find out that his teammate Samuel Sanchez had failed an anti-doping test. Sanchez returned an adverse analytical finding for the substance GHRP-2 – a growth hormone-releasing peptide – in an out-of-competition test on August 9 and was informed of the result just two days before the Vuelta a Espana got underway in Nimes.

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