Rui Costa and his brother test positive

By Peter Cossins
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Portuguese claims banned product was ingested in dietary supplement

Alberto Rui Costa (Caisse d'Epargne)

Alberto Rui Costa (Caisse d'Epargne) (Image credit: Patrik Pátek)

The Portuguese federation has revealed that Caisse d’Epargne’s Rui Costa and his brother Mario, who rides for the Barbot team, have tested positive for Methylhexanamine. The tests were conducted during the Portuguese national championships at the end of June. Rui Costa took the national time trial title during the championships, while his brother finished third.

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Peter Cossins

Peter Cossins has written about professional cycling since 1993 and is a contributing editor to Procycling. He is the author of The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races (Bloomsbury, March 2014) and has translated Christophe Bassons' autobiography, A Clean Break (Bloomsbury, July 2014). 

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