Former Giro d\u2019Italia stage winner Danilo Napolitano has been banned for 20 years by Italy\u2019s anti-doping authorities in a case linked to one of the country\u2019s leading junior cycling teams.<\/p>\n
The suspension sidelines Napolitano until April 7, 2046, although NADO Italia did not explain why it imposed such an unusually lengthy ban.<\/p>\n
Italy\u2019s anti-doping tribunal also handed former team president Marco Moretto an eight-year ban, barring him from the sport until April 7, 2034.<\/p>\n
Both men were provisionally suspended in April pending disciplinary proceedings.<\/p>\n
NADO Italia released no details, and the sanctions were later published on the Italian Cycling Federation\u2019s official website without further explanation.<\/p>\n
When announcing the provisional suspensions this spring, NADO Italia said Napolitano faced alleged violations of Articles 2.6 and 2.8 of the World Anti-Doping Code, covering possession and administration, or attempted administration, of prohibited substances.<\/p>\n
Moretto was charged with alleged violations of Articles 2.9 and 3.1, relating to complicity and the applicable standard of proof.<\/p>\n
The case centers on Salus Ciclistica Seregno ASD, one of northern Italy\u2019s leading junior development teams, where Napolitano worked as a coach, according to TuttoBici<\/em>.<\/p>\n Napolitano raced professionally from 2004 to 2017, winning a Giro d\u2019Italia stage and Coppa Bernocchi during his career.<\/p>\n Neither Napolitano, Moretto nor Salus Ciclistica Seregno ASD have publicly commented on the sanctions.<\/p>\n NADO Italia has not disclosed further details about the case or the conduct underlying the penalties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/news\/ex-pro-cyclsit-danilo-napolitano-banned-20-years-doping-case-linked-italian-junior-team\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-532821190.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published July 27, 2026 12:31PM Former Giro d\u2019Italia stage winner Danilo Napolitano has been banned for 20 years by Italy\u2019s anti-doping authorities in a case linked to one of the country\u2019s leading junior cycling teams. The suspension sidelines Napolitano until April 7, 2046, although NADO Italia did not explain why […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,71],"class_list":["post-2064985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-velo-outsideonline-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2064985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2064985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2064985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2064985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}