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Schleck suspended provisionally by team
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Cyclist Frank Schleck has been provisionally
suspended by his team after admitting he transferred money to a Swiss bank
account held by a Spanish doctor at the heart of a doping scandal.
Danish team CSC Saxo Bank says Schleck transferred the money to the
account of Eufemiano Fuentes in March 2006 to receive training advice.
But the rider says he never had direct contacts with the doctor, who was
implicated in Spain's Operation Puerto doping investigation.
The team says Schleck admits he made a "serious blunder."
CSC Saxo Bank said in a statement Friday that Schleck as been suspended
from racing for the team until further notice.
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