CARUSO Damiano

Type of rider
All-rounder (oasport.it, 26 May 2015)

General
SANCTION
In February 2012 he received a one-year backdated suspension from the Italian Olympic Committee [CONI] for a doping infraction. He was accused of complicity in the attempted acquisition of banned substances in 2007 when he was not yet a professional rider. His ban was in place from October 2010 to October 2011, and he was disqualified of all his results in this period. "It was a bitter moment for me, I feared I might have to retire from the sport. When I wore the white jersey at the 2012 Giro d'Italia a little bit later, it was kind of a redemption for me." (tuttobiciweb.it, 01 Mar 2013; cyclingnews.com, 20 Feb 2012, 28 Oct 2011)