{"id":131105,"date":"2026-09-30T19:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/bahrains-alberto-bruttomesso-provisionally-suspended-in-doping-case\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T19:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:00:31","slug":"bahrains-alberto-bruttomesso-provisionally-suspended-in-doping-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/bahrains-alberto-bruttomesso-provisionally-suspended-in-doping-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain\u2019s Alberto Bruttomesso Provisionally Suspended in Doping Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"justify-start\">\n<nav class=\"align-left col-span-full mb-base\" data-pom-e2e-test-id=\"breadcrumbs\"\/>\n<p>Italian anti-doping authorities provisionally suspend the 22-year-old WorldTour rider, but do not reveal details about the case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1\"\/><!--\/$--><\/p>\n<div><\/p>\n<p class=\"fp-leadCaption py-tight text-left font-utility text-utility3-size leading-utility3-line-height text-secondary\">Alberto Bruttomesso, shown here at the Deutschland Tour, has been suspended by Italian anti-doping authorities. <!-- --> (Photo: Dario Belingheri\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Updated September 30, 2026 02:06PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/bahrain-victorious\" rel=\"noopener\">Bahrain Victorious<\/a> rider Alberto Bruttomesso has been provisionally suspended by Italy\u2019s National Anti-Doping Tribunal over alleged <a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/anti-doping\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-doping<\/a> rule violations.<\/p>\n<p>The tribunal followed a request from the national anti-doping prosecutor to suspend the 22-year-old Italian, according to an update issued by <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nadoitalia.it\/en\/news\/antidoping-rule-violations-adrvs\/6924-nadt-provisional-suspension-alberto-bruttomesso-fci.html\" rel=\"noopener\">NADO Italia<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain Victorious moved to sideline its rider during the alleged violation, and issued a statement Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBahrain Victorious is aware of the provisional suspension concerning Alberto Bruttomesso following an anti-doping control conducted by NADO Italia,\u201d a team note read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team fully supports Alberto throughout the ongoing process and will cooperate fully with the relevant anti-doping authorities as the matter is investigated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the case remains ongoing, Alberto will be suspended from all team activities pending a clear and definitive outcome from the relevant anti-doping authorities and the completion of the applicable testing and review procedures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBahrain Victorious remains committed to the highest standards of integrity and to respecting the established anti-doping process. Until that process has concluded, the team will make no further comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>No details revealed by authorities<\/h2>\n<p>Officials said the suspension is provisional, but did not name a substance or provide any dates or details about the case.<\/p>\n<p>NADO\u2019s violation notice cited articles 2.1 and 2.2 of the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/WADA\" rel=\"noopener\">WADA<\/a> code, which cover the presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an athlete\u2019s sample, and the use or attempted use of a prohibited substance or method.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate comment from Bruttomesso.<\/p>\n<p>Bruttomesso joined the WorldTour team in 2024 after racing for its development outfit, Cycling Team Friuli.<\/p>\n<p>He won a stage of the 2022 under-23 Giro d\u2019Italia and has recorded several top-five finishes since stepping up to Bahrain Victorious.<\/p>\n<p><span hidden=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/news\/alberto-bruttomesso-provisional-suspension-doping-cycling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian anti-doping authorities provisionally suspend the 22-year-old WorldTour rider, but do not reveal details about the case. Alberto Bruttomesso, shown here at the Deutschland Tour, has been suspended by Italian anti-doping authorities. (Photo: Dario Belingheri\/Getty Images) Updated September 30, 2026 02:06PM Bahrain Victorious rider Alberto Bruttomesso has been provisionally suspended by Italy\u2019s National Anti-Doping Tribunal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}