Four Italian amateur cyclists, including several provisional suspensions previously reported by Gran Fondo Daily News, have now received final sanctions, according to the disciplinary registry maintained by the Federazione Ciclistica Italiana (FCI).
The federation’s published list of sanctioned individuals shows that Vincenzo Salierno has received a three-year disqualification from Italy’s National Anti-Doping Tribunal (TNA), running through 21 June 2029. Salierno was provisionally suspended on 22 June 2026 for alleged violations of Articles 2.1 and 2.2 of the Italian Anti-Doping Sports Code, eight days after finishing 10th in the 40-44 age category at the Mainarde Bike Race in Filignano, Molise. No prohibited substance was publicly disclosed at the time of his provisional suspension.
The registry also lists Carmelo Aiello with a four-year disqualification under a TNA NADO Italia sanction, though the listed expiry date of 17 May 1930 appears to be a clerical error in the federation’s database rather than the actual end of the sanction. Aiello was provisionally suspended in May 2026 after testing positive for recombinant erythropoietin (EPO), a few weeks after finishing second overall in the Masters category at the 30th Tour of Malta in April.
Additionally, the same FCI disciplinary registry now includes two 18-year-old junior racers who rode for Salus Ciclistica Seregno (Salus Jr Development) in 2025, with each receiving a multi-year sanction. Gran Fondo Daily News is not reporting details of the underlying anti-doping violations because the riders were likely minors when the alleged offences occurred. Their sanctions follow the wider Salus junior doping case, which resulted in former professional Danilo Napolitano receiving a 20-year ban after being charged with violations of Articles 2.6 and 2.8 of the World Anti-Doping Code, covering possession of a prohibited substance and the administration or attempted administration of a prohibited substance to an athlete. Club president Marco Moretto was also sanctioned, receiving a 12-year ban after being charged with violations of Articles 2.9 and 3.1, relating to complicity and standards of proof.
Neither the FCI nor NADO Italia has released further details about the underlying cases.
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