<p>AIGLE, Switzerland — Italian team Vini Zabù faces a suspension from racing after a second rider tested positive for doping, the International Cycling Union said Tuesday.</p>
<p>Teams with two doping cases in a 12-month period can be banned from racing for 15 to 45 days, possibly ruling the team out of the Giro d’Italia. The three-week Italian race starts on May 8.</p>
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<a href="https://www.uci.org/inside-uci/press-releases/uci-statement-on-matteo-de-bonis-and-uci-proteam-vini-zabu%E2%80%99">The UCI said</a> Matteo De Bonis has been provisionally suspended pending a disciplinary case after testing positive for the blood-boosting hormone EPO in a sample taken on Feb. 16.</p>
<p>De Bonis was targeted for testing during training by the Lausanne-based International Testing Agency, the UCI said.</p>
<p>Vini Zabù also had rider Matteo Spreafico test positive twice for the trial drug ostarine at last year’s Giro d’Italia in October.</p>
<p>The UCI said it will “shortly refer the matter to the disciplinary commission which will render a decision in due course.”</p>
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