FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2008 file photo Italy's Alessandro Ballan races to victory during the Men's race, at the road World cycling Championships, in Varese, Italy. The Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping court announced Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 that it had banned Ballan for two years for doping after he was indicted by a general court in Mantova for alleged team-wide drug use by the Lampre team. (AP Photo/Graham Watson, Pool, file)