Aprilia MotoGP rider Aleix Espargaro has called Andrea Iannone's four-year doping ban "ridiculous" and "an abuse" ahead of this weekend's Valencia Grand Prix. One-time MotoGP race winner Iannone lost his appeal on Tuesday to have an 18-month doping ban overturned having not provided the Court of Arbitration for Sport with enough evidence to prove he ingested a banned steroid through contaminated meat at last year's Malaysian GP. The CAS panel also upheld the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal to have the ban extended to the maximum four years, leaving Iannone's career in ruin. Aprilia continues to stick by Iannone and believe in his innocence, while the latter said the...
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