Italian Alessandro Petacchi starts the Vuelta a España tomorrow in Sevilla, Spain, despite the possibility he will bring dark clouds over the race. Depending on the outcome of a doping investigation in Rome, Italy, he may face a lifetime doping suspension.
Tomorrow night at 22:44, Petacchi will depart with his Lampre-Farnese team in the Vuelta a España's team time trial. The stage will kick off the three-week Vuelta a España, which may be cut short for Petacchi depending on what the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) decides next Monday or Tuesday.
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