Italian Riccardo Ricco has said he is joining the Quick Step team from Ceramica Flaminia with immediate effect and hopes to be involved in the Vuleta a Espana later this month.
Ricco was banned for 20 months for doping at the 2008 Tour de France and returned to the sport with the small Italian team in March but missed May's Giro D'Italia because Ceramica were not invited.
The 26-year-old, impressive in minor races since his comeback, thanked his former team for letting him leave his contract.
"It was a great gesture allowing me to join a Pro-Tour team," Ricco, nicknamed "the Cobra", was quoted as saying by www.gazzetta.it.
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