 During May 's Giro d 'Italia , Sylvain Georges tested positive for the vasodilator <unk> , after the seventh stage ; his positive test was the second by a rider from the Ag2r – La Mondiale squad in the space of a year , after Steve <unk> tested positive for the glycoprotein hormone erythropoietin ( EPO ) in an out @-@ of @-@ competition test in September 2012 . Since the team was a member of the Mouvement pour un <unk> <unk> union , a second positive test meant that , according to the union 's regulations , they had to stop racing for eight days . The team voluntarily withdrew from the Dauphiné , avoiding a financial penalty which could have been incurred by the team for failing to compete in a World Tour event , against UCI regulations . As a result the peloton was reduced to the following twenty @-@ two teams . 
