Milan - Italian cyclist Gianni Da Ros was among 11 people detained in a police doping raid on Wednesday, news reports said.

The reports said that the Liquigas rider was led away by officers from the health police NSA at the training camp of Italy's track cycling team.

The reports said that 11 people were taken into custody and 10 flats searched as part of a drug dealing probe by Milan prosecutor Gianluca Prisco. Doping is a criminal offence in Italy. (dpa)