Cycling Pro Road & Mtb

Biological Passport: first sanctions

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Parent Category: Cycling Pro Road & Mtb

Category: News 2010

Published on Thursday, 27 May 2010 19:00

Written by Luca Salvatelli

The UCI announces that following its request for proceedings against the Italian rider Francesco De Bonis for a breach of the Anti-Doping Rules on the basis of his biological passport, the National Anti-Doping Tribunal of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) has decided to sanction the rider by a two-year suspension and €13,000 fine.

The UCI emphasises the historic importance of this first judgement under the scope of the biological passport programme, introduced by the UCI in 2008.

Furthermore, following a request for proceedings against the Spanish rider Antonio Colom Mas sent by the UCI to the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) on June 8, the federation announced a two-year suspension of Mr Colom Mas and imposed a €46,958 fine.