Daniel Vysočan, a rider for the Pierre Baguette Continental workforce, has examined optimistic for CERA, the Slovakian workforce has introduced.
The 20-year-old Czech rider examined optimistic in an out-of-competition take a look at on September 25, two days earlier than collaborating within the U23 highway race on the Street World Championships in Zürich.
Vysočan raced the Tour of Hungary and Tour of Slovakia alongside Peter Sagan, who was on the workforce for a couple of months earlier than retiring. This was Vysočan’s second season for the squad.
Within the months earlier than his optimistic take a look at, he completed sixteenth on the Tour de l’Avenir and sixth on the Tour of South Bohemia and in addition represented Czechia on the European Championships.
Vysočan is listed among the many riders on the UCI’s provisional suspensions web page, having examined optimistic for CERA.
CERA is a variant of EPO which first got here to prominence within the sport within the late 2008 when top-level riders together with Danilo Di Luca, Bernhard Kohl, Leonardo Piepoli, Stefan Schumacher, Riccardo Riccò and Davide Rebellin have been all caught out by positives for the drug, which was broadly thought to have been undetectable by testing on the time.
Lately, a number of South American racers (Luís Alberto Largo, Wilson Ramiro Rincón, Juan Pablo Dotti) and Astana Improvement rider Ilkhan Dostiyev have all examined optimistic for the substance.
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Pierre Baguette launched an announcement confirming that Vysočan had been suspended instantly pending evaluation of his B-sample, noting that his contract could be terminated instantly ought to his B-sample additionally take a look at optimistic.
“On November 4, 2024, Pierre Baguette Biking Staff was knowledgeable by the UCI that Czech rider Daniel Vysočan has been notified of a possible Anti-Doping Rule Violation for the presence of Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta (CERA), a prohibited substance, in his A-Pattern, collected throughout an out-of-competition take a look at on September 25, 2024, in Zurich,” Pierre Baguette wrote in an announcement.
“Daniel Vysočan final participated in Pierre Baguette Biking Staff’s racing calendar in 5-8. September 2024. His entry within the 2024 UCI Worlds in Zurich was managed solely independently, with no assist, involvement, or affiliation with the workforce. Pierre Baguette Biking Staff unequivocally states that it had no half in Daniel Vysočan’s participation within the 2024 UCI Worlds.
“Pierre Baguette Biking Staff enforces an absolute zero-tolerance coverage concerning doping. We’re absolutely dedicated to safeguarding the integrity of biking, a sport we deeply respect by refusing any involvement in illicit actions, prohibited substances, or any actions that compromise our core values. Each workforce member is held to the very best requirements of integrity and accountability, and any deviation from these requirements just isn’t accepted.
“Efficient instantly, Daniel Vysočan has been suspended pending the evaluation of his B-Pattern B. Ought to the B-Pattern affirm the presence of CERA, his contract will likely be instantly terminated.”
