(Dagbladet / Prosycling.no): The Russian cyclist Eduard Vorganov has made a positive doping test. It reports the International Cycling Union (UCI) said in a statement.
He has tested positive for drug meldonium outside competition during a session on 14 January. The rider has a right to B sample analyzed, but is temporarily suspended.
Meldonium, also known as mildronate, came first on the prohibited list January 1, 2016.
Teammate with Kristoff
Medical Head of Anti-Doping Norway, Per Wiik Johansen, told procycling .com that he has little experience with the drug, and that he therefore can not say much about the performance-enhancing effect of it. Meldonium is basically used as heart medicine and Johansen says they know it has been used previously.
Vorganov’s teammate Alexander Kristoff of Team Katusha. It is the second time in a short time that cycling team has been shaken by a doping case. During the Tour de France was Luca Paolini taken when he tested positive for cocaine.
Since it was Team Katusha other positive doping test last twelve months, the team suspended. According Cyclingnews penalty may be between 15 and 45 days long. Then cycling team missed many major cycling race Tour de Qatar, Tour of Oman, Ruta del Sol and the Vuelta Murcia.
– chilling
Alexander Kristoff coach is dismayed over the positive sample to Russian .
– It is absolutely outrageous here. We’ll take a little breather, but the consequences are obvious. It is that Team Katusha get a ban, and it is important for the run up to Alexander. It is totally unacceptable anyway, says Stein Eagles.
Stein Eagle is clear that he believes the team will now be suspended.
– It would have to be, closest he exclaims. They must adhere to the rules of the UCI.
UCIs disciplinary committee will make a decision in a few days, writes connected.
Procycling has been in contact with Sven Erik Bystrøm which is also a part of Team Katusha.
– I just landed in Milan, so I got to know it right now. I have not much to say since I do not know anything more yet, but whatever it is tragic and very disappointing, says Bystrøm.
Private investigation
“As Eduard Vorganov took this product on its own initiative, the Team Katusha start its own investigation as this is a violation of the team’s strict anti doping rules,” writes Team Katusha in a statement.
cyclists team Katusha are not allowed to take any medication or substances if it has not been approved by the team doctor.
Vorganov bikes currently Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, where he on Friday’s leg was number 29.
the 33-year-old russian has been Team Katusha since 2010, after he started professional career in Karpin-Galicia in 2007. Vorganov became russian champion in 2012, and has a 19th position from both the Giro d’Italia (2009) and the Tour de France (2012) as some of its top results.
– A shock
Alexander Kristoff reacted strongly when Luca Paolini tested positive for cocaine in July 2015.
– It was a shock for the whole team. He’s taken cocaine, and it’s not something you want to have in the team, said Kristoff July last year.
When asked how the team took the news, said Kristoff:
– it was with shock and disbelief. That he test positive for cocaine during the Tour de France, I had never imagined. It’s not like he’s lying in the room.
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