A doping case involving Australian Robert Stannard that dates again to 2018 has lastly been reached a.verdict, with the UCI saying on Tuesday that the 25-year-old has been given a back-dated four-year suspension.
The UCI Anti-Doping Tribunal set the beginning date of Stannard’s suspension at August 17, 2018, the date of the primary abnormality detected in his Athlete Biological Passport (ABP), making the Australian eligible to compete once more with speedy impact. He presently doesn’t have a staff after his contract with Alpecin-Deceuninck resulted in 2023.
“The Tribunal discovered that Robert Stannard dedicated an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of use of a prohibited substance or a prohibited technique resulting from unexplained abnormalities in his Biological Passport in 2018 and 2019,” a UCI press launch acknowledged.
“As a consequence, the Tribunal has imposed a four-year interval of suspension on the rider in addition to a financial positive akin to 70% of his common annual wage in 2018 and 2019.”
Stannard raced with the Mitchelton-Scott Continental staff in 2018 after which as a trainee for the WorldTour staff. He gained a number of races together with a stage on the under-23 Giro d’Italia and the under-23 Il Piccolo Lombardia.
He signed with the Mitchelton-Scott WorldTour staff for 2019 and raced with them till 2021 earlier than transferring to Alpecin-Deceuninck. The information of his doping case emerged final August.
Stannard denied any wrongdoing however has not competed because the notification, stating, “I’ve by no means deliberately or knowingly used a prohibited substance and can due to this fact ask for my case to be referred to the UCI Anti-Doping Tribunal.
“I sit up for submitting my defence and am assured of being exonerated and persevering with my profession.”
