On 10 June 2015 la Fédération Française de Cyclisme (FFC) – the French Cycling Federation – decided to impose a 4 month period of ineligibility on the Respondent M58 for his failure to show at the Doing Control Station to provide a sample for drug testing at a cycling competition on 11 April 2015 .
Hereafter in July 2015 the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) opened disciplinary proceedings against Respondent M58.
In his defence the Respondent disputed the validity of the authorization of the Doping Control Officers and the notification procedure for the Doping Control at the competition.
The AFLD rules that the Doping Control Officers were duly authorized and the notification procedure was valid under the Rules. The AFLD finds that a rider has an obligation to check after his arrival whether he is selected for Doping Control and the list with selected riders was displayed at the podium.
The Respondent admitted he failed to check the list with selected riders, he argued the he had acted in good faith at het competition and requested the AFLD to discharge the prosecution against him or to confirm the FFC decision of 10 June 2015.
Considering the Respondent’s negligence the AFLD concludes that he was at fault for his no show to provide a sample. Therefore the AFLD decides on 22 October 2015 to reform the FFC decision of 10 June 2015 and to impose a 1 year period of ineligibility on the Respondent M58 less the period already served and starting on 10 June 2015.
