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ISR 2011 KNWU Decision Disciplinary Committee 2011031 T
October 3, 2011
The Person didn't show after selection by the anti-doping authorities to supply a urine sample at a competition in Belgium.
The Royal Dutch Cycling Federation (Koninklijke Nederlandse Wielren Unie, KNWU) notified the person of the doping violation and ordered a provisional suspension. Person filed a statement in his defence and was heard for the Committee.
Person stated he dropped out during the competition, signed out to the officials, and went home. He wasn’t informed by the officials about a doping control nor was he invited for a doping control test due to the selection by the anti-doping authorities started when person already had left the competition.
The Anti Doping Authority stated for the committee that every competitor has to make sure about selection by the anti-doping authorities during competitions.
The committee concludes that person reasonably could not know or assume he was selected by the anti-doping authorities and upholds the decision of the Disciplinary Committee. Because of exceptional circumstances the Disciplinary Committee already had decided to reduce the ineligibility to 12 months, beginning on the date of his provisional suspension.