Just after its junior TT champion was banned for EPO, Britain's Masters road race champion in the 35-39 years age group has received a four-year ban for steroids.
Just as the British cycling community has been digesting news that the winner of the National Junior 10 Mile TTT Championships Gabriel Evans (18) has been banned for EPO use, news has also broke of the Masters road race champion receiving a four-year ban.
Andrew Hastings won the road race crown in the 35 to 39 years category and has now been banned for four years for using steroids.
The positive test was returned in May when he was riding the Team Time Trial Championships in Nottinghamshire.
The Richardsons-Trek RT rider and those he was racing with were second on the day. However, UK Anti Doping (UKAD) has said the rider tested returned an adverse dope test on the day, May 30th, and the team has been disqualified from the results.
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“Hastings tested positive for two anabolic steroids; metenolone, its metabolite and a metabolite of stanozolol,” UKAD said in a statement.
The rider claimed he had had borrowed a syringe from a fellow guy user to injected himself with B12 after a workout in February. He said he was the victim of contamination; am excuse dismissed by UKAD and ridiculed on social media.
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UKAD’s director of operations, Pat Myhill said: “The message from UKAD is clear – the use of any prohibited substances in sport will not be tolerated.
“The Hastings case is the perfect example of how an individual makes choices which not only cheat himself but cheat his team mates and his opposition. That choice has resulted in a four year ban from all sport.
“More importantly however, Hastings’ actions put him at risk of seriously damaging his health. Steroids, and steroid use, continue to be a concern for UKAD and we are seeing an increase in the number of men turning to them for performance enhancing effects but also for cosmetic reasons.
“Often these steroids are bought with no consideration for where the products come from or how they are made.
“UKAD relies on information from a wide range of sources, not only to catch those who choose consciously to go against the spirit of sport, but to also unearth the root cause of the problem – those who supply these substances.
“I would encourage anyone who has information about doping, or the supply of prohibited substances, to come forward and talk to us in confidence.”
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