The 110km Louisiana-Mississippi (LAMBRA) Age-Graded Road Championship race was not the most hotly contested affair, featuring a field of just 10 riders.
By Brian Canty
A 49-year-old US rider who won an age-graded road race in the 40+ category in his home state of Mississippi has been stripped of the title after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs.
Todd Hickman, Byhalia, Mississippi, was found to have traces of stanozolol and methylphenidate in his system at the Louisiana-Mississippi (LAMBRA) Age-Graded Road Championships, on September 6th in St Francisville, Louisiana.
The 110km race was not the most hotly contested affair, featuring a field of just 10 riders.
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Hickman has accepted a four-year ban for the doping offense.
The substances he took are prohibited under the USADA (US Anti-Doping Authority) protocol for Olympic and Paralympic movement testing and put him in contravention of the UCI Anti‐Doping Rules.
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According to a US Anti-Doping Agency statement, Stanozolol is an anabolic agent.
It first came to prominence almost 30 years ago when Ben Johnson tested positive for it after winning the gold medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
It has a similar effect to testosterone on the body in that it increases protein synthesis in the muscle cells.
Methylphenidate is also a substance in the class of stimulants on WADA’s prohibited list.
Studies have shown it enhances mental awareness and an athlete’s ability to stay focussed.
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