List of doping cases in cycling
Positive doping tests

List of doping cases in cycling

Section Title: Positive doping tests
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Date	Cyclist	Event	Race	Banned substance	Sanction	Reference

21 February	Wendy Cruz (DOM)	Road	EPO	2 years

21 February	Alexander Serebryakov (RUS)	Road	Out of competition test (retested in 2013)	EPO	4 years (second violation)

21 February	Pablo Pintos (URU)	EPO	2 years

24 February	Marco Degaldo (DOM)	Boldenone	2 years

25 February	Matías Médici (ARG)	Road	Rutas de América	EPO	2 years

4 March	Jaco Rheeder (RSA)	MTB (Amateur)	Argus Mountain Bike Race	Methamphetamine	2 years

22 March	Denis Galimzyanov (RUS)	Road	Out of competition test	EPO	2 years

1 April	Shelby Stacy (USA)	BMX	US BMX National Championships	Methylhexaneamine	6 months

5 April	Fernando Augusto Mendez Garcia (URU)	Exogenous Steroid	2 years

10 April	Steven Wong (HKG)	Road	Out of competition test	Exogenous Steroids	2 years

15 April	Julio Cruz (USA) (Age 43)	Road (Masters)	Parkland Circuit - BBPA	Methylhexaneamine	6 months

15 April	Alexey Lomilov (RUS)	MTB	Fenoterol	3 months

24 April	Ivaïlo Gabrovski (BUL)	Road	Tour of Turkey	EPO	2 years

1 May	Jonas Elmiger (SUI)	Road	Rund um den Finanzplatz	Failed to submit to sample collection	16 months

6 May	Blaž Furdi (SLO)	Road	Großer Preis Sportland Niederösterreich Poysdorf	Amphetamine	2 years

19 May	Andries van Straaten (RSA)	Road (Amateur)	Methylhexaneamine	6 months

20 May	David Anthony (USA) (Age 45)	Road (Amateur)	Gran Fondo New York	EPO	2 years

20 May	Gabriele Guarini (ITA) (Age 49)	Road (Amateur)	Gran Fondo New York	EPO	2 years

24 May	Volodymyr Bileka (UKR)	Road	Tour of Trakya	Norpseudoephedrine	4 years (second violation)

26 May	Monica Bascio (USA)	Para-cycling	UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup in Rome	Tuaminoheptane	3 months

30 May	Matti Helminen (FIN)	Road	Tour de Luxembourg	Probenecid	2 years

11 June	Stefano Di Carlo (ITA)	Road	Stanozolol	2 years

12 June	Rasa Leleivytė (LIT)	Road	Out of competition test	EPO	2 years

14 July	Fränk Schleck (LUX)	Road	Tour de France	Xipamide	1 year

24 July	Viktoria Baranova (RUS)	Track	2012 Summer Olympics	Testosterone	2 years

8 August	José Belda (ESP)	Road	Vuelta Ciclista a León	Methylphenidate	2 years

11 August	Sylwester Janiszewski (POL)	Road	Memorial Henryk Lasak	Androstatrienedione	2 years

25 August	Mariano Giallorenzo (ITA)	Road	Coppa Placci	Norpseudoephedrine	1 year

29 August	David George (RSA)	MTB	EPO	2 year

11 September	Yovcho Yovchev (BUL)	Road	Tour of Bulgaria	Amphetamine	4 years

21 September	Steve Houanard (FRA)	Road	Out of competition test	EPO	2 years

30 September	Erick Irmisch (GER)	MTB	IXSGerman Downhill Cup	Cocaine	1 year

30 September	Cyril Jay-Rayon (USA)	MTB	USA Cycling Mountain Bike 24-Hour National Championships	Modafinil	18 months

7 October	Pavol Polievka (SVK)	Road	Grand Prix Chantal Biya	Stanozolol, T/E Ratio˃4, 19-Norandrosterone	4 years

21 October + 18 November	Tatsiana Sharakova (BLR)	Track	Tuaminoheptane	UEC European Track Championships	18 months

23 December	Alan Jose Morales Castillo (CRC)	Road	Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica	GW501516	2 years

23 October	Becaye Traore (SEN)	Road	Tour du Faso	Niketamide	2 years

20 December	Marco Salas (CRC)	Road	Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica	Clostebol	1 year

25 December	Pablo Muddara (CRC)	Road	Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica	GW501516	2 years

27 & 29 December	Steven Villalobos Azofeifa (CRC)	Road	Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica	GW501516	2 years

28 December	Paulo Vargas Barrantes (CRC)	Road	Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica	GW501516	12 years

Sentence(s)

On the 30th of May, Matti Helminen tested positive for Probenecid at the Tour de Luxembourg and received a two-year suspension.

final_sentence: On the 30th of May, Matti Helminen tested positive for Probenecid at the Tour de Luxembourg and received a two-year suspension.