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Christophe Bassons - Suspended

SWL · 2012-10-20 15:53:35

Yes I couldn't believe either; Christophe Bassons has been suspended for one year for missing a drug test after a MTB Marathon. He retired from the race, informed the officials he had done so, drove home and then received a phone call telling him to report to control for a test. When riders are selected for a test, is it…

20-10-2012 3:53pm

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Yes I couldn't believe either; Christophe Bassons has been suspended for one year for missing a drug test after a MTB Marathon.

He retired from the race, informed the officials he had done so, drove home and then received a phone call telling him to report to control for a test.

When riders are selected for a test, is it during or before the race starts the conspiracy theorist in me is jumping to all sorts of Machiavellian drama

Anti-doping cyclist watch your back.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bassons-handed-one-year-suspension

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Dope tests are selected during the race and are designed to stop people dropping out in order to avoid them. As an anti doping inspector himself Bassons was extraordinaryily stupid or else will win an appeal ....

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