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Leukemans faces two-year ban after B sample positive

Reuters | By, Paris
Dec 19, 2007 10:41 PM IST

Leukemans has been summoned to a hearing by the Flemish cycling federation discipline committee on January 10.

Belgian rider Bjorn Leukemans faces a two-year ban after his B sample tested positive for the male sex hormone testosterone.

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"The result of my B sample has also returned positive," the Predictor-Lotto rider said on his personal Web site on Wednesday (www.bjornleukemans.be).

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Leukemans, 30, was suspended by the Belgian team when it was revealed last month that he had tested positive for testosterone a few days before the world championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

"Though we have not received a confirmation for his B sample, the rider remains suspended until he is heard by the Belgian authorities," Predictor-Lotto said in a statement.

Leukemans, who finished the world championships road race in 13th position last September, denied any wrongdoing. "I am innocent," he said on his Web site.

Leukemans has been summoned to a hearing by the Flemish cycling federation discipline committee on Jan 1O.

His best result this season was fourth place in the Paris-Roubaix classic.

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