Roman Kreuziger cleared after UCI and WADA drop biopassport appeal
Last Updated: 05/06/15 7:48pm
Roman Kreuziger's 12 months in limbo are over after the International Cycling Union and World Anti-Doping Agency dropped their case against the Czech rider.
The UCI and WADA were preparing to take Kreuziger to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over a perceived anomaly in his biological passport that suggested he was doping. He always protested his innocence.
He was provisionally suspended and withdrawn from the Tinkoff-Saxo squad for the 2014 Tour de France before being cleared by the Czech Olympic association last October.
The UCI and WADA challenged the ruling, taking the case to the CAS for a hearing that was scheduled to take place next week. However, new evidence has come to light to end the challenge, allowing Kreuziger's career to continue.
A statement from the UCI read: "Based on the availability of newly obtained information, the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) have come to the conclusion that, in accordance with the applicable UCI anti-doping rules and WADA Athlete Biological Passport operating guidelines, there is at this stage no basis to proceed further. They have therefore decided to withdraw their appeals."
