Canadian cyclist Dominic Picard slapped with anti-doping suspension, to be lifted in nearly four years
As the Canadian Press published earlier this week, cyclist Dominic Picard has been suspended for violating anti-doping rules -- a penalty that will keep him out of the saddle competitively for nearly four years.
As the Canadian Press published earlier this week, cyclist Dominic Picard has been suspended for violating anti-doping rules — a penalty that will keep him out of the saddle competitively for nearly four years.
The announcement was made on Oct. 21 by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport.
According to reports published by Sportsnet.ca, Picard received a suspension of three years and nine months, following the discovery in a urine sample of clenbuterol and tamoxifen. The former is well known as an anabolic agent, while the latter affects an athlete’s biochemistry as a hormone modulator. What sealed Picard’s fate, reports say, was a sample collected during in-competition doping control, back on June 28, 2015.
Which competition it was, of course, hasn’t been disclosed.
Picard, who hails from Laval, Que., didn’t contest the ruling. Following the disclosure of his doping, Picard admitted to the violation and agreed to waive his right to a hearing, something that will enable him to appeal for a sanction reduction at a later date. The reduced sanction was agreed to by both the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, taking him down below the four-year mark. His suspension will be lifted on April 14, 2019.
