Italian cyclist Yannoni suspended 4 employees due to doping

Today, the Sports Arbitration Court issued a four-year ban on Italian cyclist Andrea Yanoni due to doping, in response to the latter's appeal to an 18-month sentence imposed on him by the International Motorcycle Federation.

Aprilia, a 30-year-old cyclist, was arrested on March 31, after a positive examination revealed that he had consumed the banned substance Drostanolone after the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang circuit in the MotoGP World Championship on November 3, 2019. Yanoni was excluded from the last two races of the 2019 season. In Malaysia and Valencia, Spain) on November 17, the two races he did not complete anyway.

The court confirmed in its decision that the arrest period for the Italian cyclist begins on December 17, 2019.

She explained that Yanoni said in his defense that "the source of the banned substance came from the meat that he ate before the Grand Prix race in Sepang and that he should have been completely acquitted and the decision to suspend him canceled." She added, "The judiciary considered that Andrea Yanoni failed to accurately determine the type of meat he ate, nor its source." .

On the other hand, the court considered that “contrary to the decision taken (by the International Motorcycle Federation), the positive result of Andrea Yanoni should be treated as intentional, thus supporting the appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Therefore the Sports Arbitration Court overturned the Federation’s decision Motorcycle International, which was adopted on March 31, imposed a four-year ban on Andrea Yanoni. "

In a brief statement, the International Motorcycle Federation said it had "taken note" of the decision of the Sports Arbitration Court.

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