The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces today that it has notified Russian rider Eduard Vorganovof an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) of Meldonium (*) in a sample collected during an out-of-competitioncontrol on 14 January 2016.
The rider has the right to request and attend the analysis of the B sample.
In accordance with the UCI Anti-Doping Rules (UCI ADR), the rider has been provisionally suspended untilthe adjudication of the affair.
This constitutes the second AAF for a member of the UCI WorldTeam Katusha (**) within a twelve monthperiod. Therefore, as per article 7.12.1 UCI ADR (***), the UCI will refer the matter to the DisciplinaryCommission which will render a decision in the coming days.
At this stage of the procedure, the UCI will not comment any further on any of these matters.
(*) Meldonium is classified as S.4.5.3 "Hormone and Metabolic Modulators" and has been added on theProhibited List on 1 January 2016.
(**) On 10 July 2015, UCI WorldTeam Katusha rider Luca Paolini was notified of an AAF for cocaine in asample collected during an in-competition control on 7 July 2015. Disciplinary proceedings are ongoingbefore the UCI Anti-Doping Tribunal.
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