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Betsema: Contaminated supplement led to six-month suspension

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Denise Betsema, who is set to return to racing this weekend after serving a suspension, said in a press conference Tuesday that she proved a contaminated supplement was behind her adverse analytical findings for steroids last year, leading to a retroactive ban of six months. According to Wielerflits, the Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal rider said that she …

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KOM confusion: Jarrad Drizners takes polka dots in TDU countback

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ADELAIDE, Australia (CT) – A countback was required to determine the first king of the mountains leader at the 2020 Tour Down Under. Both Jarrad Drizners (UniSA-Australia) and Joey Rosskopf (CCC) finished stage 1 with five points, with each having won one KOM sprint (worth three points) and placed second in the other (worth two). …

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New team, same great sprinter: Sam Bennett wins Tour Down Under opener

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TANUNDA, Australia (CT) – You can understand why Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep) was nervous before today’s stage. It was his first UCI race of the year, his first significant outing with his new team, and to top it all off, he’d copped a drubbing from fellow sprinter Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) at the Schwalbe Classic a few …

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A Roubaix invite for van der Poel’s team, Betsema’s return: Daily News Digest

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(Want to get the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello again, CyclingTips readers! If you’ve been waiting patiently for Mathieu van der Poel’s Paris-Roubaix debut, your wait should be over soon: His team has been invited to this year’s edition of the race. Organizers announced the wildcard selection for …

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Betsema set to race again after six-month suspension

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Denise Betsema, the 26-year-old Dutch cyclocrosser who tested positive for anabolic steroids in 2019, is set to return to racing again after serving a suspension of six months. According to a statement from the UCI, Betsema’s suspension began on April 5 of last year and ended in October. She will reportedly return to racing, with …

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