The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that Belarusian rider Kanstantsin Siutsou was notified of
an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) of Erythropoietin in a sample collected in the scope of an out-ofcompetition
control on 31 July 2018.
The control was planned and carried out by the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), the independent
body mandated by the UCI, in charge of defining and implementing the anti-doping strategy in cycling.
The rider has the right to request and attend the analysis of the B sample.
In accordance with UCI Anti-Doping Rules, the rider has been provisionally suspended until the adjudication
of the affair.
At this stage of the procedure, the UCI will not comment any further on this matter.
For more information
Louis Chenaille
UCI Press Officer
+41 79 198 7047
louis.chenaille@uci.ch
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