COCAINE POSITIVE MAY NOT SPELL DISASTER FOR BOONEN

Tom Boonen 2008

A Belgian newspaper has reported that Tom Boonen has tested positive for cocaine in an out-of-competition dope test taken three days before the Tour of Belgium.

However, cocaine, although illegal in most countries including Belgium, is not banned out of competition by either the UCI or the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.