Rob Stannard to overlook World Championships as a result of anti-doping rule suspension
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Australia’s Rob Stannard will miss this 12 months’s Biking World Championships after receiving a provisional suspension for an alleged anti-doping rule violation.
Stannard’s absence from the occasion, which kicks off on August 3, was confirmed through a press release from AusCycling late on Wednesday evening.
“AusCycling was knowledgeable of the UCI’s provisional suspension of bike owner Rob Stannard earlier immediately,” the assertion learn.
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“Regrettably, the provisional suspension for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation implies that Mr Stannard shall be unable to compete within the World Championships in Glasgow.
“We be aware that Mr Stannard rigorously rejects the acknowledged causes for the provisional suspension and has signalled his intention to attraction.
“AusCycling will proceed to help Mr Stannard and can present the UCI with no matter help it must swiftly resolve the matter.
“We shall be making no additional remark at the moment.”
The 24-year-old Sydney native took out final 12 months’s Tour de Wallonie in Belgium.
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