Danielson da positivo y no correrá el Tour de Utah

Tom Danielson (Cannondale-Garmin) ha anunciado en Twitter un positivo en un control antidopaje, por testosterona sintética. El ciclista no correrá el Tour de Utah, que ha ganado en las dos últimas ediciones, a la espera de un segundo análisis.

El estadounidense asegura no haber tomado ninguna sustancia prohibida, y no se explica el resultado del test. "Me siento increíblemente dolido, frustrado y enfadado por esto. No entiendo cómo o por qué esto ha sucedido y todavía no puedo ni aceptar que esto es verdad. No he tomado ni esta ni otra sustancia prohibida", ha asegurado en Twitter.

Danielson ya admitió haberse dopado durante su etapa en Discovery Channel, y fue sancionado por seis meses entre 2012 y 2013.

Tonight has been one of the worst nights of my life. While I was eating dinner with my team the night before Tour of Utah I received a call

— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) agosto 3, 2015

For USADA notifying me that a out of competition test I gave July 9th has tested positive for, from what I understand, synthetic testosteron

— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) agosto 3, 2015

I have not taken this or any other banned substance

— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) agosto 3, 2015

I spoke with them and my team and I will have to sit out the Tour of Utah as I wait for the B sample as well as look into

— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) agosto 3, 2015

All the possible ways that could have produced this result.

— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) agosto 3, 2015

I would never ever take anything like this especially after everything I have gone through the last years. This makes absolutely no sense

— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) agosto 3, 2015

I will now, as I wait for the B test, have the supplements I take, tested to see if this is what caused it.

— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) agosto 3, 2015

I feel incredibly hurt, frustrated, and angry by this. I don't understand how or why this happened and still can't even accept this is true

— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) agosto 3, 2015

I love cycling. I love it so fucking much. I love the races, the rides, the people, the businesses, I love it all. Nothing compares for me.

— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) agosto 3, 2015