
Cycling Athlete Receives Lifetime Ban For Second Doping Violation
USADA announced today that US cycling athlete Duane Dickey of Cokato, Minnesota, has accepted a lifetime period of ineligibility for a second anti-doping rule violation based on his use and possession of synthetic erythropoietin (EPO) as well as his refusal to submit to sample collection. EPO, a synthetic hormone used to stimulate the body’s production […]