Frenchman Bernard Sainz was informed this week that he would have to wait until next April to be heard in his appeal of an 18-month prison sentence he is currently serving for providing doping products to cyclists.
Sainz, a former horse breeder turned soigneur, was found guilty in April of practicing medicine illegally and administering banned substances. He appealed the decision in hopes of gaining a shorter sentence.
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