Jumbo-Visma rider Michel Hessmann's B-sample tests positive for diuretic

Michel Hessmann at the 2023 Giro d'Italia
Michel Hessmann at the 2023 Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Getty Images)

Jumbo-Visma rider Michel Hessmann's B-sample has also tested positive for a diuretic, meaning the German now faces a ban from cycling, according to a report in Badische Zeitung.

The 22-year-old was provisionally suspended by his team when the news emerged in August that he had tested positive in June for "a diuretic that was contained in a medication."

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