Marion Sicot handed two-year suspension for doping

Marion Sicot
Marion Sicot (Image credit: Getty Images)

Marion Sicot has been handed a two-year suspension by the Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage (AFLD), a decision made by its Sanctions Commission on December 16, L'Equipe reported on Tuesday. 

Sicot tested positive for EPO in a test carried out by the AFLD at the French time trial championships on June 27, 2019 and was provisionally suspended on July 18, 2019. The retroactive suspension means that Sicot will be able to return to competition this July.

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