Toon Aerts banned for two years for anti-doping rule violation

Belgian Toon Aerts
Belgian Toon Aerts (Image credit: Getty Images)

Belgian cyclocross specialist Toon Aerts has been suspended from competition for two years following a positive anti-doping test for the testosterone-boosting drug letrozole.

The Baloise Trek Lions rider had mounted a defence which sought to prove that the substance was ingested involuntarily and as a result of a contaminated food supplement.

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