Juan Carlos Dominguez (Unibet) was taken out of competition after revealing too high hematocrit levels in the morning of o🍸f the Eneco Tour of Benelux on Monday. The Spaniard's blood test result exceeded the 50 percent threshold imposed by UCI rules, so the 35 year-old is not allowed to race for two weeks now. The blood controls were carried out on rider𝐆s of the following teams: Davitamon, CSC, Quick Step, Lampre, Chocolade Jacques and Unibet.

Dominguez will now have to justify himself in front of his team directors, with Unibet applying for a ProTour licenseꦜ again this year. "We will not rule on Dominguez just now," team advisor Jacque🌠s Hanegraaf told Belgian media when confronted with the possibility that Dominguez could be using performance-enhancer EPO. "We will examine the situation internally."