UKAD hands three-and-half-year ban to teenager Gabriel Evans for EPO use
19-year-old confessed to doping last year
UK Anti-Doping has handed a three-and-a-half-year ban to 19-year-old rider Gabriel Evans, who 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:admitted to using EPO last season.
Evans confessed to his use of EPO when contacted by UKAD last October. UKAD had been investigating his case since August 2015, when the father of a then-teammate discovered that he had brought a vial of EPO with him to training 🃏camp in France.
UKAD opted not to hand Evans the maximu𓂃m ban of four years, citing his immediate admissi🍰on of culpability and his immaturity. The ban runs from 16 October 2015 to midnight on 15 April 2019.
“Evans clearly 🎀acted i🤪ntentionally when he decided to purchase and use EPO. However, doping is not a straightforward decision and every person’s motivations are different. Some do it for money, some do it to win. Some do it because they are curious and have seen others doing it,” UKAD chief executive Nicole Sapstead said .
🌜“It is therefore absolutely correct that every case is treated individually, and in this case that the sanction was reduced by six months to reflect that, as a young man of 18 at the time he committed the violations, Evans’ decision-making skills were impacted by his relative immaturity.
“What this🧸 case also highlights is the important role that support staff play in protecting athletes. I thank the person who🌊 came forward with information and evidence of doping. By doing so, they have called out wrong-doing and safeguarded the welfare of a young athlete.”
Evans, who rode for the Catford CC-Equipe Banks club, in December that he had decided to use EPO after finishing second in the 25-mile Junior British time trial championsh💮ip on August 1, 2015. He added that he ♑bought EPO for the first time on August 3.
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“On 11 August 2015 I travelled to France for a week’s training camp with the family of a then-teammate. With me I brought one vial of EPO. This was found by the ꦰteammate's father who presented evidence to UK Anti-Doping. UKAD contacted me shortly after to arrange a deposition, in which I promptly admitted to all wrongdoing,” Evans wrote in Decemb🐟er.
Evans won the British Junior 10-mile time trial championship in September, but 🅷has𝓰 since forfeited the title.
