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Thomas Peyroton-Dartet provisionally suspended for EPO
Thomas Peyroton-Dartet has been provisionally suspended by the ITA after an adverse analytical finding for EPO. The sample was taken on 5 September at the Huntsville world championships. He won the C3 road race two days later, and the case went public only in late October.
What this means
His Huntsville C3 road race title is now tied to an open case. Its status depends on the B-sample and the disciplinary process, neither of which has concluded.
The in-competition test came at the 2026 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Huntsville, Alabama. The 41-year-old then took the C3 road race title, so the rainbow jersey sat on his shoulders for weeks with the finding unannounced. The B-sample can still be requested to contest the suspension. If it isn't, the ITA says the procedure continues on the basis of a confirmed anti-doping violation. No final sanction has been reported. At Paris 2024 he won gold in the C3 time trial and silver in the C1-3 road race.
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