Doping Sanctions Consistency

[MaxVO2]

Just looking at the sanctions given to cyclists on http://www.usada.org/sanctions/ and they vary from one month to lifetime bans. What are the rules for the sanction that is given to a cyclist?

 

[KayLow]

WADA's banned substances list contains a sublist of so-called "specified substances" that are substances that are more likely to be unintentionally ingested due to their widespread availability in medicinal and other commonly used products and are less likely to be used as performance enhancing drugs. An athlete may receive a reduced sanction when testing positive for a specified substance when she can establish that she did not take the substance with the intention of enhancing her performance. I am guessing this explains some or all of the reduced sanctions.

 

[MaxVO2]

WADA's banned substances list contains a sublist of so-called "specified substances" that are substances that are more likely to be unintentionally ingested due to their widespread availability in medicinal and other commonly used products and are less likely to be used as performance enhancing drugs. An athlete may receive a reduced sanction when testing positive for a specified substance when she can establish that she did not take the substance with the intention of enhancing her performance. I am guessing this explains some or all of the reduced sanctions.

Yes. There are tiers of substances, but the sanctions vary from 1 month to 2 years (Contador) to LIFETIME. How does one get a lifetime?

 

[The Hitch]

Yes. There are tiers of substances, but the sanctions vary from 1 month to 2 years (Contador) to LIFETIME. How does one get a lifetime?

lifetime is if you been caught twice or if you are deemed to be supplying as well as doping.

As i understand it.

 

[luckyboy]

supplying/trafficking/administering

 

[Race Radio]

Sanctions can be reduced if you share evidence

 

[Cerberus]

lifetime is if you been caught twice or if you are deemed to be supplying as well as doping.

As i understand it.

Wait, Armstrong took EPO twice? my world is falling apart. But surely his other 5 Tour wins were legit?

 

[MaxVO2]

lifetime is if you been caught twice or if you are deemed to be supplying as well as doping.

As i understand it.

Aha...danka