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The Latest Breaking News from Franck Bonnamour

Former French pro cyclist banned for four years over 'unexplained abnormality' in biological passport

Franck Bonnamour, now retired, found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation

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Now-retired Franck Bonnamour banned for four years due to an 'unexplained abnormality' in Athlete Biological Passport

French cyclist's ban to span from February 5, 2024, to February 4, 2028

Cycling News

'I can't afford to lose everything' - Franck Bonnamour quits doping ban battle and retires, citing financial strain

French rider sold apartment to fund battle over biological passport ban, which is based on two tests in 2018 and 2022

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The anti-doping frontier: How the biological passport has changed pro cycling - part 2

In part 1, we examined the effectiveness of the Athlete Biological Passport (ABO) since its cycling rollout in 2008 and sport-wide rollout a year later. We ended by focusing on the mooted modern-day scourge of the ABP – separating legal altitude-induced changes in a cyclist’s blood profile and illegal micro-dosing…

Cycling News

French WorldTour pro cyclist dismissed by team for 'anti-doping violation'

Franck Bonnamour's biological passport is under investigation by the UCI, but he denies wrongdoing

Cycling Weekly

Decathlon-AG2R dismiss Franck Bonnamour but Frenchman denies blood doping

'I have never used prohibited products or any blood manipulation' Bonnamour insists

Cycling News

Ibai Salas makes €310K compensation claim against Spanish Anti-Doping

Biological passport rejected as proof of doping by Spanish court

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French WorldTour pro cyclist suspended for anti-doping ‘abnormalities’

Franck Bonnamour's biological passport is under investigation by the UCI

Cycling Weekly

As it happened: British rider wins overall Tour Down Under

Mount Lofty, 1.3km at 7.3% and max. 13.3%, returns for the final day of racing where the overall champion will be crowned

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Critérium du Dauphiné: Jonas Vingegaard seals overall title as Giulio Ciccone wins final stage

Ciccone hangs on from the breakaway on ultra-steep final climb above Grenoble

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As it happened: Critérium du Dauphiné finale gave overall title to Jonas Vingegaard and stage win to Giulio Ciccone

All the action from the final stage of the race

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