Cycling-Former Dutch rider Boogerd handed two year ban for doping (Reuters)
Dutch former rider Michael Boogerd has been banned for two years for anti-doping violations during his career, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Wednesday. “The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces today that Michael Boogerd has been sanctioned with a two years’ ineligibility for the anti-doping rule violations he committed during his cycling career,” the UCI said in a statement “The ban is effective until 21 December 2017.” In 2013, Boogerd admitted to doping during his career between 1997 and 2007.