Yates fails drugs test using asthma inhaler: team (Reuters)
British rider Simon Yates, a strong contender to make Team GB’s Olympic cycling squad, has failed a drugs test due to an “administrative error” over the use of an asthma inhaler, his team Orica-GreenEDGE said on Friday. The Bury-born 23-year-old had returned an adverse analytical finding for Terbutaline, a common treatment for asthma, from a test conducted at the Paris-Nice stage race last month, Orica-GreenEDGE said in a statement. “The substance was given in an ongoing treatment of Simon Yates’ documented asthma problems,” the Australian team said.