Samuel Sanchez, the former Olympic champion from Spain, has been suspended with immediate effect after testing positive for banned growth hormones, according to an announcement by the world governing body of cycling.

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2. Samuel Sanchez, the former Olympic champion from
Spain, has been suspended with immediate effect
after testing positive for banned growth hormones,
according to an announcement by the world
governing body of cycling.
The 39-year-old Sanchez, who won the 2008 Olympic
road race in Beijing and five individual stages in the
Vuelta a Espana between 2005 and 2007 as well as an
individual stage on the 2011 Tour de France, will now
miss this year’s Vuelta that begins on Saturday in
France.

3. In a statement, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) said on its
website that Samuel Sanchez had been notified of an “Adverse
Analytical Finding (AAF) of GHRP-2” from an out-of-competition test
on August 9th. The UCI added Sanchez has the right to request and
attend the analysis of the B sample in accordance with UCI Anti-
Doping Rules. It added the rider has been provisionally suspended
until the adjudication of the affair.
The governing body also remarked the doping control was planned
and carried out by the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation, the
independent body mandated by the UCI, in charge of defining and
implementing the anti-doping strategy in cycling.
GHRP-2 refers to GH-Releasing Peptides (GHRPs) that are classified
as “Peptide Hormones, Growth Factors, Related Substances, and
Mimetics” on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s 2017 Prohibited List. It
is commonly used to increase lean body mass, reduce fat, and improve
aerobic performance.