French rider Steve Houanard who had returned an adverse analytical finding (presence of EPO) in a urine sample collected during an out-of-competition test on 21 September 2012 has been suspended by the International Cycling Union (UCI) for a period of two years.

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2. French rider Steve Houanard who had returned an adverse
analytical finding (presence of EPO) in a urine sample collected
during an out-of-competition test on 21 September 2012 has
been suspended by the International Cycling Union (UCI) for a
period of two years.
Houanard signed a document accepting the sanction on 18th
January 2013. The professional French road cyclist, who last rode
for the Ag2r-La Mondiale team, tested positive for EPO.
The 26-year-old rider was provisionally suspended by the world
governing body of cycling last October pending a disciplinary
case by the French cycling federation. The cyclist was pulled
from the Tour of Beijing by the Ag2r-La Mondiale team when
news of his out-of-competition positive test emerged.

3. In another development, the UCI asked the RLVB
(Belgian National Cycling Federation) to instigate a
disciplinary procedure against the Belgian rider Leif
Hoste for an apparent violation of the anti-doping
rules, on the basis of information provided by the
blood profile in his biological passport.
Hoste, announced his retirement at the end of last
season, citing problems with back pain. Leif Hoste,
the 35-year-old rider rode with Lance Armstrong on
the Discovery Channel team in 2005.