The Astana rider Valentin Iglinskiy has been sacked by his team for admitting to using EPO.
The 30 year old failed a test for EPO during the Eneco Tour and then admitted to having used the banned substance to his team who have now sacked him.
In a press statement, and subsequently admitting to using the blood boosting substance, the management of the team said: “In its wish for full transparency, Astana Pro Team has refused to defend a rider who failed to respect the rules and ethics as stipulated in his contract and who has failed to behave in a manner consistent with other riders in his team and within professional cycling.
“With the immediate expulsion of Valentin Iglinskiy, the management and staff at Astana Pro Team confirm our commitment to clean cycling without doping.”
Iglinskly has also been suspended by cycle union - Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), following the test result, who issued the following statement:
"The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that it has notified Kazakh rider Valentin Iglinskiy for an Adverse Analytical Finding of EPO in a sample collected in the scope of the 2014 Eneco Tour on 11 August 2014.
The rider has the right to request and attend the analysis of the B sample.
In accordance with UCI Anti-doping Rules, the rider has been provisionally suspended until the adjudication of the affair.
At this stage of the procedure, the UCI will not comment any further."