August 3, 2015 – The Tour of Utah issued an update today that Tom Danielson has withdrawn from the 2015 Tour of Utah due to an adverse analytical A sample. Danielson won the Tour of Utah overall title in 2013 and 2014.
The following update was released:
The Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team has notified the Tour of Utah that Tom Danielson has withdrawn from the 2015 race beginning Aug. 3. Danielson, a professional rider since 2004, won the Tour of Utah in 2013 and 2014. In a statement released by the Can nondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team: Tom Danielson notified Slipstream Sports that he was informed by USADA that he has returned an adverse analytical A sample using carbon isotope testing. In accordance with Slipstream Sports’ zero tolerance anti-doping policy, he has been suspended from competition, effective immediately. He awaits the results his B sample. Slipstream respects and will adhere to the process of the anti-doping authorities and will not comment further.
Danielson tweeted about this denying taking any banned substance and expressing his hurt and frustration:
Tonight has been one of the worst nights of my life. While I was eating dinner with my team the night before Tour of Utah I received a call
— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) August 3, 2015
For USADA notifying me that a out of competition test I gave July 9th has tested positive for, from what I understand, synthetic testosteron
— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) August 3, 2015
I have not taken this or any other banned substance
— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) August 3, 2015
I spoke with them and my team and I will have to sit out the Tour of Utah as I wait for the B sample as well as look into
— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) August 3, 2015
All the possible ways that could have produced this result.
— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) August 3, 2015
I would never ever take anything like this especially after everything I have gone through the last years. This makes absolutely no sense
— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) August 3, 2015
I will now, as I wait for the B test, have the supplements I take, tested to see if this is what caused it.
— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) August 3, 2015
I feel incredibly hurt, frustrated, and angry by this. I don't understand how or why this happened and still can't even accept this is true
— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) August 3, 2015
I love cycling. I love it so fucking much. I love the races, the rides, the people, the businesses, I love it all. Nothing compares for me.
— tom danielson (@tomdanielson) August 3, 2015
