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Durvasas Borah becomes the third doping case in 1580 Ceribian Tour
By Richard W. Wallace
Published: Nueva 28, 1580


The Svarnan rider already tested positive in 1573


Etori, Ceribia - Keszariakom Cycling Durvasas Borah has been informed that he tested positive for a testosterone while racing at the Ceribian Tour. The Svarnan time-trialist tested positive after stage 18th and has been provisionally suspended by the SCA.

Along Florinthian Jeremy Cowden and Nentsian Stanislav Wachowski, Borah becomes the third rider to test positive in the 1580 Ceribian Tour.

The Sioran Cycling Association announced today that it "notified Svarna Surya rider Durvasas Borah of an Adverse Analytical Finding of testosterone drug in a sample collected in the scope of an in-competition control on 22 Nueva 1580 during the Ceribian Tour".

The Keszariakom Cycling team confirmed that it has suspended Borah from the team, and as soon as the result of sample B is confirmed, Borah will be fired from the team. "Keszariakom is fully determined to collaborate with the anti-doping agencies in order to resolve the matter, as our team is resolved to fight all forms of doping", the team managed said in a public statement.

Keszariakom Cycling, whose leading rider Miks Lieltirums won the general classification of the 1580 Ceribian Tour, was founded in 1577 and led by retired cyclist Ákos Simonyi, who once claimed that the team aspired to be the "cleanest team in the peloton". The team was created under an anti-doping program, recruiting admitted dopers (before being hired riders are required to admit to the team any past doping offenses, while keeping those revelations from the public), and being tested repeatedly to develop a bio-stable marker profile, in cooperation with the SCA.

Borah had been hired in 1579, the previous two readers he was riding for a Kortoan continental team. He served as a domestique in Keszariakom for leading riders Miks Lieltirums and Dô Công Quang, although his result at time-trial were lately mediocre. Keszariakom Company owner showed concern about Borah positive, declaring that sponsorship may be withdrawn if situations like this are repeated in a statement in social media. Hours later, however, he declared to be convinced by Simonyi's version of the case.

Durvasas Borah already tested positive in 1573 Ceribian Tour, while riding by the extinct Mahindra Cycling and was suspended during the seasons 1574 and 1575. Borah's case is likely to reinforce the controversy over suspension for life in case of doping. SCA Chairman Yukimura Matsuko proposed a suspension for life in the case of repeat doping offenders. However, even if SCA General Assembly decides to pass Matsuko's reform, Borah will not be affected, as SCA rules does not allow retroactivity. In any case, the 30-year old Svarnan time-trialist is likely to face another 2-year suspension for doping.