Boonen on cocaine.
http://velonews.com/article/77383/boonen-tests-positive-for-cocaine[script removed] <P>"If you look at the 2008 WADA Prohibited List, you will find a category named 'Substances and Methods Prohibited In-Competition' (i.e. only in-competition)," he wrote. "Cocaine is in section S. 6 Stimulants. Therefore, cocaine is not prohibited when detected out-of-competition." </P> <P>Some may recall the 2002 suspension of German Jan Ullrich, who was banned for six months after a similar out-of-competition test, which showed traces of the drug ecstasy and amphetamine. WADA has only been fully in control of the international banned substances list since 2004 and Ullrich was suspended under the rules of the German Cycling Federation. </P> <P>"The World Anti-Doping Code came into force on January 1, 2004," noted Donze, "at the same time as the first annual Prohibited List prepared by WADA and the other International Standard developed by WADA." </P> <P>While he might not face cycling-related sanctions, Boonen may well face criminal charges in the matter. Inge Delissen, spokeswoman at the prosecutors office in the Flemish city of Turnhout, said investigators are looking "into the suspected possession of cocaine by Tom Boonen." </P> <P>Delissen said police carried out searches but found nothing to incriminate the cyclist. </P> <P>"On Monday afternoon searches were carried out and lead to a negative result. Tom Boonen was not arrested but he was questioned," she said. </P> <P>There was no immediate reaction or statement from Boonen's Quick Step team, nor was there reaction from Bouygues Telecom, the French team with which Boonen was reportedly in negotiations for a contract in 2009. </P> <DIV class=article-image-embed style="WIDTH: 180px"><a target=_blank href="http://velonews.com/photo/77385"><IMG alt='"Boonen is my cocaine dealer," Vanoppen told police in January.' src="http://velonews.com/files/images/BoonenCokeDealer.Thumbnail2.JPG" border=0></A><BR> <DIV class=article-image-caption>"Boonen is my cocaine dealer," Vanoppen told police in January.</DIV></DIV> <P>The Belgian sprinter was caught up in a drugs scandal in January when Belgian cyclocross star Tom Vanoppen tested positive for cocaine and told investigators that Boonen had provided him with the drug. Following that allegation, police searched the home of Boonen's parents but found nothing to incriminate him and the case was eventually dropped. </P> <P>Neither case has prompted the UCI to consider sanctions. </P> <P>"The UCI will not be requesting that a disciplinary procedure be opened," UCI spokesman Enrico Carpani told AFP. "We have not been informed of this result but if the information is confirmed as it is an out-of-competition control UCI rules like those of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) do not have any sanctions for (out-of-competition use of) cocaine." </P></DIV></body></html>
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