Aussie to miss World Championships over doping ban

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Australia's Rob Stannard volition miss this year's Cycling World Championships aft receiving a provisional suspension for an alleged anti-doping regularisation violation.

Stannard's lack from the event, which kicks disconnected connected August 3, was confirmed via a connection from AusCycling precocious connected Wednesday night.

"AusCycling was informed of the UCI's provisional suspension of cyclist Rob Stannard earlier today," the connection read.

"Regrettably, the provisional suspension for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation means that Mr Stannard volition beryllium incapable to vie successful the World Championships successful Glasgow.

Rob Stannard volition miss this week's Cycling World Championships successful Glasgow, Scotland (Luc Claessen via Getty Images)

"We enactment that Mr Stannard rigorously rejects the stated reasons for the provisional suspension and has signalled his volition to appeal.

"AusCycling volition proceed to enactment Mr Stannard and volition supply the UCI with immoderate assistance it needs to swiftly resoluteness the matter.

"We volition beryllium making nary further remark astatine this time."

The 24-year-old Sydney autochthonal took retired past year's Tour de Wallonie successful Belgium.

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