Tom Danielson emerged from a nearly four-month media silence today, telling Cyclingnews he is hoping to resolve his doping case in the coming months and return to racing next year.
Danielson announced just before the start of the Tour of Utah on August 3 that he had been informed by USADA that an out-of-competition test taken on July 9 had tested positive "for, from what I understand, synthetic testosteron (sic)". The actual substance detected in his sample has not yet been confirmed either by USADA or Danielson, who did not want to disclose anything further.
In his string of Twitter comments in August, Danielson vehemently denied intentionally taking any doping substances, then vowed to have the supplements that he takes tested for contamination. "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," he wrote then. "I would never ever take anything like this especially after everything I have gone through the last years. This makes absolutely no sense."
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Since then, there has been no announcement of the case from USADA, although an agency spokesperson informed several media outlets in early November that the B-sample confirmed the initial test result. Danielson has not yet been listed on the UCI's provisional suspension list, as would be the standard procedure for a positive case for a "non-specified" class of prohibited substances like anabolic agents, nor is he on the list of suspended riders.
The case does not appear to have been referred to the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation Tribunal either. The CADF is intended to be the independent body that would adjudicate all pro cycling doping cases after January 1, 2015. Lloyd Mondory's case was the tribunal's first major decision by the CADF, but the rules allow for the matter to remain with USADA.
The case seems to be in limbo, with the media left to try to tease out what little details the various parties are willing to disclose. His Cannondale-Garmin team, meanwhile, did not extend his contract, leaving Danielson without many career options should he be successful in clearing his name.
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