In a statement posted on his website Thursday afternoon, Tom Danielson said his four-year ban from competition that the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced earlier in the day is part of an agreement he reached with the agency after determining his positive sample in 2015 was the result of an unintentional ingestion.
The finding is the second doping offence for Danielson, who was banned for six months in 2012 after admitting to doping while on the US Postal Service Team as part of his testimony against Lance Armstrong, and could have led to an eight-year or lifetime ban for the 38-year-old American.
“Today, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has agreed to issue me a reduced ban of four years, instead of the standard eight years for a second anti-doping violation, for my positive test on July 9, 2015,” the statement Danielson released today claims.
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“The basis for this reduced ban is unintentional ingestion of DHEA as the result of contamination from a supplement containing Maca root. The manufacturer of this Maca root product also produces a supplement containing DHEA, in the same facility, and this is likely how the contamination occurred.”
USADA did not immediately respond to Cyclingnews’ request for comment, but the announcement released on the agency's website did not address Danielson's claim that the substance he tested positive for - "an exogenous Androgenic Anabolic Steroid (AAS) and/or its metabolites" - was inadvertent.
Nevertheless, Danielson reiterarted in his statement that he he continues to be firmly against doping in sport.
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