Roman Kreuziger provisionally suspended and out of Tour of Poland

The UCI provisionally suspended Tinkoff-Saxo's Roman Kreuziger after the Czech rider still hasn't been able to give an explanation for his biological passport anomilies. Team calls UCI experts in to question.

Roman Kreuziger of the Tinkoff-Saxo Bank Cycling Team 2014

(Image credit: Watson)

Cycling's governing body, the UCI, pulled the brakes on Roman Kreuziger's return in the Tour of Poland over the weekend and provisionally suspended the Czech cyclist. Team Tinkoff-Saxo was ready to race him in stage one yesterday despite abnormal biological passport findings.

The UCI said, "The decision was taken following confirmation received on August 1st, 2014 that Roman Kreuziger intended to participate in the upcoming Tour of Poland and Vuelta a España."

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