Amateur cycling in the United Kingdom has been rocked by two doping scandals in a matter of hours, with a Master's champion receiving a ban and a junior champion making an admission.
Andy Hastings, winner of the British Masters Championships (age 35-39) in 2015, was banned for using two anabolic steroids, claiming the banned substances had come from a borrowed, used needle with which he injected Vitamin B12.
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