Astana Qazaqstan Development rider fired for blood booster doping

Ilkhan Dostiyev was let go by the Kazakh team after admitting to CERA use

Ilkhan Dostiyev on the podium of the Tour du Rwanda
(Image credit: Getty Images)

Ilkhan Dostiyev, an Astana Qazaqstan Development Team rider, has been fired after testing positive for and admitting to using the blood booster drug CERA.

The 22-year-old finished second at the Tour du Rwanda earlier this year, behind Joe Blackmore (Israel-Premier Tech) and then won a stage and finished second overall at the under-23 development race the Giro Ciclistico della Valle d'Aosta race in July. He tested positive after an out of competition test on 30 July.

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Adam Becket
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Adam is Cycling Weekly’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling, he's happy. Before joining CW he spent two years writing for Procycling. He's usually out and about on the roads of Bristol and its surrounds.

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