Astana Qazaqstan Development Team fire Ilkhan Dostiyev after blood booster CERA positive

Ilkhan Dostiyev of the Astana Qazaqstan Development Team
Ilkhan Dostiyev of the Astana Qazaqstan Development Team (Image credit: Getty Images)

The Astana Qazaqstan Development Team have fired Ilkhan Dostiyev after the 22-year-old Kazakh rider tested positive for the blood booster drug CERA. 

Dostiyev won a stage and finished second overall in the prestigious Giro Ciclistico della Valle d'Aosta race in July but then was tested by anti-doping authorities, apparently out of competition, on July 30. 

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