Boonen may escape criminal charges for cocaine

Tom Boonen doesn't look too happy to receive the red jersey again.

Tom Boonen doesn't look too happy to receive the red jersey again. (Image credit: Isabelle Duchesne)

Quick Step sprinter Tom Boonen may escape face criminal charges stemming from his 2008 out-of-competition positive test for cocaine use, Het Nieuwsblad reported Saturday. The word comes from prosecutors who gave the Belgian a suspended sentence for the incident, stating that being denied participation in that year's Tour de France was punishment enough.