German sprinter Danilo Hondo is free to return to racing this weekend, according to the UCI. "The UCI informs that the German rider will be able to resume competition on 1st April 2006," the organisation said in a statement yesterday.
Hondo tested positive for Carphedon during the Vuelta Ciclista in Murcia on 3 and 4 March 2005 and was suspended for one year by the Swiss cycling federation. He appealed the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld it and extended it to two years. Two weeks ago, Hondo appealed again, this time to a Swiss civil court, and had the extension of the ban set aside.
