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• Boonen Gets Shock 11th Hour Tour Reprieve
  July 3rd, 2009
  

  MONACO, July 3, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen has been granted a shock eleventh hour reprieve to compete in the Tour de France which starts here Saturday, his team confirmed.
  Quick Step’s former world road race champion had been barred from the Tour by organizers following a [...]

• Boonen To Face No Criminal Charges Over Cocaine Use
  June 20th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, June 20, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen has escaped the threat of criminal charges from a first positive test for cocaine, in May 2008, despite a second positive test in April, local media claimed Saturday.
  However the former world champion and winner of the sprinters’ green [...]

• Boonen Banned From Tour, But UCI Takes No Action
  June 18th, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 18, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen has been banned from competing in the Tour de France following his positive drug test for cocaine, organizers ASO (Amaury Sport Organization) announced on Thursday.
  The 28-year-old Quick Step rider tested positive for cocaine in April, less than a [...]

• Boonen “Didn’t Ingest Cocaine” – Experts Say
  June 18th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, June 18, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian star Tom Boonen seemingly did not ingest cocaine, the substance for which he tested positive six weeks ago for the second time in a year, Belgian media Thursday quoted a panel of independent experts as saying.
  The panel based their conclusion on the [...]

• Boonen Could Still Make Tour de France, Says UCI’s Pat McQuaid
  May 27th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, May 27, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian rider Tom Boonen could still take part in the Tour de France despite his recent positive test for cocaine, according to Pat McQuaid, president of the International Cycling Union (UCI).
  “There is no reason to ban Tom Boonen from the Tour. From the [...]

• Belgians Blast The UCI Decision To Sanction Tom Boonen Over Cocaine
  May 14th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, May 14, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cycling federation president Laurent De Backer has hit out at the president of world cycling, Pat McQuaid, following the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) decision to sanction Tom Boonen.
  Belgian star Boonen, who recently claimed a third victory in the prestigious Paris-Roubaix one-day classic, [...]

• No Mr. Boonen At Tour de France, So Says Organizers
  May 12th, 2009
  

  SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA, Italy, May 12, 2009 (AFP) – Embattled cycling star Tom Boonen could face a six-month ban from the sport after his second positive test for cocaine, according to cycling’s world ruling body.
  Boonen, who recently claimed a third victory in the prestigious Paris-Roubaix one-day classic, tested [...]

• Quick Step Say Boonen Needs Treatment But Stand By Him
  May 11th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, May 11, 2009 (AFP) – Quick Step cycling team bosses on Sunday urged Tom Boonen to have treatment after his second positive test for cocaine but added they would stand by him while he serves a suspension.
  Boonen, Belgium’s top cyclist, is facing up to what could be a [...]

• Tom Boonen Faces His Cycling Demise After Second Cocaine Positive
  May 9th, 2009
  

  by Benoit Noel
  BRUSSELS, May 9, 2009 (AFP) – Belgium’s top cyclist Tom Boonen admitted he had a “problem” on Saturday after a second positive test for cocaine threw his career into serious jeopardy.
  News of Boonen’s positive test was confirmed by the public prosecutor’s office earlier on [...]