GREAT Britain’s Jason Kenny will be promoted to world champion after cycling’s world governing body announced France’s Gregory Bauge is to be stripped of his title for an anti-doping infringement.
Bauge, who beat Bolton’s Kenny to gold at the Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn, Holland last March, was last November issued with a oneyear back-dated suspension from December 23, 2010, to December 22, 2011.
A statement from the International Cycling Union (the UCI) read: “The UCI today informed the FFC (Federation Francaise de Cyclisme) that all the results obtained by the rider and by any team of which he was a member during that period have been nullified by this decision.
“The UCI is therefore obliged to correct the results of the events in which Gregory Bauge participated during this period.
“As a consequence, the rider and the French team lose their individual sprint and team sprint titles won at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in March 2011.”
Kenny will be promoted to the gold medal position, with Sir Chris Hoy poised to be awarded silver after his thirdplaced finish.
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