Former U.S. national cyclocross champion Jonathan Page has been cleared of charges stemming from a missed in-competition doping test, but it remains unclear whether that will result in his inclusion on the U.S. team for the upcoming world championships in Hoogerheide, Holland, on February 1.Page missed a post-race anti-doping test on November 29, 2008, at the UCI World Cup in Koksijde, Belgium. The American, who earned a silver medal at the 2007 world championships, had crashed out of the race and was nursing injuries. He reportedly was unaware of his inclusion on a posted list of riders who were to be subjected to post-race drug testing.
Page reported that he had learned of the missed test only several weeks after the fact. Failure to submit to in-competition testing can be treated as a doping violation, one at the same level of a positive laboratory analysis. Page requested, and received, expedited handling of the matter by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and a hearing was held in the case on Thursday.
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