Cycling Ireland and Sport Ireland have announced that the Irish Sport Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel have determined that Dale Walker committed an anti-doping rule violation and has been banned for four years.
Walker, 47, won the Irish Masters 40 Road Race Championships last September in Wexford and was chosen for a sample immediately after the event.
He provided a sample which tested positive for the presence of the following prohibited substances: epioxandrolone, oxandrolone, 18-noroxandrolone and boldenone and/or boldenone metabolite(s).
Both his A and B sample tested positive for the same substances.
Walker has been sanctioned by a period of ineligibility of four years commencing on November 5, 2019 and results from September 15, 2019 are also disqualified.
The verdict may be appealed within 21 days from the date of the decision.
