Rudi van Houts, suspended last year by the Multivan-Merida mountain bike team after testing positive for clenbuterol, is back on the squad. Van Houts, a teammate of world XC champ Jose Hermida, was able to prove that the clenbuterol came from contaminated meat he ate while in Mexico last December. Clenbuterol is the same substance […]

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Word out of the Netherlands is that Dutch rider Rudi van Houts, suspended last year after testing positive for a small amount of clenbuterol, has been cleared to race. Van Houts, a teammate of world XC champ Jose Hermida on the top-ranked Multivan-Merida squad, was able to prove that the clenbuterol came from contaminated meat […]

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