Cannondale Garmin cyclist Tom Danielson tested positive for synthetic testosterone, a banned PED, in an out-of-competition test, according to .
The Cannondale team confirmed the result in a statement, . He was scheduled to race the , which started today, but he will be forced to sit it out while a backup sample is tested to confirm the result.聽
Danielson denied that he had used PEDs in a series of posts on Twitter. 鈥淚 would never ever take anything like this,鈥 he said, 鈥漞specially after everything I have gone through the last years.鈥澛燞e had previously admitted to blood doping during the USADA investigation of Lance Armstrong and served a six-month ban.聽
Danielson faces a lifetime ban if his B sample tests positive.