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"Boonen is my cocaine dealer," Vanoppen told police in January.

Boonen suspended after drugs test

Boonen was banned from last year's Tour de France

Belgian rider Tom Boonen could miss this year's Tour de France after being suspended by his Quick Step team following a positive test for cocaine.

The 28-year-old, who won last month's Paris-Roubaix race, also tested positive for the substance in May 2008.

Tour de France organisers would not comment but the International Cycling Union said they would not punish him.

"He is suspended from all activities by the team," Quick Step's representative Alessandro Tegner said.

"The test, about two weeks ago, was positive for cocaine and was carried out by the Flemish authorities."

Someone must teach me to understand what happens when I drink too much Tom Boonen

A public prosecutor in Belgium said a search had been carried out at Boonen's home at the end of April in connection with a drugs investigation, although he did not reveal whether any illegal substances had been found.

Boonen told a Belgian television station: "For 364 days it goes perfectly, but the one day I drink too much I change.

"I will seek help. Someone must teach me to understand what happens when I drink too much."

The 2005 World Road Race champion, who is a celebrity in his native Belgium, was barred from the Tour of Switzerland and Tour de France last year as a result of his first positive test for cocaine.

However, he did not face any sanctions from the International Cycling Union (UCI) because it does not hand down penalties for positive out-of-competition tests for the recreational substance.

In February this year, Boonen was given a suspended sentence by a Belgian court after he was found guilty of cocaine use.

His lawyer Luc Deleu said: "If it's proven that cocaine has been used, it would mean he didn't abide by the requirements set by the tribunal.

"In this case, his suspended conviction would be cancelled and there is a great risk he would need to go and face the tribunal."

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Ciclismo: Tom Boonen acusa cocaína pela segunda vez

Tom Boonen acusou cocaína pela segunda vez num teste anti-doping

O ciclista belga Tom Boonen (Quick Setp) teve um controlo antidoping positivo por cocaína no final de Abril, mais de um ano depois de ter sido apanhado pela primeira vez, com a mesma substância.

A equipa Quick Step já anunciou que suspendeu Boonen "de todas as competições com efeito imediato", na sequência de um caso que coloca em perigo a carreira desportiva do ciclista belga e expõe-o a processos judiciais, depois de a 12 de Abril ter ganho a Clássica Paris-Roubaix pela terceira vez.

Controlado a 24 e 25 de Abril pela Comunidade Flamenga da Bélgica, o campeão do Mundo de 2005, foi de novo apanhado pelo consumo de cocaína.

A análise à urina foi realizada fora de competição oficial, pelo que o ciclista não deverá será punido a nível desportivo, ainda que o seu acto venha a ter consequências em termos legais.

Boonen ficou "abatido" depois de conhecer os resultados da análise, segundo o seu advogado, Luc Delou, em declarações à estação de televisão flamenga VRT.

O advogado lembrou que se trata de um caso semelhante ao protagonizado há sensivelmente um ano pelo corredor da Quick Step, que também acusou positivo fora de competição.

"Mas humanamente o problema é muito maior. A imagem de Tom Boonen está de novo manchada, e volta a correr o risco de não poder participar no Tour de França", acrescentou Delou.

Por seu turno, o patrão da Quick Step, Patrick Lefevere, mostrou-se "profundamente decepcionado" quando teve conhecimento da notícia.