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Valentina Cavallar denounces anti-doping test after mother’s death

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Austrian cyclist Valentina Cavallar says she underwent an anti-doping test at home a few hours after her mother died, with the body in a neighbouring room. The SD Worx-Protime rider denounced the painful and disrespectful procedure on social media, L’essentiel reports.

Austrian cyclist Valentina Cavallar, a member of the SD Worx-Protime team, said she underwent an unannounced anti-doping test at her home a few hours after her mother died in September. Her mother’s body was in a neighbouring room at the time, she said on social media on Sunday.

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