Cyclist Boonen tests positive for cocaine

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BRUSSELS (AFP) — Former world champion Tom Boonen has tested positive for cocaine, Belgian judicial authorities confirmed on Tuesday.

The Paris-Roubaix winner tested positive during an out-of-competition control carried out by the ministry of the Flemish Community, on May 26, three days before the start of the Tour of Belgium in which he competed.

Police carried out searches but found nothing to incriminate the cyclist.

"On Monday afternoon searches were carried out and lead to a negative result. Tom Boonen was not arrested but he was questioned," a judicial spokesman added.

The affair is now part of a judicial investigation as the use of cocaine is illegal in Belgium, but the Flemish Community, in charge of anti-doping in the north of the country...