Then, he was suspended for two years by French cycling federation.
The American cycling federation did not have the money to pay all the fares for the three women.
He was suspended for six months by the Italian cycling federation.
In 1948, he became the first post-war president of the German cycling federation.
The Italian cycling federation accepted the second excuse and cleared him.
Despite his B sample also testing positive he only received a fine from the Russian cycling federation.
After retirement, for more than 20 years he worked as a cycling coach with the Russian cycling federation.
The Japanese amateur and professional cycling federations affiliated themselves respectively.
He was president of the Irish Cycling Federation from 1996 to 1999.
He was cleared by the German cycling federation of a doping offence.