The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that Azerbaijani rider Artyom Proskuryakov has been sanctioned with a three-year period of ineligibility following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation for the presence of Methamfetamine (D-) and its metabolites* in two samples collected – as a result of intelligence-led testing – during the 2025 UCI Road World Championships (Men Junior road race) on 23 September 2025.
In accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) and the UCI Anti-Doping Rules (UCI ADR), the period of ineligibility started on 18 November 2025 and is effective until 17 November 2028.
The case has been resolved by way of an acceptance of consequences as provided for by the Code and the UCI ADR.
The UCI will not comment any further.
The UCI delegated its anti-doping programme to the International Testing Agency (ITA) in January 2021, whilst retaining results management and the prosecution of anti-doping rules violations. Since then, cycling’s clean sport efforts have been led by the ITA Cycling Unit, which is dedicated specifically to all disciplines of cycling. The UCI and the ITA are bound by a service agreement which guarantees that the ITA operates in an independent manner.
* Methamfetamine (D-) and its metabolites are Prohibited Substances listed under class S6.A [Non-Specified Stimulants] of the 2025 Prohibited List which is maintained by the World Anti-Doping Agency and adopted by the UCI.