Marion Sicot (born 24 June 1992) is a French racing cyclist, who is suspended from the sport until 2024, following a positive test for

erythropoietin Erythropoietin (; EPO), also known as erythropoetin, haematopoietin, or haemopoietin, is a glycoprotein cytokine secreted mainly by the kidneys in response to cellular hypoxia; it stimulates red blood cell production (erythropoiesis) in the bo ...

(EPO). She finished ninth at the

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and seventh at the 2015 Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames.

Sanctions

In September 2019, Sicot was announced to have tested positive for

(EPO). Sicot tested positive for EPO in a test carried out by the AFLD – the Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage ( en,

French Anti-Doping Agency The French Anti-Doping Agency (, AFLD) is an independent public authority formed in 2006 and charged with ensuring that participants in sports in France do not violate rules regarding doping. As a national anti-doping organization ( NADO), the A ...

) – at the

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on 27 June 2019 and was provisionally suspended on 18 July 2019. She was handed a two-year suspension by the AFLD, a decision made by its Sanctions Commission on 16 December 2020. This ban was extended to four years in March 2022.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sicot, Marion 1992 births Living people French female cyclists Doping cases in cycling Sportspeople from Orléans Cyclists from Centre-Val de Loire