Ex-Belgian racer Johan Museeuw receives jail time

<img alt="Belgium's Johan Museeuw (C) (Quick Step) rides on a cobblestone road during the 102nd Paris-Roubaix cycling race, 11 April 2004." class="size-portrait_thumbnail js-gallery-grid-src-image img-container__imagewp-image-134063 alignnone size-portrait_thumbnail img-container__image" height="390" sizes="(min-width: 992px) 940px, (min-width: 768px) 728px, (min-width: 576px) 556px, calc(100vw - 20px)" src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229442251734-1inkxpdtv8llh-ba8abb1.jpg?quality=90&lb=300,390&background=white" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229442251734-1inkxpdtv8llh-ba8abb1.jpg?quality=90&lb=940,1222&background=white 940w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229442251734-1inkxpdtv8llh-ba8abb1.jpg?quality=90&lb=728,946&background=white 728w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229442251734-1inkxpdtv8llh-ba8abb1.jpg?quality=90&lb=556,722&background=white 556w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229442251734-1inkxpdtv8llh-ba8abb1.jpg?quality=90&lb=355,461&background=white 355w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229442251734-1inkxpdtv8llh-ba8abb1.jpg?quality=90&lb=340,442&background=white 340w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229442251734-1inkxpdtv8llh-ba8abb1.jpg?quality=90&lb=320,416&background=white 320w, " title="Ex-Belgian racer Johan Museeuw receives jail time - 134063" width="300" data-lightbox-src="https://media.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229442251734-1inkxpdtv8llh-ba8abb1.jpg?quality=90&w=1550&h=1080" data-source-name="DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images"> Belgium’s Johan Museeuw (C) (Quick Step) rides on a cobblestone road during the 102nd Paris-Roubaix cycling race, 11 April 2004. <img alt="Former cyclist Belgian Johan Museeuw (R) gives a press conference next to his lawyer Jozef Lievens (L), 23 January 2007 in Kortrijk, in which he admitted to have used doping products during his cycling years." class="size-portrait_thumbnail js-gallery-grid-src-image img-container__imagewp-image-134069 alignnone size-portrait_thumbnail img-container__image" height="390" sizes="(min-width: 992px) 940px, (min-width: 768px) 728px, (min-width: 576px) 556px, calc(100vw - 20px)" src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=300,390&background=white" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=1112,1445&background=white 1112w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=940,1222&background=white 940w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=728,946&background=white 728w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=556,722&background=white 556w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=355,461&background=white 355w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=340,442&background=white 340w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=320,416&background=white 320w, " title="Ex-Belgian racer Johan Museeuw receives jail time - 134069" width="300" data-lightbox-src="https://media.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&w=1620&h=1080" data-source-name="KURT DESPLENTER/AFP/Getty Images"> Former cyclist Belgian Johan Museeuw (R) gives a press conference next to his lawyer Jozef Lievens (L), 23 January 2007 in Kortrijk, in which he admitted to have used doping products during his cycling years. <img alt="Johan Museeuw poses with his flax carbon bike in his booth at the 2008 Interbike Show in Las Vegas." class="size-portrait_thumbnail js-gallery-grid-src-image img-container__imagewp-image-134071 alignnone size-portrait_thumbnail img-container__image" height="390" sizes="(min-width: 992px) 940px, (min-width: 768px) 728px, (min-width: 576px) 556px, calc(100vw - 20px)" src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e.jpg?quality=90&lb=300,390&background=white" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e.jpg?quality=90&lb=556,722&background=white 556w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e.jpg?quality=90&lb=355,461&background=white 355w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e.jpg?quality=90&lb=340,442&background=white 340w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e.jpg?quality=90&lb=320,416&background=white 320w, " title="Ex-Belgian racer Johan Museeuw receives jail time - 134071" width="300" data-lightbox-src="https://media.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e.jpg?quality=90&w=1280&h=852" data-source-name="Gary Boulanger"> Johan Museeuw poses with his flax carbon bike in his booth at the 2008 Interbike Show in Las Vegas.

Retired Belgian pro cyclist Johan Museeuw, who last raced for QuickStep in 2004, received a 10-month suspended jail sentence Tuesday for his involvement in a 2003 doping scandal, according to a recent AP report.

Museeuw, a multiple Paris-Roubaix winner and 1996 World Road champion, was accused of possessing endurance-enhancing erythropoietin (EPO) and Aranesp. The 43-yar-old Museeuw had been banned for two years by Belgium’s national cycling federation, and confessed in 2007.

<img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=2508,1672&background=white" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=1880,1253&background=white 1880w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=1456,970&background=white 1456w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=1112,741&background=white 1112w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=940,626&background=white 940w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=728,485&background=white 728w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=556,370&background=white 556w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=355,236&background=white 355w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=340,226&background=white 340w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&lb=320,213&background=white 320w, " sizes="(min-width: 992px) 940px, (min-width: 768px) 728px, (min-width: 576px) 556px, calc(100vw - 20px)" width="2508" height="1672" class="wp-image-134069 alignnone size-full img-container__image" alt="Former cyclist Belgian Johan Museeuw (R) gives a press conference next to his lawyer Jozef Lievens (L), 23 January 2007 in Kortrijk, in which he admitted to have used doping products during his cycling years." title="Former cyclist Belgian Johan Museeuw (R)" data-lightbox-src="https://media.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444493782-juw9bwm9u6x2-b28d3f3.jpg?quality=90&w=1620&h=1080" data-source-name="KURT DESPLENTER/AFP/Getty Images"> Former cyclist belgian johan museeuw (r) gives a press conference next to his lawyer jozef lievens (l), 23 january 2007 in kortrijk, in which he admitted to have used doping products during his cycling years.: KURT DESPLENTER/AFP/Getty Images The Belgian now runs his bicycle company, Museeuw Bikes , from Lokeren, Belgium.

<img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e.jpg?quality=90&lb=1280,852&background=white" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e.jpg?quality=90&lb=1112,740&background=white 1112w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e.jpg?quality=90&lb=940,625&background=white 940w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e.jpg?quality=90&lb=728,484&background=white 728w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e.jpg?quality=90&lb=556,370&background=white 556w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e.jpg?quality=90&lb=355,236&background=white 355w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e.jpg?quality=90&lb=340,226&background=white 340w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e.jpg?quality=90&lb=320,213&background=white 320w, " sizes="(min-width: 992px) 940px, (min-width: 768px) 728px, (min-width: 576px) 556px, calc(100vw - 20px)" width="1280" height="852" class="wp-image-134071 alignnone size-full img-container__image" alt="Johan Museeuw poses with his flax carbon bike in his booth at the 2008 Interbike Show in Las Vegas." title="1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e" data-lightbox-src="https://media.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1229444660684-zg1p5qlqakqh-851675e.jpg?quality=90&w=1280&h=852" data-source-name="Gary Boulanger"> Johan museeuw poses with his flax carbon bike in his booth at the 2008 interbike show in las vegas.: johan museeuw poses with his flax carbon bike in his booth at the 2008 interbike show in las vegas. Gary Boulanger