A Traverse City cyclist has received a four-year sanction from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for violating an anti-doping rule at the 2017 Bell's Iceman Cometh Challenge race from Kalkaska to Traverse City.

The USADA announced the sanction of 57-year-old Craig Webb Friday. After landing among the top finishers in the November 4 Iceman race - including winning his age group - Webb was selected to submit a sample. The cyclist was subject to testing due to his membership in USA Cycling, which maintains the RaceClean Program that works to fight doping at the amateur level of cycling.

Webb refused to provide a sample as requested by a doping control officer after he finished the race. "Evading sample collection, or refusing or failing to submit to sample collection, without compelling justification, is a doping violation under the USADA Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing, the United States Olympic Committee National Anti-Doping Policies, and the International Cycling Union Anti-Doping Rules, all of which have adopted the World Anti-Doping Code and the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List," according to the USADA.

Webb’s four-year period of ineligibility will begin effective November 4, 2017, the date he refused to provide a sample. "In addition, Webb has been disqualified from all competitive results obtained on and subsequent to November 4, 2017, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes," the USADA stated.

Webb has previously served as the president of the Hagerty Cycling Team and as a board member and organizer of the Cherry Roubaix.