In May 2010, the UCI suspenede Tadej VALJAVEC because of a violation of the Anti-Doping Rules on the basis of the information provided by the blood profile in his biological passport. In July, he was cleared by the Slovenian Federation as there was not enough evidence to open disciplinary proceedings against him. UCI appealed against this decision at the CAS. In April 2011, Valjavec was suspended by the CAS for 2 years, until 20 January 2013.