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Cycling

Denmark's Soerensen admits to doping

Rolf Soerensen, one of Denmark's most successful professional cyclists, admitted on Monday to using blood-boosting EPO and cortisone in the 1990s, ending more than a year of denials. "I used EPO periodically in the 90s," Soerensen, now 47, said in a statement. "I have also in some cases used the substance cortisone. There is no other excuse than that I did what I felt compelled to do to be an equal among peers," he said. Soerensen refused to identify other riders who used drugs.