Volodymyr Bileka

Volodymyr Bileka
Personal information
Full name	Volodymyr Bileka; Володимир Білека
Born	6 February 1979 (age 45); Drohobych, Ukraine
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2002–2004	Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2005–2007	Discovery Channel
2008	Silence–Lotto
2010–2011	Amore & Vita–Conad
2012	Konya–Torku Şekerspor

Volodymyr Bileka (Ukrainian: Володимир Білека, born 6 February 1979 in Drohobych) is a Ukrainian professional road bicycle racer. He rode for Discovery Channel between 2005 and 2007. As with teammate and compatriot Yaroslav Popovych, he showed promise by winning numerous races as a junior before turning professional.

Doping cases

On 3 May 2008 Bileka sent a letter to Silence–Lotto team management announcing his resignation from the team for personal reasons, later revealed to be a positive test for EPO that resulted in a two-year ban.^[1]^[2] He made a comeback in professional cycling in 2010, riding for lower ranked teams. In 2012, while riding for Torku Şeker Spor, he tested positive for pseudoephedrine at the first stage of Tour of Trakya. He is now under a four-year-long suspension that will end 1 July 2016.^[3]