Iljo Keisse, the Belgian cyclist who tested positive at his home Six Day in Gent last year, will finally learn the outcome of his protracted doping case on November 2.

The 26-year-old testified in a hearing with the Belgian Cycling Federation on Monday, He reiterated emotionally that he has never taken banned drugs.

A doping control taken during the Gent Six Day in November, 2008, showed traces of cathine, a stimulant, and hydrochloorthiazide (HCT), a diuretic. However, an investigation into the control stated that the original analysis did not include a quantification of the amounts present in Keisse's urine.

The data would have been key to Keisse's assertion that his positive HCT result was the result of his taking a contaminated nutritional supplement called ZMA. The cathine, they argued, is a product of degradation of pseudoephedrine (which is not banned) found in cold medicine.