German cyclist Danilo Hondo has been barred from the sport for two years for doping.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday upheld an appeal by the UCI and the World Anti-Doping Agency against Hondo's original ban, which the organizations said was too light.

Swiss Olympic, Switzerland's sports disciplinary body, banned Hondo for two years in June for twice testing positive for the stimulant carphedon during the Tour of Murcia in March 2005, during which he won two stages.

But that ban would have allowed Hondo to start racing again in 2006 on probation. Now, he will remain barred until April 1, 2007. His Gerolsteiner team fired him last year.

Hondo has denied taking the stimulant. But the court said the work by the lab in Madrid, Spain, "could not be called into question" and the presence of carphedon in his urine was "clearly established."