Chris Horner drew negative headlines today when Spanish media reported that he had missed an anti-doping control. His Radioshack team refused the claims and now USADA, the American anti-doping authority, confirms that it will not be counted as a missed test.

Chris Horner was dragged through the mud today when Spanish newspapers AS and Marca reported that the Spanish anti-doping authorities had been unable to locate the Vuelta a Espana winner on his team hotel However, his team was quick to refuse the claim and claimed that Horner had properly updated his whereabouts, going so far as to issue a screen grab of his update to the American anti-doping authority USADA.

The test was to be carried out by the Spanish anti-doping authorities AEA on behalf of USADA and the latter has now confirmed that it will not count as a missed test, confirming the information provided by Radioshack,

"In response to public statements from Team RadioShack today concerning Chris Horner, USADA can confirm that we were coordinating an out-of-competition test with the Agencia Española de Protección de la Salud en el Deporte (AEA) while Mr. Horner was in Spain," spokesperson Annie Skinner stated. "Mr. Horner properly updated his whereabouts information in advance of the test attempt, but given that the information was received in the U.S., the AEA doping control officer on the ground in Spain did not receive the updated information prior to arriving at the hotel."

"This is not considered a missed test and neither anti-doping organization provided information to the media regarding this situation. USADA has a strong collaborative relationship with AEA and thanks them for our on-going partnership in protecting the integrity of sport and the rights of clean athletes."

Horner is set to ride the world championships road race in Florence on September 29.