The Astana team announced this Monday that it is provisionally reinstating Colombian cyclist Miguel Ángel ‘Supermán’ López to his disciplinewhich will return to its established racing plan to participate from this Tuesday in the Vuelta a Burgos and in La Vuelta a España, which will start on the 19th.
Astana’s arguments
Based on the information received, the Astana Qazaqstan team was informed that, in the absence of any finding by the Spanish authorities or the UCI, it was not in a position to continue the suspension or deprive the rider of his contractual rights.” noted in a statement.
In this, confirmed that the cyclist is provisionally rejoining the team and this Tuesday he will start the Burgos round, which will begin with a first stage of 157 kilometers and will end next Saturday the 6th. On the 19th he will do the same in La Vuelta, which will start from Utrecht (The Netherlands) and will end on September 11 in Madrid.
“The Astana Qazaqstan team has transmitted all the information received to the International Testing Agency which is in charge of anti-doping investigations on behalf of the UCI. The team will closely monitor the situation and will not hesitate to take decisive action depending on the evolution of the situation. the situation”added training.
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‘drug trafficking’
‘Supermán’ López was suspended by Astana on July 22after the news that he had been interrogated by the Spanish police in relation to an investigation being carried out by court number 4 of Cáceres for drug trafficking, which includes the professor at the University of Extremadura Marcos Maynar, who years ago was accused of administer doping substances to athletes.
Although investigative sources initially reported that the cyclist was being investigated, the Civil Guard later confirmed that it had simply registered the luggage of ‘Supermán’ López at the Madrid airport in a routine control and had not found anything suspicious.
The cyclist “flatly denied having any relationship/participation in any criminal act related to the distribution of unauthorized medicines or any other product referred to in the news published yesterday,” through a statement from his lawyers.
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