Nairo Quintana insisted this Thursday that he did not consume tramadol during the Tour de France after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismiss his appeal against the sanction imposed by the International Cycling Union (UCI) for violating their medical regulations.
“Throughout my sports career I have had much more than 300 anti-doping controls, they give more or less three controls per month, and I have never had a doping problem at all. I have many reasons not to do it and (…) I don’t I have taken this product,” Quintana said in a video.
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The UCI made this decision after analyzes of two blood samples provided by Quintana on July 8 and 13 during the last Tour de France revealed the presence of tramadol and its two main metabolites.
For that reason, the UCI disqualified him from the last Tour de France, in which he finished sixth, for violating its medical regulations.
Uncertain future
The 32-year-old runner added: “Life goes on, the storm has to pass, we keep looking forward, I have a nice family, I have a country and great friends who support me. Thank you very much for this.”
The UCI announced on August 17 the disqualification of Quintana from the last Tour and imposed a fine of 5,000 Swiss francs, after which the runner decided to resort to the TAS and resigned from participating in the Back to Spain although the regulations allowed him to compete in it.
And he is already looking at 2023. He confirmed that there are teams interested in having him.
“There are a couple of teams that are there, interested. Logically they were waiting for what happened with the TAS, but I’m going to keep pedaling, rest assured,” he said.
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