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Sanchez changes tack to fill Valverde's shoesSeptember 02, 2010 (09:37) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] While Carlos Sastre started the Vuelta a España having done only 51 days of racing this season (including the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France), his compatriot Luis Leon Sanchez already had 70 days under his belt when the race kicked off from Seville last Saturday. The Caisse d'Epargne rider started the year in Australia with a stage win at the Santos Tour Down Under in January. He compiled six wins as he added the individual time trial of the Volta ao Algarve in February, stage one and the ... More...
UCI denies reports of Valverde dealJune 14, 2010 (13:21) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] The International Cycling Union has denied reports published in the Spanish Meta2mil magazine that it tried to reach a deal with Alejandro Valverde, offering him a reduction to his suspension in exchange for a confession to his involvement in the Operacion Puerto blood doping investigation. According to Meta2Mi l, the UCI offered Valverde a reduced sentence and the possibility of keeping his race victories from 2010. He would have been able to return to racing in July 2011. However Meta2mi l claimed ... More...
Le Mvel overlooked for Vasco win after Valverde suspensionJune 05, 2010 (23:08) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] The 2010 Criterium of the Dauphiné will start on Sunday with a 6.8km prologue in Evian-les-Bains, but only three of the riders who occupied the top 10 last year are on the start list this time around. The third man behind Spaniards Alberto Contador and Haimar Zubeldia is Christophe Le Mével, who claimed 10th last year. Le Mével will be seeking his third victory of the season, even if he should have been given one win on a technicality but was denied. The result in question comes ... More...
Moreau lost without ValverdeJune 05, 2010 (16:51) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Caisse d'Epargne rider Christophe Moreau has been left in shock following the recent world-wide suspension of team leader Alejandro Valverde. The Spanish outfit, which was counting on Valverde to spearhead them at both the Critérium du Dauphiné and the Tour de France, now have to compose different line-ups for the two events and re-think its strategies and objectives. "It was a blow to the whole team," Moreau told Cyclingnews as he was preparing to travel to Evian-les-Bains, ... More...
Delgado on the defensive over ValverdeJune 03, 2010 (06:21) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Former Spanish professional rider and TV commentator Pedro Delgado has joined the chorus of voices criticising the sanction imposed on Alejandro Valverde this week, lamenting the role of the International Cycling Union (UCI) in the case. Europa Press reports that the 1988 Tour de France champion is critical of the time taken to impose the ban, which is effective from January 1 this year and prohibits the Caisse d'Epargne rider from competing until January 1, 2012. The ban is effectively 19 months ... More...
Gutirrez responds to Valverde banJune 02, 2010 (07:51) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Caisse d'Epargne rider Iván Gutiérrez has defended Alejandro Valverde in the wake of an announcement concerning his ban from racing worldwide, retrodated to be effective from January 1 this year. The experienced Spaniard sent an open letter expressing his disdain with the punishment meted to his friend and colleague, explaining that it reflects the feelings of many Spanish riders and indeed those from outside Spain. In concluding he makes an impassioned plea to end the injustices against ... More...
Spanish commentators critical of Valverdes banJune 01, 2010 (14:37) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Reaction to the two-year ban imposed on Alejandro Valverde by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has been generally supportive of the Caisse d’Epargne rider. In line with his team’s description of the ban as “unjust and incoherent”, commentators have questioned the severity of the sanction, pointing that Valverde has already missed the opportunity to ride the Giro and Tour in 2009, and cannot now consider competing in either until 2012. He has effectively been banned ... More...
UCI welcomes Valverde decision, says justice has been doneJune 01, 2010 (00:51) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Four years after vowing that the riders involved in Operación Puerto would be brought to justice, UCI president Pat McQuaid has finally seen Alejandro Valverde incur a worldwide ban for doping. On Monday, the Spaniard was deemed guilty of a doping offence by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and was handed a two year suspension. McQuaid has long stated that he believes Valverde was indeed linked to the controversial doctor Eufemiano Fuentes and now, after many efforts to push the case ... More...
Valverde to fight suspensionMay 31, 2010 (23:37) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) may have ruled to give Alejandro Valverde a two-year ban based on evidence from the Operación Puerto case, but the Spaniard has refused to go down without a fight. Valverde's press agent issued a statement vowing to take the matter to the Swiss Supreme Court. The rider appealed the CAS approval of a previous ban in Italy to the Swiss court, but it was turned back on a technicality. The CAS released its decision Monday on a case brought by the UCI and ... More...
Valverde suspended for two years world-wide, keeps resultsMay 31, 2010 (19:37) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] The Court of Arbitration for Sport has handed Alejandro Valverde a two-year suspension, effective starting January 1, 2010, for his involvement in the Operación Puerto doping scheme. The court upheld the request of the UCI and World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) against the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC), but also refused to nullify Valverde's results prior to the start of the suspension. "The CAS considered that there was no evidence that any of the results obtained by Mr. ... More...
WADA anxious for Valverde verdictMay 12, 2010 (22:21) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] The case of Alejandro Valverde, who has continued to race for nearly four years since first being pursued by anti-doping authorities over the Operación Puerto doping affair, could soon be at an end. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is due to rule this month on the appeal by the International Cycling Union (UCI) and the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) to force the Spanish Cycling Federation to open disciplinary proceedings against Valverde. The Spaniard was banned for two years ... More...
Valverde case gets further supportMay 06, 2010 (11:50) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Madrid's provincial court has ruled that the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) was within its rights when, in 2008, it obtained bags of plasma that linked Alejandro Valverde to the Puerto investigation. This ruling follows a similar assessment by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in March. The Madrid court that was overseeing the Puerto case had previously ruled that the CONI's actions were "fraudulent". This was primarily because the magistrate overseeing the Puerto case, Antonio Serrano, ... More...
Valverde accuses UCI and CONI of vendettaMay 05, 2010 (12:20) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] Alejandro Valverde has accused the presidents of the International Cycling Union (UCI) and the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) of having “an institutional and personal visciousness” against him. The Spaniard also continued to protest against claims that he has been involved in doping, saying, “No banned substance has ever been detected in my body and my biological profile is flawless.” CONI banned Valverde from racing in Italy for two years after matching his DNA ... More...
Di Rocco slams continued Valverde competitionMay 04, 2010 (09:36) [ Indexed from Cyclingnews.com ] President of the Italian Cycling Federation, Renato Di Rocco, has described Alejandro Valverde's continued participation in events such as the Tour de Romandie, which he won on Sunday, as "scandalous" According to Europa Press , Di Rocco added that he expects to see the Spaniard, who is currently banned from racing in Italy, to be sanctioned in line with his Italian suspension within the next few months. Valverde was handed a two-year ban from competing in races on Italian soil after the ... More...
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