Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) will miss La Vuelta in an try to crystal clear his name right after breaching an in-level of competition ban on painkiller tramadol.
However Quintana, who has denied at any time making use of the substance, will skip the Vuelta to appeal his expulsion from the Tour at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
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“I am totally unaware of the use of this compound, and I deny acquiring utilized it in my vocation,” mentioned Quintana, who at first advised he would compete in Spain.
“With my team of lawyers, we are exhausting all the procedures for my defence.”
He later on extra: “I will not participate in the Vuelta to assert my motives right before the Courtroom of Arbitration for Activity.
“I will return to the race calendar at the close of the year.
Quintana concluded sixth at the Tour, 16’33” off total winner Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma). It was his ideal efficiency at a Grand Tour considering that the 2019 Vuelta, where by he came fourth.
“The analyses of two dried blood samples supplied by the rider on 8 and 13 July through the 2022 Tour de France disclosed the presence of tramadol and its two principal metabolites,” read a UCI statement on Wednesday.
“In accordance with the UCI Health care Policies, the rider is disqualified from the 2022 Tour de France.
“Infringements of the in-competition ban on applying tramadol are offences beneath the UCI Health care Regulations. They do not represent Anti-doping Rule Violations. As this is a 1st offence, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas is not declared ineligible and can thus take part in competitions.”
He has won the Giro d’Italia (2014), La Vuelta (2016) and concluded on the Tour de France podium 3 times.
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