Newsflash: De La Puebla suspended

November 5th, 2009 by Al Fresco View Comments

The UCI today advised Spanish rider Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos that he is provisionally suspended. The decision to provisionally suspend this rider was made in response to a report from the WADA accredited laboratory in Lausanne indicating an Adverse Analytical Finding of EPO in a urine sample collected from him in an out of competition test at his home on 15 October 2009. This targeted test was carried out on the basis of information contained in the rider’s biological passport

The provisional suspension of Mr De La Puebla Ramos remains in force until a hearing panel convened by the Spanish Cycling Federation determines whether he has indeed committed an anti-doping rule violation under Article 21 of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules.

Mr De La Puebla Ramos has the right to request and attend the analysis of his B sample.

Under the World Anti-Doping Code and the UCI Anti-Doping Rules, the UCI is unable to provide any additional information at this time.

25 year old De La Puebla rode for Fuji-Servetto this year and was to ride for Carmiooo-NGC in 2010.

Tags: biological passport, doping, EPO, fuji servetto, servetto, Spanish Cycling Federation, WADA