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On December 4th, the UCI advised Spanish rider Eladio Jimenez Sanchez that he has been provisionally suspended. The decision to provisionally suspend Mr Eladio Jimenez Sanchez was made in response to a report from the WADA accredited laboratory in Madrid indicating an Adverse Analytical Finding of recombinant EPO in a urine sample collected from him during the Volta a Portugal on 12 August 2009.

The provisional suspension of Mr Jimenez Sanchez 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 Jimenez Sanchez 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.

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