Miguel Ángel Lopez Discussion Thread

[Armchair cyclist]

Miguel Angel Lopez was tested by the UCI while serving the ban and vacationing in Disney, USA. You can't make this stuff up.

UCI probably wanted to test him to make sure he wasn't doped in the Space Mountain!!!

Miguel Ángel ‘Supermán’ López reaccionó por control antidopaje sorpresa en Disney, Estados Unidos

El formidable rutero colombiano, Miguel Ángel López, quien se encuentra suspendido provisionalmente por la Unión Ciclista Internacional (UCI), fue sorprendido en sus vacaciones, ya que le hicieron un control antidoping en Disney, Estados Unidos, en el hotel donde se hospeda con su familia. El...

www.revistamundociclistico.com

It would seem strange indeed if the UCI did such a test, but the ADAMS system is surely predicated on the principle that one might be tested any day of the year, wherever you are. I know the article says it was the UCI, but I strongly suspect that it was USADA: Lopez is not quoted as saying UCI. In which case it is a bit of a non-story.

 

[Sciatic]

It would seem strange indeed if the UCI did such a test, but the ADAMS system is surely predicated on the principle that one might be tested any day of the year, wherever you are. I know the article says it was the UCI, but I strongly suspect that it was USADA: Lopez is not quoted as saying UCI. In which case it is a bit of a non-story.

Just as you’ve suggested, I thought the point of this he Adams system was to be able to test wherever one is, and being on vacation doesn’t excuse one.

Someone can correct me if I’m not remembering correctly—but didn’t Rasmussen claim he missed a test because he was on vacation in Mexico? But then they learned that folks had seen him training locally during that time period.

Which led to a genius commercial in which we see someone (obviously meant to be Rasmussen) stop their car (along an obviously European roadway) and answer a mobile call from drug testers. At which point a 3-piece Mariachi band (with sombreros of course) piles out of the car’s hatchback and start playing. And we hear the driver explaining he can’t do the test because he’s in Mexico.

I tried to find that again but havent’t—it was a simply delicious insider joke.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Just as you’ve suggested, I thought the point of this he Adams system was to be able to test wherever one is, and being on vacation doesn’t excuse one.

Someone can correct me if I’m not remembering correctly—but didn’t Rasmussen claim he missed a test because he was on vacation in Mexico? But then they learned that folks had seen him training locally during that time period.

Which led to a genius commercial in which we see someone (obviously meant to be Rasmussen) stop their car (along an obviously European roadway) and answer a mobile call from drug testers. At which point a 3-piece Mariachi band (with sombreros of course) piles out of the car’s hatchback and start playing. And we hear the driver explaining he can’t do the test because he’s in Mexico.

I tried to find that again but havent’t—it was a simply delicious insider joke.

Here you go:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ya9RVtTjHB0

 

[Escarabajo]

Thanks roundabout for the information. I was confused about it also. But very strange that it was in the USA. As per someone saying that the test could have been carried out by USADA, why them and not the UCI?

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[Sciatic]

Here you go:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ya9RVtTjHB0

Thank you!!!

 

[samhocking]

Thanks roundabout for the information. I was confused about it also. But very strange that it was in the USA. As per someone saying that the test could have been carried out by USADA, why them and not the UCI?

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UCI don't test any riders as such, they have no anti-doping powers at all. It will either be a targeted test by his own NADO who passed it to USADA because that's where his whereabouts data said he would be on that day or ITA or a random Biological Passport test using either a national or international RTP that he's in.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Doping control officers test Miguel Angel López during Disney World holiday

Colombian surprised by out-of-competition test while still suspended as UCI continues doping investigation linked to Operacion Ilex

www.cyclingnews.com

Finally mentioned somewhere on why Lopez is currently suspended. OK.

 

[Escarabajo]

Imagine if the tests come back positive, LOL.

On a serious note these tests probably serve as a good baseline either to gather information against him in the current investigation or for the future. They could be ready to have some conclusions on his case soon.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

@SHAD0W93, why are you liking an obvious AI generated analysis of Escarabajo's post on the previous page?

 

[SHAD0W93]

@SHAD0W93, why are you liking an obvious AI generated analysis of Escarabajo's post on the previous page?

It was nice of the AI to bring MAL back up so he can keep his place in our hearts.

 

[DNP-Old]

He's about to be freed from the cage, as there appears to be no evidence surrounding him.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Is he in shape? Perhaps he's been watching, training, ready to drop some insane watts on a >2500m climb somewhere, who wants to take the chance is the question.

 

[Netserk]

He should make Bardiani CSF Group again.

 

[YavorD]

Well, according to AS, He's used Menotropin in 2022. I might be missing something , but isn't that a doping violation?

Menotropina para el vuelo de Superman López

AS accede al informe de la Guardia Civil que acreditaría el dopaje de López. La fiscalía, sin embargo, pide la exoneracion de Belda jr. en la Op. Ilex.

as.com

 

[Escarabajo]

Well, according to AS, He's used Menotropin in 2022. I might be missing something , but isn't that a doping violation?

Menotropina para el vuelo de Superman López

AS accede al informe de la Guardia Civil que acreditaría el dopaje de López. La fiscalía, sin embargo, pide la exoneracion de Belda jr. en la Op. Ilex.

as.com

Correct. The gossip I heard in a podcast and interview with a reporter from Spain is whether they have the proof from a confession from someone. Confessions might lack validity at times without support. What made the 2006 Fuentes case stronger was the written reports along with the blood bags. In this case it could be a bit harder if it just a confession from someone. Not a test, not a blood bag not a report. Now this is just me repeating a putting together what others have said.

 

[Escarabajo]

Leaks to the newspaper put Lopez in a very bad position. Will probably be published in the clinic.
That sounds like solid proof and a lot. He is probably a goner!

 

[CyclistAbi]

Best to wait and see what the authorities end up doing, as in this day and age you can't always blindly trust the media.

Another thing on the line i guess is biological passport. As if this latest accusations turn out to be valid, then biological passport clearly isn't working and is likely already a thing of the past.