Miguel Angel Lopez banned for 4 years

[Sciatic]

Do I understand it correctly that since there's no proof of injecting the monotropin the court can't find him guilty, but since the UCI is above the law they can.

People claim the clinic forum is full of conspiracy theorists, but seriously UCI has zero incentive to catch anyone doping least it's already known to the public beforehand. It's in the design.

In most countries and most instances the UCI isn’t above or below the law and of course doesn’t operate under the criminal code. Consider that attorneys and doctors have a profession code of ethics and they can be disbarred or lose their medical license by their professional associations. Rules and laws are different things.
Obviously, when a country has a criminal code that includes use or distribution of PEDs then the laws and judicial court processes apply.

 

[samhocking]

To be fair, the UCI & WADA had almost nothing to do with this Lopez case, they're simply the sanctioning body processing the outcome of Spanish Police and the Spanish Anti-doping / ITA investigations.

 

[perico]

From what has been in the press it seems Lopez's masseur Vicente Belda Garcia was sent the menotropine by Dr Maynar for Lopez. Garcia had a doping plan from Dr Maynar for López on his phone and of course the Police took his phone. Plus text messages on when and what to give López so the "game was up". Of course Garcia claims he threw the stuff away, but the chat messages reveal what was going on.

see for a good round up of the sorry saga (in Spanish, but googling translation works well
https://www.ciclo21.com/operacion-ilex-maynar-superman-lopez-sancion-cuatro-anos/

Vicente Belda???? Kelme Vicente Belda??? Was Johan Bruyneel’s kid unavailable?

Guilty as charged.
Next.

 

[Rob5091]

No one has said why Operation Ilex was started but my guess is the Spanish police were monitoring the encrypted channel that was being used. Either that or the mysterious assistent "Nacho" might be the original source.

 

[Netserk]

UCI statement concerning Miguel Ángel López

www.uci.org

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the International Testing Agency (ITA) announce that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeal filed by Colombian rider Miguel Ángel López against the decision rendered by the UCI Anti-Doping Tribunal on 29 May 2024.

 

[Unchained]

UCI statement concerning Miguel Ángel López

www.uci.org

2027!! Yikes..

 

[topcat]

UCI statement concerning Miguel Ángel López

www.uci.org

FOUR years for grey area substances. Mama Mia.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So Superman won't be back anytime soon, what a shame! Good that there are still other superheroes (like Pogiman or Fishman), who use only clean powers!

 

[Ripper]

So Superman won't be back anytime soon, what a shame! Good that there are still other superheroes (like Pogiman or Fishman), who use only clean powers!

Hopefully Superman is able to cope with this, unlike his MALadaptive way of prepping for races

 

[Ilmaestro99]

We lost a maverick

 

[Tim Cahill]

We lost a maverick

He is still out there somewhere, watching, training. Ready to drop some insane high altitude mountain demonstration on the big boys in 2027. I've never seen a man more Movistar-Bound. Superman was banned one year too early, he would've loved 2024. What he took was small time, the ***s threw the book at him.

 

[ciranda]

that sucks superhard. when can he race again?

 

[Unchained]

that sucks superhard. when can he race again?

2027..

 

[noob]

Late to the non party this makes me so

He ruffled the wrong feathers I guess.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Late to the non party this makes me so

He ruffled the wrong feathers I guess.

Nah, the police Investigation must have found some pretty good evidence. Astana would not have done a pre-emtive firing otherwise...

 

[Unchained]

Nah, the police Investigation must have found some pretty good evidence. Astana would not have done a pre-emtive firing otherwise...

Exactly and it's normally all about money for everyone, Lopez knows the score what it's going to cost to defend a longshot
..Team does interviews and some due diligence and sees things look bleak..and police say to team Lopez, here's what we got, do you really want to go through the long process or just skip to punishment phase. Depending, he will always have a decent Conti career if he keeps himself out of trouble, trains hard..with the way pro cycling looks currently, big money contract for a 33 or 34 year old re-entering racer.