Mosquera's comeback?

[Tyler'sTwin]

Have they changed the rules regarding HES since 2001 or what is the problem?

http://www.sportsci.org/jour/0101/ss.htm

 

[joe_papp]

16th March 2011 i wrote about " Mosquera " and today i see that the 2011 Vuelta is about to be run with him sitting at home thanks to the gang at "UCI " and their lack of diligence in resolving the issues raised by their " Testing Regime "!

Of course it is someone else's fault that they sat on their **** for more than five months , ISN'T IT ? Pass the parcel is in effect once again !

Currently visiting the World Masters Cycling Federation which is untainted by the "U seless C harlies I ncorporated " !

The interminable wait that Ezequiel Mosquera has faced this season is unconscionable and he should either be banned or cleared to ride now.

 

[Escarabajo]

Any news about when Mosquera will be coming back?

Sevilla was handed a 6 month ban starting in September, so I assume that Mosquera will be given the same time since he tested positive for the same substance and is the same federation doing the investigation.

In his case should be even better because he stopped racing long ago, so he could be back very soon. The bad news is that it is the off-season in the Pro-Tour.

 

[webvan]

Two years it is for Mosquera !

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/two-year-ban-recommended-for-mosquera

 

[roundabout]

just like contador is currently serving his 1-year ban

 

[webvan]

Well Mosquera hasn't raced at all since the Vuelta so he's fine, Bertie I'm not so sure when they would reset his two year (can't give him less than Mosquera) period...

 

[Ferminal]

I think it is more a reference to the 1 year ban Contador was supposedly getting, before being acquitted a couple of weeks later.

 

[hrotha]

Yeah, it's a recommendation, not a definitive suspension. Not sure why this exists or, at any rate, why it's made public though.

 

[Jamsque]

Mission accomplished, more than a year after the fact. What a farce the process has become.

 

[The Hitch]

Mission accomplished, more than a year after the fact. What a farce the process has become.

What happened?

 

[thirteen]

What happened?

this, i think: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mosquera-to-be-given-two-year-ban

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Not fair IMO

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/the-knives-were-out-for-me-claims-mosquera reports:

Mosquera’s lawyer, Ignacio Arroyo, confirmed a further blow for the rider when he revealed that his two-year ban is set to run from the date of its announcement last week and will not cover any of the 14 months that Mosquera has spent out of racing since his positive test was announced.

Doesn't seem right to add another two years on the 14 months he has already done.

 

[webvan]

Adding insult to injury, eh, this is not right.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/the-knives-were-out-for-me-claims-mosquera reports:



Doesn't seem right to add another two years on the 14 months he has already done.

Mosquera problem is he was trying to have it both ways - he said this earlier this year:

“This decision has not changed anything in my personal situation: I am not banned and I am not suspended”

Vacansoleil had sidelined him, not the UCI or RFEC.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Despicable.

 

[Havetts]

Ridiculous, 38 months suspension..

 

[hrotha]

Mosquera problem is he was trying to have it both ways - he said this earlier this year:

Vacansoleil had sidelined him, not the UCI or RFEC.

Mosquera didn't have a say and Vacansoleil likely sidelined him to be in good terms with the UCI and ASO. It's legal, but it's unfair.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Mosquera didn't have a say and Vacansoleil likely sidelined him to be in good terms with the UCI and ASO.

Yes, that was obvious from the get-go. Vacansoleil told him it was in best interest, all the while knowing it was a big fat lie.

 

[The Hitch]

Yeah hes getting screwed big time.

Surely they can appeal on the Valverde precedent who got time he was actually racing counted into the ban.

 

[hrotha]

Audio file of the press conference
http://www.ivoox.com/rueda-prensa-ezequiel-mosquera-22-nov-audios-mp3_rf_905683_1.html

He starts speaking in Galician but he switches to Spanish after 1:45 or so.

 

[GotDropped]

Incredible. I can't believe it that the RFEC has actually found him GUILTY and has suspended him for the full 2 years, on top of the time he has already spent not racing. Who did this guy **** off?

 

[craig1985]

That he isn't a big name?

 

[roundabout]

Will the RFEC decision be published like it was with Contador?

 

[joe_papp]

Yeah hes getting screwed big time.

Surely they can appeal on the Valverde precedent who got time he was actually racing counted into the ban.

I'm all for anti-doping but can't agree with someone being treated like this. At the very least he should be credited for the time he's already served. That's normally something that is assured by accepting a formal provisional suspension - which you'd have thought would've occurred in this case - but even if it wasn't an official provisional suspension he should be credited w/ it in the name of fairness. These kind of decisions don't generate confidence in the fairness of the system and an athlete's ability to find impartial justice...lol

Mosquera problem is he was trying to have it both ways - he said this earlier this year:

Vacansoleil had sidelined him, not the UCI or RFEC.

That doesn't mean that he couldn't still receive credit for the time-served. After all, it's effectively and functionally the same thing - Mosquera not racing owing to this situation.

The arbitrariness of it all is what really bothers me.

 

[Benotti69]

RFEC using a rider to say look at us we are hard on doping and dopers, while letting Contador go about his daily business.

This is standard practice in cycling, UCI released the Clen result of Fuyu Li's positive A sample to the media before he knew and had a chance to request his B sample be tested. Contador got a month and it might never have been released except for a leak.