Positivo por EPO de Eladio Jimenez

La UCI publica en su página web que el español Eladio Jimenez será suspendio pobrisionalmente por encontrase EPO recombinante en un control en la Vuelta a Portugal.



Comunicado de la UCI:

On 4 December UCI advised Spanish rider Eladio Jimenez Sanchez that he is 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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