Frank Schleck continuous to wait as no new date is announced for his doping case
After being tested positive at the Tour de France 2012, Frank Schleck is still waiting on the Luxembourg Anti-Doping Agency to decide his fate.
However, the agency has now cited that, no further date has yet been set up for the cyclist which is making it pretty difficult for him to decide the 2013 season.
The cyclist earlier told Wort.lu that he had “a good feeling” about the Luxembourg Anti- Doping but the delay shattered his thoughts.
"I would first like to thank ALAD, they gave me the opportunity to have my testimony heard”.
“We gave our extensive dossier to the appropriate authorities a week ago, and now we have to give them the necessary time to reach a verdict”.
"I am very happy and have a good feeling. We put a lot of time and energy into preparing our defence”.
“I have every confidence that the after our statements and testimony, the disciplinary committee will come to the correct result."
"I'm here as a friend and to tell the truth", Schleck supported by his teammate Maxime Monfort, who acted as a character witness”.
The 32-year-old marked his professional debut with Team CSC in 2003 and stayed with the team by the end of 2010 season.
Schleck joined Team Leopard Trek in 2011 and was picked up for the final Team RadioShack-Nissan squad in 2012.
His only commendable performances in the current season include a second overall finish at the Tour de Suisse and a third place finish at the Tour de Luxembourg 2012.
Frank received a last minute call and was given leadership role by Team RadioShack-Nissan to lead the team at Giro d’Italia.
He was looking good at the Italian Grand Tour but a crash in the final stages forced him abandon the event.
The 2012 has been quite disappointing for both the Schleck brothers; Andy who finished second at the Tour de France 2011 could not even appear at the Tour this year because of a knee injury.
Frank Schleck finished third at the 2011 edition of the French Grand Tour but the positive Xipamid started new worries for the elder Schleck.
The sport of cycling is going through rough times especially after the USADA investigation in to Lance Armstrong which revealed many hidden faces and UCI penalised all those who used unfair means to achieve the desired results in their career.
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