Spain’s Oscar Sevilla awaits decision from Spanish Cycling Federation after positive sample A
Oscar Sevilla who tested positive for Hydroxyethyl last year during Vuelta a Columbia in August is still waiting for Spanish Cycling Federation to come up with their decision.
It is expected that a decision on Sevilla will be made by the end of 2011 as he commented, “I am supposed to find out the Spanish Federation’s decision in November and December but I don’t think any thing will happen.”
The 34-year-old seemed disappointed by the charges as he stated that this substance does not enhance the performance and is not even on the list provided by the officials as he said, “The substance that I tested positive for is not a substance that will
make you improve performance and it is not a substance on the banned list like steroids. I think that it is weird that this is still going on.”
Oscar Sevilla is currently racing at the Tour of Utah and is at the second place after stage 2 general classifications with 7 seconds behind his team-mate Sergio Luis. Concerns have been raised regarding the permissions being granted to the cyclist after
his positive A sample.
International Cycling Union has given a suspension to the cyclist whereas the Spanish Cycling Federation has made the announcement that the cyclist will not be suspended and will only be penalized if the Sample B comes out positive.
Hydroxyethyl is not on the banned list provided by the world Anti-doping Agency and falls under category of ‘specified substance’ hence, using such an object should not result in provisional suspension
Falling under the category of ‘specified substance’ also means that the substance can be used as an agent to mask EPO.
Sevilla is famous all over the cycling world for his climbing skills and was amongst the top ten cyclists at the Tour de France and also had a brilliant Vuelta a Espana. He is looking forward to the ongoing Tour of Utah, as he stated that he is not certain
if he can win the tour or not but he definitely is in a strong team.
Cyclist who is riding in his third Tour of Utah believes that his team has strong chances to win the Tour but the competition will be tough as some of the world’s best cyclists are participating in the event.
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