Boyasen Nairo Quintana (Arkéa Samsic), disqualified from the Tour de France last Wednesday due to a medical violation, decided not to participate in the Tour de France, arguing that he did not have “the head or body for the competition”.
“According to the notification I received yesterday (Wednesday), I prefer to go home, organize and prepare my defense”In 2016, the 32-year-old runner announced the winner of the Vuelta in a message from his Instagram account.
After stating that he could “think through the night”, the broker commented: not “eligible” to join in the race.
“I will work to show that I have no problems during these ten days and we will meet again at the next competitions”came to the conclusion.
The UCI announced Wednesday that Nairo Quintana has been “disqualified from the 2022 Tour de France”, where he finished in sixth place “for violating the ban on the use of tramadol in the competition”.
Certainly, Arkea remained silent about this substance that motivated the sanction. But this Saturday The director of the French team, Sébastien Hinault, broke his silence.
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The Cycling Association stated that two dry blood samples provided by the runner were analyzed during the ‘Grande Boucle’ on 8 July (7th stage) and 13th July (11th stage), presence of tramadolAn analgesic that is not on the list of prohibited substances by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
As a first offense, 32-year-old Nairo Quintana is still eligible and can enter competitions. However, by consensus, the boyacense did not begin in the Vuelta a España, as reported by Arkea.
Now, as the driver completed the details of his defense before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, he was questioned by the director of the French team, Sébastien Hinault. origin of tramadol.
“There’s not much to say at the moment because we haven’t gotten to the heart of the matter yet. We’re waiting for enough clarification before making any decisions.”‘Velonews,’ he said.
Reporters of the portal in question asked Hinault: “Was the origin of tramadol the product of a personal decision or not?“.
“I have no idea, I have no idea,” he replied.
According to the news of ‘Velonews’, the director ended the interview as the journalists were about to ask one more question.
“The reality is that we will try to win a stage in Spain before a good general classification. If our seven drivers are opportunistic, they can do it.”
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