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Mikel Astarloza wins stage 16 TdF 2009 (© Photosport Intl)Astarloza faces two-year ban for EPO
Spanish UCI ProTour team Euskaltel-Euskadi has said that it will continue to stand by its rider Mikel Astarloza, despite the confirmation of his positive test for EPO announced after this year’s Tour de France following analysis of the B sample.
Astarloza, who won Stage 16 of the race and finished 11th overall, received a provisional suspension on 31 July after an A sample taken in an out-of-competition test on 26 June, before the Tour began, was found to be positive – or, as Euskaltel-Euskadi describes it, “non-negative”.
The team, based in the Basque country, from where it also draws its riders and sponsors, said in a press release on its website that it wasn’t surprised at the positive – sorry, “non-negative” – result, given that “it was leaked to the media a few days ago”.
It added that it had faith in Astarloza’s innocence, and that it would seek to prove that with the help of its lawyers.
Euskaltel-Euskadi – minus the suspended Astarloza, who is now set to receive a two-year ban from the sport – is among the teams that will line up in Scunthorpe on Saturday for Stage 1 of the Tour of Britain.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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