Professional Cycling For the Fans - Valverde will not compete in the Tour de France

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jhugon
06-24-09, 07:11 AM
Valverde's team, Caisse d'Epargne, has announced that Valverde will not participate in this year's Tour. Valverde is suspended for two years by the italian cycling federation, and the Tour de France crosses into Italy this year. Valverde has appealed the suspension, but no ruling has been released yet.

runwithit
06-24-09, 08:44 AM
does anyone know why he was suspended?
DMF
06-24-09, 10:11 AM
"Involvement" with Operation Puerto, lo these many years agone.

Thirstyman
06-24-09, 10:33 AM
doper needs to sit the bench.
DMF
06-25-09, 02:29 PM
The thing is, though, that the UCI has effectively decided that there's not enough evidence to warrant such a sanction. It's the Italian federation (or worse, the Italian courts) that don' need no steenkin' evidence. Why have an international governing body if the local magistrate can overrule it?

Professional cycling is starting to look more and more like a crapshoot than a sport.