Kansainväliset oikeudelliset tietolähteet, uutiset 2008
1.6.2010
CAS määräsi pyöräilijälle kilpailukiellon ilman positiivista dopingtestitulosta
Urheilun kansainvälinen välitystuomioistuin CAS antoi eilen ratkaisun pyöräilijä Alejandro Valverden asiassa. CAS päätyi äänestyksen jälkeen katsomaan, että asiassa oli esitetty riittävä näyttö Valverden syyllistymisestä kielletyn aineen tai kielletyn metodin käyttöön tai sen yritykseen.
In its decision, the CAS Panel found, by a majority, that it could use the evidence collected in the course of the Operación Puerto for the purpose of the CAS arbitration. The CAS Panel also found, by a majority, that the scientific evidence which consisted, in essence, of:• Blood bag number 18
• Scientific evidence that such blood contained
• DNA evidence that clearly demonstrated that blood bag number 18 contained Mr Valverde’s blood
was sufficient to conclude that Mr Valverde committed an anti-doping rule violation, considering that Mr Valverde’s blood contained EPO, a prohibited substance according to Article 15 of the Anti-Doping Regulations (ADR) of the UCI (precisely, Article 15.2 of the UCI ADR: “Use or attempted use by a rider of a prohibited substance or prohibited method”).On the basis of the same regulations, a two year suspension has been imposed on Alejandro Valverde, starting on 1 January 2010, in order to take into account, among other reasons, the fact that the CAS hearing which was initially scheduled for November 2009 had to be postponed until March 2010. Finally, the CAS considered that there was no evidence that any of the results obtained by Mr Valverde prior to 1 January 2010 was through doping infraction and decided that the appellants’ request to annul those results should be denied.
CAS:n tuomio: 31.05.2010 - FINAL AWARD - CAS 2007/A/1396 & CAS 2007/A/1402 WADA & UCI v/Real Federación Española de Ciclismo (RFEC) & Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
