The Colombian Nairo Quintana made official this Friday departure from Arkea Samsicafter being disqualified from this year’s Tour de France for violating a ban on the use of tramadol, and announced that he will end his season this year.
“I would like to announce that I will not continue with the Arkea Samsic team for the next seasons as we announced on August 16”said the winner of the 2014 Giro d’Italia and the 2016 Vuelta a España, who thanked the team for the three years he has been competing here and where he had “the opportunity to get the points to take the team to the ‘World Tour ‘ as I said when I was accepted.”
In a video statement, the runner assured that he will continue “pedaling forward” and added that he will “gradually” comment on his future.
Right now, he’s focused on his defense against Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) where he filed an appeal against the International Cycling Union (UCI) for disqualifying him from the Tour de France, after being found using tramadol, a powerful painkiller banned from competition since March 1, 2019 , but it is not considered a doping substance.
The 32-year-old cyclist made sure of thate is “optimistic” because he is “honest” and “honest” and assured that he did “nothing wrong, nothing illegal”.
“I wanted to defend myself for that very reason before TAS, so I came to this opportunityand I hope to defend myself soon, to give good news to all of you, especially to my country,” said Quintana, who resigned from competing in the Vuelta a España, which began on August 19 and ends in September 11, to plead his case.
In addition, the cyclist, after missing the last competitions due to “health issues”, wants to finish your season although he assured that he will hold “two special events”, including the Gran Fondo Nairo Quintana México on October 23 in San Luis Potosí and the Gran Fondo Nairo Quintana Antioquia, where he will ride with novice cyclists.
Quintana also participated as the leader of his country in the World Road Championships in the city of Wollongong in Australia on September 17 and 25, where he was “happy” with this task, although Colombia left without any metal.
Source: La Verdad
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