Fredy Alexander González Torres, the doctor of the brothers Jairo and Dayer Quintana, He will go on trial accused of doping next September. The doctor will be judged by Marseille criminal court for “possession of a substance or method prohibited for use by an athlete without medical justification, in this case equipment, tools, products and devices that allow intravenous infusions and/or injections,” said the office of prosecutor of Marseille.
Fredy Alexander Gonzales Torres tHe was also accused of handling the Colombians on September 16, 2020 Nairo and Dayer Quintana, “without medical justification”, a “prohibited substance or method in the context of a sporting event.” The maximum penalty he faces is five years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros.
It should be noted that in that Tour de France, in the 17th stage, The French gerdamería conducted a search on Meribel hotel where the Arkéa team cyclistsand that in those steps in the invasion and “a method that can be described as doping” was found, in the words of then prosecutor of Marseille, Dominique Laurens.
Nairo Quintana has always been frank about it and denied any relation to this whole issue of doping: “No doping substance has ever been found (…). I have nothing to hide and I have nothing to hide,” he told a press release.
At the Tour de France Nairo flirted with the podium at several stages, he was 5th overall in seven days, but finally finished 16th, 1h03’07” seconds behind the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar.
Later in 2022 He was punished for the use of tramadol in the 2022 Tour de France, disqualified from the race and shown to his team then, Arkéa-Samsicthe exit door.
After a 2023 where the Colombian National Championship, He signed this year for the Movistar team, where he successfully competed from 2012 to 2019, and this past Monday he returned to compete in the Tour of Colombia after competing in his country’s nationals.
Source: La Verdad
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