Cyclist banned for biological Passport violation

GENEVA — Slovenian rider Tadej Valjavec was given a two year ban for doping on Friday in another legal victory for cycling project biological passport. the Court of arbitration for sport upheld an appeal by the International Cycling Union, which wanted Valjavec penaltieseven if he never tested positive for a banned drug.CAS said the Panel found that Valjavec "doping tests conducted in April and August 2009 revealed irregularities in the context of the biological passport of the athlete to an extent which is fully consistent with blood manipulation."34-Year-old rider was suspended through Jan. 19, 2013, fined $ 76,000 and removed all the results and awards from 19 April-Sept 30, 2009, Auditors said a third straight was a victory for the UCI to the Supreme Court of the sport in cases involving the flagship programme for the fight against doping. "We are very happy because this verdict has been given support CAS again the credibility of the biological passport, "UCI spokesman Enrico Carpani told the Associated Press by telephone. "However, never satisfied with the doping case because it is always one too many."The governing body called the Slovenian cycling Federation decision last July to remove the Star Rider, placed 10th in the 2008 Tour de France was not allowed. Valjavec doping and accused an unspecified illness for irregularities in blood samples.CAS, "confirmed the reliability of the indirect detection method based on profiles of athletes ' blood and already established in previous CAS decisions relating to the Italian cyclists Pietro Caucchioli and Franco Pellizotti."Slovenian officials asked the UCI to explore Valjavec last may, days before the Giro d'Italia 2010 starts. Valjavec was pulled from the race and suspended by his team Ag2r-La Mondiale. He's raced this season has been for the Turkish team third tier Manisaspor and was scheduled to start the weeklong tour of Turkey on Sunday and The UCI World Doping Agency began the biological passport of 2008 in an effort to combat doping Around. 850 riders have their blood samples in the laboratory are monitored regularly to WADA in Lausanne. The program is designed to demonstrate the effects of doping and banned methods such as blood transfusions, rather than detecting and testing for banned substances. together with the name Pellizotti Valjavec to a second round of riders under suspicion by the UCI. a landmark CAS verdict last monthPellizotti, was banned for two years and have been stripped from the third-place finish in the 2009 Giro, and the King of the mountains title in the 2009 Tour. It was the first decision by a panel of three lawyers, CAS, which examined the scientific and legal validity of the biological passport after decision PellizottiWADA Director General, David Howman has described as an "important step" doping efforts.Pellizotti was cleared by an Italian Court that he had been advised to impose a ban of two years last October, prompting the UCI challenge.CAS also rejected his appeal against a two-year Caucchioli suspension imposed by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) on the basis of irregular blood readings. the court prepares verdict in the fourth indent of biological passport after another Italian, Francesco De Bonis, called the two-year ban imposed by CONI last May.