Perez to be banned for two years (original) (raw)

Ex-Phonak rider Santiago Perez, who finished second in the Vuelta a España, will likely receive a two year suspension from the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC), after his violation of rights appeal to the Spanish High Court was rejected. Perez tested positive for a homologous blood transfusion in an out of competition test taken at the UCI headquarters in Lausanne in October last year. It's expected that the RFEC will hand down its verdict in two weeks.

Perez' appeal to the ordinary courts merely served to delay the outcome of the case for six weeks. In rejecting his appeal, the High Court stated that, "The allegations formulated [by Perez] do not fit well with any special process of protection of the fundamental rights of the person."

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