In the News: Santiago Perez loses appeal at Spanish court

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MADRID, Jan 28 (CP) - Former Phonak rider Santiago Perez lost an appeal at the
Spanish court, which leaves the case for the national union and the UCI to
judge, sportspaper AS reports.

Perez, who ended in second place at last season's Vuelta, failed a blood test on
October 5th, and was immediately sacked by Phonak, as well as teammate and
Olympic Time Trial champion Tyler Hamilton.

The rider felt that his rights had been violated by this out-of-competition
test, but the Spanish court decided differently. The Real Federación Española
de Ciclismo (RFEC) and the UCI will now handle the matter. The hearing is
expected to be within two weeks from now, and a suspension of two years seems a
likely outcome.
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Read it at http://www.cyclingpost.com/rider/article_00111.shtml






J. Spaceman

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Also see "Santiago Perez Loses Rights Violation Appeal"
http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=7483

With a pic of Perez trying to slash Hamilton's throat. :-)






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On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 07:27:26 -0500, Jason Spaceman wrote:
With a pic of Perez trying to slash Hamilton's throat. :-)

"With a pic of a blood-thirsty Perez" etc.


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