UCI Still Investigating Mosquera for Doping
By AP and Roadcycling.com
Nov 6, 2010 - 10:15:39 AM
Spaniard tested positive for masking agent during 2010 Vuelta a Espana.
The International Cycling Union says a backup sample belonging to Spanish Vuelta runner-up Ezequiel Mosquera has not yet been tested, countering reports in Spain that he was cleared in a doping case.
UCI spokesman Enrico Carpani says the investigation continues because analysis of Mosquera's B-sample is "still in preparation."
Mosquera's urine sample taken Sept. 16 during the Vuelta had traces of hydroxyethyl starch, a banned masking agent which can hide the effects of endurance-boosting hormone EPO.
The UCI announced Mosquera's case on September 30, along with his Xacobeo-Galicia teammate David Garcia's positive test for HES.
Garcia has been provisionally suspended after also testing positive for EPO.
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