My (probably vague and inaccurate) understanding is only the Spanish Federation can ban him, the UCI can then extend that ban worldwide. It's the duty of the authority that issues the racing licence to sanction any rider who is caught doping (be it Spain, Monaco, Great Britain or Kazakhstan).
The first CAS case was on the legality of the evidence used to by the Italians in issuing a racing ban, the second CAS case is whether the Spanish Federation can now ban him based on the Italian case. If, like the man from Del Monte, CAS say yes, then the UCI will happily globalise the Spanish smackdown on Piti.
Of course if the Puerto raids had come post-November 2006 (when stricter anti-doping law were introduced in Spain making blood doping illegal) rather than the previous May we wouldn't be in this mess. But without Puerto we might not have had the change in Spanish law ...
PIti is Valverde's dog. The blood bags had the dog's name on I believe.
It reminds me of the Simpsons episode where it is revealed that the nuclear power plant's legal owner is a canary, so that if it runs into legal trouble the canary goes to prison instead of Mr. Burns.
At this point I wouldn't put it past the Spanish authorities to ban the dog instead of Valverde.
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Why can't someone put Valverde and his wretched dog in a boat and float them off to the deep blue sea?
Thinks.
Piti is innocent. Just put Valverde in a boat with a tin of beans and a litre of water and let him float around in the South Atlantic.
who's piti?
No man with any self respect would own a cat.
i bet Ballan has a cat............
typical....if he is banned mid romandie I will be annoyed
My (probably vague and inaccurate) understanding is only the Spanish Federation can ban him, the UCI can then extend that ban worldwide. It's the duty of the authority that issues the racing licence to sanction any rider who is caught doping (be it Spain, Monaco, Great Britain or Kazakhstan).
The first CAS case was on the legality of the evidence used to by the Italians in issuing a racing ban, the second CAS case is whether the Spanish Federation can now ban him based on the Italian case. If, like the man from Del Monte, CAS say yes, then the UCI will happily globalise the Spanish smackdown on Piti.
Of course if the Puerto raids had come post-November 2006 (when stricter anti-doping law were introduced in Spain making blood doping illegal) rather than the previous May we wouldn't be in this mess. But without Puerto we might not have had the change in Spanish law ...
It reminds me of the Simpsons episode where it is revealed that the nuclear power plant's legal owner is a canary, so that if it runs into legal trouble the canary goes to prison instead of Mr. Burns.
At this point I wouldn't put it past the Spanish authorities to ban the dog instead of Valverde.