(ANSA) – LISBON, AUGUST 03 – The Volta a Portugal, or the Tour of Portugal, will start tomorrow. But Portuguese cycling was recently overwhelmed by judicial inquiries, to the point that the race, now in its 83rd edition, risked suspension. So its director, Joaquim Gomes, in a statement yesterday at Lusa, had to ensure that the “Volta” will take place, even if he does not deny the bad moment for national cycling “.
Just yesterday the judicial police carried out other searches in the offices of some important teams and in the homes of at least two athletes, as part of the anti-doping operation called ‘Prova limpa’ (clean test). The searches, during which blood, anabolic and bronchodilator bags were allegedly seized, one week after the decision of the International Cycling Union to prevent the participation in the ‘Volta’ of the entire W52 / FC Porto team, upon notification of the Portuguese anti-doping authority, which had suspended eight athletes and two technicians of the cycling team that boasted a partnership (temporarily suspended) with the most famous football team of Porto. “How many sponsors will there be next year? This will be the end for some teams,” an executive from one of the teams involved in the investigation anonymously told sports daily ‘O Jogo’. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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