The International Cycling Union (UCI) confirmed Thursday that it had suspended Continental staff Banco Guayaquil-Bianchi for 20 days after two of the staff’s riders obtained discover of an adversarial analytical discovering (AAF) for a non-specified substance in samples collected throughout the identical 12-month interval.
The two riders who obtained AAFs have been Jorge Montenegro Revel and Nixon Efrain Rosero Rojas.
Banco Guayaquil-Bianchi, which is registered in Ecuador, can be suspended from June 4, 2024, till June 23, 2024, in accordance with Article 11.3 of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules.
The sport governing physique confirmed that the staff’s rider, Jorge Montenegro Revel, was notified on December 16, 2023, by the National Anti-Doping Agency of Ecuador of an AAF for Erythropoietin (EPO) in a pattern collected out of competitors in Ecuador on September 2, 2023.
One month later, on January 25, 2024, Nixon Efrain Rosero Rojas was notified by the National Anti-Doping Agency of Guatemala of an AAF for Clostebol in a pattern collected on November 21, 2023, in the course of the Vuelta Ciclistica Internacional a Guatemala.
