UCI says it will take Mayo case to CAS

After Spanish cycling's secretary general Eugenio Bermudez refused to sanction Iban Mayo, the UCI issued a statement saying that it had set a deadline for the Spanish cycling federation "to take a position on the subject," or it would take Mayo's case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The UCI had requested that the Spanish Federation re-open disciplinary proceedings against Mayo "for a clear breach of the anti-doping regulations" when a B sample test came back positive for EPO after a second test on it.

Mayo's A sample tested positive in July during the Tour de France as a result of an analysis by the Châtenay-Malabry National Anti-Doping Laboratory in Paris. Given that lab was on holiday, a lab in Ghent tested the B sample for the first time with results returned as inconclusive.

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