Former cyclist Daniel Silva, who finished third at the 2016 Tour of Portugal, has been suspended for eight years due to anomalies in his biological passport, a sanction enforced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS).
According to the Portuguese Anti-Doping Authority (ADoP) disciplinary sanction list, updated this Thursday, Daniel Silva’s sanction is in effect from July 5, 2023 to July 4, 2031.
The former cyclist’s lawsuit, which has been pending since the end of the 2020 season, was originally filed by the Anti-Doping Disciplinary College for procedural reasons, but following an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency, the Lausanne TAS made a decision. apply an eight-year sanction to the trophense.
Silva, who has already served a two-year ban for testing positive for oxandrolone (a steroid) on May 28, 2016, still sees all of his results from May 28, 2018 erased after losing his victory at the 2019 Mortagua Grand Prix.
The now 38-year-old former runner finished third in the Volta a Portugal in 2016, the best result (later “erased”) of his professional career, in which he won the Liberty Seguros Grand Prix (2009) and stage at Volta a.o. Alentejo (2013).
His career has been mostly at Rádio Popular-Boavista, the last team he represented, also going through Vitória-ASC (2007) and Louletano (2009 and 2010) and signing with Soul Brasil (2017), with whom he was never associated. because it has been suspended.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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