UCI statement on Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that it has notified Colombian rider Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata of an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) of boldenone* in a sample collected in the scope of an out-of-competition control on 11 June 2018.

The doping control was planned and carried out by the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), the independent body mandated by the UCI, in charge of defining and implementing the anti-doping strategy in cycling.

The rider has the right to request and attend the analysis of the B sample.

In accordance with UCI Anti-Doping Rules, the rider has been provisionally suspended until the adjudication of the affair.

At this stage of the procedure, the UCI will not comment any further.

*Boldenone is classified as Endogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS)and is prohibited when administered exogenously as per the World Anti-Doping Prohibited List.