Tour de France runner-up, and possible winner, Oscar Pereiro, received a pass on the doping offense from the International Cycling Union, reported here at Eurosports. However his knuckles were slapped for failing to follow procedure.
"At the 2006 Tour de France, traces of this product were found in his urine," the UCI said in a statement. "However the results of tests during the race cannot be considered as a positive anti-doping control."
But the UCI said the Spaniard had shown "serious negligence" when he delayed providing evidence of a medical exemption to the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) requested in September last year.
"Although he had medical justification requested from September 2006 by the AFLD proving that he indeed suffered from asthma brought on by physical exertion, Oscar Pereiro delayed providing it to this organisation," it said.
"This is considered as a failure to respect established administrative procedures. This serious negligence by the Spanish rider is regrettable and harms the image of cycling as a whole, although he is not guilty of any infringement."
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