Cycling: Roman Kreuziger was in the official squad of his Tinkoff-Saxo team for the current Tour of Poland. Before the start, however, he was provisionally suspended by the UCI - without any procedure to prevent any results.
The Kreuziger case, in whose biological passport there are said to be irregularities from his time at Astana in 2011 and 2012, has occupied the Tinkoff-Saxo team since last summer. At that time, the Czech was informed of the findings shortly before the Tour de France. Kreuziger then took care of an explanation.
The case has been quiet since then - until the start of the tour this year. To avert media pressure on the team, the Tinkoff-Saxo team took the Czechs out of the Tour of France squad – although he was not banned by the UCI. The temporary ban only took place on August 1st. In this context, UCI President Brian Cookson gave an interview that raises more questions about the case than it answers and puts the world association in a bad light.
# Team owner Oleg Tinkov and General Manager Stefano Feltrin.
Stefano Feltrin, general manager of the Tinkoff-Saxo team, now comments on this case in an open letter to Cookson. In this he asks the UCI President for a quick clarification of the case, also with regard to the contradictions in which the Briton has become entangled. For example, he indicated that he had no precise knowledge of the Kreuziger case, adding that the findings were serious.
You can read the letter here. It will be interesting to see how things continue in this case.