Spanish Classics specialist Oier Lazkano has declared his innocence after being suspended from racing by the UCI due to irregularities in his Biological Passport between 2022 and 2024.
The now-former Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider was provisionally suspended by the sport’s governing body last week over “unexplained abnormalities” in his Biological Passport in the years 2022, 2023, and 2024 while he raced for Movistar.
Lazkano – who finished on the podium of Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne and Dwars door Vlaanderen during his time at Movistar – hadn’t raced since Paris-Roubaix in April. Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe swiftly moved to terminate his contract, stating, “We confirm that Oier Lazkano will no longer be part of our team.”
In 2024, he won the Clásica Jaén, finished third at Kuurne, and took a surprise top 10 overall at the Critérium du Dauphiné before making his Tour de France debut.
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