The Lampre-Merida team has hit back at the Mouvement Pour un Cyclisme Crédible (MPCC), insisting it has fully respected the rules of the voluntary anti-doping association by deciding to keep Diego Ulissi in its team and allow him to return to racing when his nine month ban ends in March.
Ulissi tested positive for elevated levels of Salbutamol during the 2014 Giro d'Italia and was eventually given a nine-month ban by the Swiss Olympic Committee. His ban ends on March 28 and he will return to action at the Tour of the Basque Country that begins on April 6.
The anti-doping test revealed that Ulissi had 1900 ng/ml of Salbutamol in his system, significantly higher than the 1000 ng/ml allowed by the UCI rules. He had declared the use of a Ventolin inhaler for bronchial spasms when undergoing the test, but struggled to explain such a high level of the drug. Ulissi has claimed that the Swiss Olympic Committee accepted that he acted negligently and not with the aim of improving his performance.
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However Lampre-Merida is a member of the MPCC and the association issued a press release on Wednesday saying it was "waiting for the position of Lampre-Merida about the team's press release announcing Diego Ulissi's come back on the next Vuelta al Pais Vasco."
In the same press release the MPCC claimed that 81 per cent of all WorldTour and Professional Continental teams were now members and praised teams for respecting its core regulation, including "not to hire - within the two years following the suspension - riders found guilty of anti-doping rules violation and then suspended for at least six months by their national/international associations."
This seems to questions Lampre-Merida's decision but the team insisted in a terse statement that it has fully respected the MPCC rules.
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