Spanish rider Oscar Sevilla, six months suspended for doping until 21 February next, there is the chance to represent Colombia in the World Cup after receiving the offer to acquire the nationality of the country has fixed his residence for years.
"So far I have residence in Colombia, but I have offered to run global citizenship in Colombia and I'm going to think. However, Spain did not forget it is my land, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha took them deep inside despite in Colombia that have welcomed me very well, this is my land and I am very proud to be Spanish and Albacete, "said the newspaper 'La Verdad de Albacete". Sevilla, 35, is on holiday in Spain after a season racing in America in which he has achieved twelve victories.
"I am very happy to have met a different bike, a different culture and countries because not only is Colombia, I am also running in North, Central and South America. It's been a very positive experience in my career despite having taken other competitions such as the European Tour, "he said.
With regard to his punishment, said the case comes from 2010 but has gone now. "It was inadvertent doping. Vuelta a Colombia in the last year I had a fall two days to complete missing and had to go to the emergency room because I had many injuries, knee open and he was also unconscious. There abrasions healed me and I sutured wounds, but I got an IV and the next day I tested positive by the method, not substance, because the intravenous method is banned in cycling. "
"From there began a film that has lasted a year and two months of uncertainty, not knowing what would happen, lawyers ... and the outcome was a sentence of six months ending on February 21 . accept and comply with the sanction, but I do not agree or think it's fair. "
Sevilla defined as a "political fudge" Operation Puerto, with whom he was linked in his day. "It was a very large political fudge that wanted to demonstrate that fighting doping and all they did was flip the image of cycling and cyclists through the ground."
"Only served to load cycling at the grassroots level, at the level of advertising and the fans in Spain," he added. "There are few races, the media has been following the races just keep doping and I think it is fair." Colombia has been very good physically, "I won twelve races, I've been at the top, I'm happy with my performance and also enjoy what I do, which is cycling. I train with the same enthusiasm as usual" .
"After the 2006-year of Operation Puerto, has always been very difficult to race here (in Spain) and although there have been any offers, maybe it was too sad because she wanted to take advantage of the circumstances because riders like Mancebo or as I have a name that deserves respect. However in the U.S. and South America have accepted us as we are. "
To Seville, "in Spain, the future of cycling is quite black, which in America and Asia is the opposite, there is the future of cycling, including the present. In countries like Russia, China, USA and South America cycling enjoys a better image, more companies are investing in it and the fans are more focused with cycling, which in Spain has gone down to the point that some people do not know who won the Vuelta, the Tour or the Giro. "
For next season, is set in the U.S.: "I want to make a good campaign in tests such as California, Colorado and Utah, which are very important and then there is the Tour of Colombia and the RCN Classic, which is very interested in the team. I love win the Vuelta a Colombia, perhaps the world's toughest test for the hardness of the course and the quality of Colombian cyclists increases. "
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