UCI weighs appeal after Valjavec doping decision

AIGLE, Switzerland (AP)—The International Cycling Union is studying a Slovenian ruling which rejected biological passport evidence that rider Tadej Valjavec was doping before deciding whether to appeal to sport’s highest court.

The UCI said Friday it must translate the detailed judgment by Slovenia’s anti-doping organization which declined to sanction the 33-year-old Valjavec.

Cycling’s governing body can challenge the Slovenian decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The UCI asked Slovenian authorities in May to investigate Valjavec based on suspicious blood profile results in samples provided for his biological passport.

Valjavec was named in a second round of cases brought under the UCI’s pioneering anti-doping program.