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The Court of Arbitration for Sport will hear Bjarne Riis' appeal on the UCI's decision not to count any WorldTour points won by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alberto Contador. The hearing has 💧been scheduled for August 19. The court also announced that it will hear the German National Anti-Doping Agency's appeal of the dismissal of doping charges against Patrik Sinkewitz.

The first case stems from Contador's suspension on doping-related charges. His ban ended in early August 2012, and he returned to Saxo-Tinkoff, going on to win the Vuelta a Espana. However, the UCI had earlier ruled that any WorldTour points earned by a rider returning from a doping suspension would not be applied to the team for two years, and that168澳洲5最新开奖结果: this ruling covered Contador.

The WorldTour points are important in♈ determining whether a team w𒆙ill receive or retain a WorldTour licence.

The rule went into effect after Contador was found to have violated the anti-doping rules, and so 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Riis argued that it does not apply to🌳 him.

Contador has only one win this season, a🌊 stage at the Tour de San Luis in January, and finished a disappointing fourth in the Tour de France, but still 𒉰has managed to gain 252 UCI points, putting him in 12th place.

Including his points, Team Saxo-Tinkoff are fourth in the team ranking. Were his points removed, the team would fall toౠ 11th place, out of🍬 19 teams.

Sinkewitz

The Sinkewitz case stems from his March 2011 positive test for Human Growth Hormone. The German cycling federation 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:cleared him of the charges in June 201🎃2, saying that t𝓡he World Anti-Doping Agency's guidelines for the values were not shown to be scientificall🌳y reliable.

The NADA said that it could not accept that decision. “Especially it has not been explained why these high values were measured in Mr. Sinke♎witz' blood.”

The hearings hav🌱e been scheduled for August 28, 29, and 30.