The ITA reports that UCI Continental Team Medellin – EPM has been suspended for 30 days
The International Testing Agency (ITA), leading an independent anti-doping program for the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), reports that the Colombian UCI Continental Team Medellin - EPM has been suspended for 30 days following a decision by the UCI Disciplinary Commission.
The UCI Disciplinary Commission has decided to suspend the Colombian Continental Team Medellin – EPM (Team Suspension) for a period of 30 days, starting on 27 March 2026 and effective until 25 April 2026, in accordance with article 11.3 of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules (UCI ADR).
The UCI ADR provide for the suspension of a team when two or more of its riders or staff receive notice of certain types of asserted anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) which occurred during the same 12-month period. Two riders from UCI Continental Team Medellin – EPM have received notice of asserted ADRVs based on the abnormalities detected in their respective Athlete Biological Passport (ABP)¹, more precisely for Adverse Passport Findings (APF).²
The Team Suspension is based on the following cases:³
On 10 June 2025, the Colombian rider Aldemar Reyes Ortega was notified by the National Anti-Doping Organization of Colombia (COLDEPORTES) of an asserted ADRV, due to unexplained abnormalities in his ABP in the period around February and August 2023.
Then, on 21 August 2025, the Colombian rider Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo was notified by the COLDEPORTES of an ADRV, due to unexplained abnormalities in his ABP also in February 2023, as well as between July and December 2024 and in January 2025.
The UCI Disciplinary Commission’s decision may be challenged before the appeals division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) by the team or the UCI in accordance with Article 11.3.2 of the UCI ADR.
The ITA will not comment further on this matter.
Following the delegation of results management to the ITA within the framework of the independent anti-doping program it leads on behalf of the UCI, the ITA will henceforth communicate on decisions rendered by the UCI Disciplinary Commission and the UCI Anti-Doping Tribunal in cases falling within the scope of this program.
The original press release can be found here: https://ita.sport/news/the-ita-reports-that-uci-continental-team-medellin-epm-has-been-suspended-for-30-days/
