The Movistar Team assured this Friday that it was not aware of the suspension of Oier Lazkano, who was in its ranks between 2022 and 2024, until this … Thursday when the International Cycling Union (UCI) informed him and stressed that during this stage in the team he tested negative “in all controls” and that therefore it is “impossible for him to know or intuit an anomaly.”
The UCI announced this Thursday that it was provisionally suspending the rider from Gasteiz, 25 years old and currently with the Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, due to unexplained anomalies in his Biological Passport in the seasons in which he raced for the Movistar Team.
Abarca Sport, the company that manages the Movistar Tem and holder of the World Tour license, stressed yesterday in a statement that “it was not until yesterday afternoon, October 30, 2025, that it became aware of this situation” and that “during the three seasons of contractual relationship” with the Alava cyclist, “of the five referred to in the UCI study”, in all the controls “to which it was subjected by the different national and international organizations, as well as internal own team” a negative result came out.
“By virtue of this, it was materially impossible to know, or even intuit, any anomaly such as the one now presented in the procedure opened by the International Cycling Union,” warned the structure, which reiterated “once again with absolute firmness its unwavering commitment to a clean and transparent sport.” “To achieve this, we will redouble with absolute determination all the efforts, controls and measures that we have been promoting to date,” he stated.
‘Abarca Sports’ provided the communication received from the UCI, in which it was informed of “an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) due to the Use of a Prohibited Substance and/or Prohibited Method” by Lazkano.
The association details that this statement “is based on the unanimous opinion issued by a panel of three independent scientific experts on October 23, 2025” who have determined that “the hematological profile composed of samples provided by the runner between January 7, 2020 and December 30, 2024 establishes that it is very likely that a prohibited substance or a prohibited method was used and that it is unlikely to be the result of any other cause.”
The UCI told the Movistar Team that this panel “reached its conclusion after the review” of Lazkano’s Biological Passport, “as well as the explanation and supporting documentation provided” by the cyclist himself. “This notice is being sent to you because Mr. Lazkano López was hired by your team at the time of the relevant crimes identified in his passport (i.e. 2022, 2023 and 2024).”
