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Nairo Quintana issued an official press release on Tuesday afternoon, specifying the record made by agents of the Central Office for the Fight Against Attacks on the Environment and French Public Health, last Wednesday, September 16, at the hotel where it was hosted the team Arkéa Samsic.
In the official statement, Quintana is explicit in stating that he has not used improper substances at any time during his sporting career and that the French gendarmerie did not find any prohibited substances in the register.
Official Press Release Nairo Quintana
In relation to the latest facts I want to clarify the following:
The French gendarmerie carried out an operation in the hotel where my team was staying on Wednesday, September 16, in Méribel, after the Tour de France stage had ended. That day the authorities entered my room and seized perfectly legal vitamin supplements, although perhaps unfamiliar to the French authorities. This is the main reason why it takes time for everything that happened to be fully clarified.
For the avoidance of doubt, I want to confirm that doping substances were never found.
I also want to clear up a misunderstanding: during the recent Tour or during any previous race, I have never consulted any auxiliary or foreign personnel from the team. I have and have never had anything to hide.
Yesterday, at the summons of the French authorities, and voluntarily, I appeared before the prosecution and answered each and every one of their questions clearly and with a clear conscience. In this sense, it is necessary to emphasize that I have not been the object of any accusation by the authorities. For my part, I am and will be ready to clarify any doubts from the prosecution, as I did on Monday and today.
I, Nairo Quintana, have been a clean runner throughout my sporting life and have an impeccable biological passport.
I want to clarify to the public opinion, my fans and cycling followers that never in my entire career – junior, under-23 and professional – have I used illegal substances that improve my sports performance and that betray the principles of sport.
For now, a preliminary investigation is being carried out and I have answered all the questions and doubts and I am willing to continue doing so on a voluntary basis until the whole situation is clarified on the basis indicated: I have never used doping substances and no illegal substance was found in the police investigation.
I, without fear, will continue to be strong, defend the truth and follow my path, no matter how much the crowd, at times, takes another course.
Nairo Quintana
