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In the press release:
Team Caisse d'Epargne has had a meeting with lawyers from your broker Alejandro Valverde, to know in depth the appeal lodged by the rider against the decision of CONI inhibition of sanctions to run in Italy.
This information suggests that the rules applicable to the case, surely prevents a resolution of TAS in the short term, and certainly not before the beginning of the next Tour de France.
In these circumstances, since a stage of the race runs through Italian soil, we are obliged to announce that Alejandro Valverde will not exit in the 2009 Tour.
The unfair situation that causes suffering Valverde and difficult to repair damage to:
Our main sponsor Caisse d'Epargne, whose firm commitment to the sport of cycling is not worthy of being deprived, in the biggest race of the year, a rider like Valverde.
Alejandro that this year, sacrificing other sporting goals, had focused his training in the Tour.
The hobby cyclist who is deprived of the presence in the Tour of the current leader of the global ranking of brokers.
We express our absolute confidence that Alejandro Valverde will overcome this difficult situation and will continue to demonstrate in the next races as and when the rest of the team's riders with the utmost professionalism defend the image of the Caisse d'Epargne in the 2009 Tour .
Source: Caisse d’Epargne
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