Alejandro Valverde Belmonte V. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano
Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS 2009/A/1879 – Alejandro Valverde Belmonte v. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano CAS 2009/A/1879 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte v. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano ARBITRAL AWARD Rendered by the: COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT Composed of the following members: President: Mr. Romano Subiotto QC, Attorney-Solicitor, Brussels, Belgium and London, United Kingdom Arbitrators: Mr. Ruggero Stincardini, Attorney, Perugia, Italy Mr. Ulrich Haas, Professor, Zürich, Switzerland Ad hoc clerk: Mr. Pierantonio D’Elia, Attorney, Rome, Italy and Brussels, Belgium In the arbitral appeal proceedings between MR. ALEJANDRO VALVERDE BELMONTE, Murcia, Spain Represented by Mr. José Rodríguez, Madrid, Spain and Mr. Federico Cecconi, Milan, Italy - Appellant - versus COMITATO OLIMPICO NAZIONALE ITALIANO (CONI), Rome, Italy Represented by Mr. Ettore Torri, General Public Prosecutor - First respondent - WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY (WADA), Lausanne, Switzerland Represented by Mr. Stephen Drymer, Montréal, Canada - Second respondent - INTERNATIONAL CYCLING UNION (UCI), Aigle, Switzerland Represented by Mr. Philippe Verbiest, Leuven, Belgium and Mr. Pablo Jimenez of Parga, Madrid, Spain - Third respondent - * * * This translation is provided for information purposes only. Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS 2009/A/1879 – Alejandro Valverde Belmonte v. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano I. THE PARTIES 1 II. FACTS 1 A. PROCEEDINGS IN SPAIN 1 B. PROCEEDINGS IN ITALY 4 III. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE CAS 8 IV. LAW 13 A. JURISDICTION OF CAS AND ADMISSIBILITY OF THE APPEAL 13 B. POWER OF EXAMINATION 13 C. APPLICABLE LAW 14 1. On the merits 14 2. On the proceedings 16 D. JURISDICTION OF CONI 16 E. ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE 18 1. Rules regulating the eligibility of evidence before CAS 18 2.
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