UCI claim Mayo doping affair not over

The clearing of Iban Mayo of a doping offence has been questioned by the UCI who claimed on Tuesday the case was not over.

The clearing of Iban Mayo of a doping offence by the Spanish cycling federation has been called into question by the sport's world governing body UCI who claimed on Tuesday the case was not over.

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The Spanish cycling federation on Monday cleared Spanish cyclist Iban Mayo, who tested positive for blood-booster EPO during the 2007 Tour de France, after a second test proved negative, his lawyer and the federation said.

However the UCI said on Tuesday: "The second sample is not negative. The analysis of it has not yet finished."

Mayo, a specialist climber, tested positive for blood-booster EPO during the Tour on July 24 and a test on his B sample was carried out in August.

He would have been suspended for a minimum of two years if his B sample had proved positive.