Gazprom-Rusvelo General Director Renat Khamidulin told that at present no decisions have been made regarding further legal steps regarding the team’s claim.
On Wednesday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected Gazprom-Rusvelo’s appeal against the decision of the International Cycling Union (UCI) to suspend the team from participation in tournaments under the auspices of the organization, according to the official website of the organization. UCI.
— We are still waiting for the publication of the motivational part.
— Are you ready to start legal proceedings?
— Such a decision has not yet been taken. We will discuss this after the publication of the full text of the decision. I have already informed the Ministry of Sports of the CAS decision, we will decide later. I think the federation’s comments that the decision was expected are not entirely correct. Are there any unpaid ride fees? Thanks to the sponsor, we closed this issue last year.
— Are there any assets left in Italy? Base, for example.
— We have worked all this time to complete the project correctly for all parties. And we managed to do it,” Khamidulin told .
Russian and Belarusian athletes have been suspended by the UCI from competing for their national teams due to the situation in Ukraine. They may only be allowed to start under the auspices of the UCI in neutral status if they represent a registered professional team without a Russian or Belarusian flag.
Gazprom-Rusvelo, with a Russian title sponsor, is registered in Switzerland, its main base is in Italy and the team included nine Russians and seven Italians. The team filed a lawsuit with the CAS, but lost the case. Now that the team has been disbanded, employees have lost their salaries.
Source : MatchTV

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