Doping control officers test Miguel Angel López during Disney World holiday

Miguel Angel Lopez at the Vuelta a San Juan
Miguel Angel Lopez at the Vuelta a San Juan (Image credit: Getty Images)

Miguel Ángel López has taken to Instagram to reveal he faced an out-of-competition anti-doping test while on holiday with his family at Walt Disney World in Florida, despite currently being provisionally suspended from competition by the UCI and under investigation for potential anti-doping rule violation.

The Colombian climber was the target of an investigation conducted by the International Testing Agency (ITA), who obtained evidence from Operación Ilex gathered by the Spanish Guardia Civil and the Spanish Anti-Doping Organisation for the UCI.

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