Óscar Sevilla shares thoughts on new teammate Miguel Ángel López: "I hope it's different for him than it was for me"

Óscar Sevilla and Miguel Ángel López, who are both currently competing in the Vuelta a San Juan, possess many similarities.

Lopez was dismissed from Astana last season, and he had to find a new shelter, Medellín-EPM. Something similar happened with Sevilla when he was in his prime. "I hope it's different for him than it was for me, I hope he is treated better and gets more understanding and that he can get rid of this thing," Sevilla said.

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He further added, "I haven't spoken about it with him, but Miguel Ángel is young – he's still only 28 – and he has a long career ahead of him, so I hope it's nothing. I hope he can resolve the issues and get back to riding the biggest races."

Despite not being directly implicated in a drug trafficking inquiry, his association with Dr Marcos Maynar, who is at the centre of the investigation, earned him a bad reputation and no professional teams were willing to take a chance on him. "Miguel Ángel is in limbo, which is also what happened to us. It's not a formal thing: he hasn't been suspended by a judge or by the UCI or by anybody, so it's quite complicated. Let's hope in this case it can be resolved,” concluded Sevilla.

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