"We want it to be that way" - Former teammate of Oier Lazkano laments but believes suspension was the right decision

After becoming the great star of the Movistar Team, Iván Romeo dreams of a 2026 season that surpasses a magical 2025. The young cyclist from Valladolid was the best rider of the team throughout the season, winning victories such as the Dauphiné and the Spanish Championship. He has also discussed the suspension of Oier Lazkano, with whom he was a teammate in 2023 and 2024.

For next year, as he pointed out in an interview with MARCA during his participation in an exhibition in Singapore, his plan is to ride a similar calendar to the one he rode last season. That means he will repeat in the Tour de France, if all goes well. The possible participation in the Vuelta a España remains up in the air:

"I will repeat quite a few races, and in theory if everything goes well I will do the Tour de France. It's going to be a year that I hope to do things in a similar way but at a slightly higher level," Romeo said during the interview.

Oier Lazkano's doping case has shaken cycling, especially Spanish cycling. The Basque rider is provisionally suspended by the UCI due to anomalies in his biological passport between 2022 and 2024, when he rode for Movistar Team. For this reason, the cyclist has been dismissed from Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe while the process is still being investigated.

The news has made an impact on practically everyone. That is why it was impossible that the question about the case of Oier Lazkano did not appear.

And the Movistar Team star's response has not gone unnoticed, far from it. About everything that is happening, Romeo was quite clear: "In cycling this is always going to be given more ball to this, it's going to be much more drastic. But I think it has to be that way, it's what we all want. The stricter and more these behaviors are sanctioned, the cleaner."

In addition, Ivan Romeo also commented on the fact that it seems that cycling is more marked by doping than other sports: "We want it to be that way. Teams pay more to WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency, ed.) than any other sport for more testing. Cycling's past has been very bad, but I think it's going in the right direction."