A BOLA – Alarcón Suspension generates new classifications in the Volta a Portugal (Cycling)

The annulment of Raul Alarcón’s sporting results since July 2015, after confirming his four-year suspension from the CAS (see associated news) to the W52-FC Porto cyclist, has an effect on the rankings of the 2017 and 2018 rounds of Portugal, in which Amaro Antunes (W52-FC Porto) and Joni Brandão (Sporting-Tavira) become the new winners, entering the names in the competition’s gallery of honor, with the particularity that both are currently at the service of the dragons.

In 2017, Vicente de Mateos (Louletano) and Rinaldo Nocentini (Sporting-Tavira) complete the podium, with the Spaniard being the winner of the points, while Amaro Antunes will add to the overall victories in the 1st stage Vila Franca de Xira – Lisbon and 4th stage Macedo de Cavaleiros – Senhora da Graça.

In 2018, Joni Brandão, in addition to first place overall, is the winner of the 4th stage (Guarda – Penhas da Saúde) and the mountain award, Vicente de Mateos (Louletano) and Edgar Pinto (Feirense) occupy the places of honor .

The Spaniard becomes the winner in the points, as well as in the 3rd stage (Sertã – Oliveira do Hospital), the Portuguese is awarded the victory in the 9th stage (Felgueiras- Senhora da Graça), while Sporting-Tavira become a team winner. The Norwegian Krister Hagen (Team COOP) is the winner of the 6th stage (Sernancelhe – Boticas), due to the suspension applied by the UCI to Domingos Gonçalves who had been first.

Raul Alarcón is the fifth cyclist to lose the Volta a Portugal for doping, succeeding Joaquim Agostinho in 1969 and 1973, Fernando Mendes in 1978, Marco Chagas in 1979 and Nuno Ribeiro in 2009.

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A 44-year-old American man sentenced to death for the murder and rape of a student in 1996 was executed Thursday by lethal injection in Oklahoma, announced the prosecutor and the prison administration of this state in the center of the country.

“Justice was served today for Juli Busken, almost 27 years after she tragically lost her life. I hope this day can bring some peace to his family and friends,” said Oklahoma State Attorney GeneralGentner Drummond, who was among those who witnessed the execution.

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Decisive DNA tests

The latter has continued to proclaim his innocence and had recently blamed the crime on his father, who committed suicide in 2022 and would have confessed to having committed it, according to him. But DNA tests carried out on the deceased invalidated this theory and Anthony Sanchez’s appeals to obtain a stay of execution were rejected. He was executed Thursday morning at the state penitentiary in the town of McAlester.

Oklahoma resumed capital executions in 2021 after a six-year moratorium due to botched executions in 2014 and 2015. That of Anthony Sanchez is the third since the start of the year. This is the 18th execution in the United States in 2023, all carried out by lethal injection.

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