Posted on: June 9th, 2021 Wout van Aert as a Veranda’s Willems-Crelan rider in 2018. But now his abrupt departure from that team almost three years ago looks set to cost him a lot of money
Wout van Aert has been ordered by a court in Belgium to pay his former manager a sum of €662,000 in a severance payment after a near three-year legal action.
Nick Nuyens owned Sniper Cycling when
Van Aert broke his contract with the team in September, 2018. Nuyens said at
the time Van Aert was acting without the team’s consent, adding the matter was
in the hands of his lawyers.
Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Austrian cyclist Stefan Denifl has been sentenced to two years in prison for his role in the Operation Aderlass blood doping scandal.
The former professional, given a four-year ban for blood doping in 2019, has been convicted of serious commercial fraud.
Sixteen months of the sentence handed down by the Innsbruck regional court will be suspended, while he has also been fined €349,000 (£311,000/$425,000).
Denifl, who represented IAM Cycling and Aqua Blue Sport during his professional career, admitted doping during court hearings in 2020 but denied the fraud allegations.
The judge ruled, however, that he would not have been employed by his teams if they were aware of his doping.