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News & Racing<\/a><\/p>\n An amateur athlete \u2013 who is also the father of a current WorldTour pro \u2013 was just sanctioned for working with banned former US Postal Service trainer Jose Mart\u00ed.<\/p>\n Cor Vos<\/p>\n The spectre of one of pro cycling’s worst doping scandals reappeared recently when an amateur athlete received an 18-month doping suspension last autumn after Spanish anti-doping officials determined he was working with former US Postal Service (USPS) coach Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Mart\u00ed \u2013 known as Pepe Mart\u00ed. Mart\u00ed is currently prohibited from working with athletes in any sport governed by World Anti-Doping Agency rules due to his central role in the USPS doping ring.\u00a0<\/p>\n But the case has two twists: First, the Spanish anti-doping agency that pursued it \u2013 the Comision Espa\u00f1ola para la Lucha Antidopaje en el Deporte, or CELAD \u2013 does not yet appear to have levied any sanction against Mart\u00ed, who was also reportedly under surveillance by Spain’s Guardia Civil police.<\/p>\n Mart\u00ed allegedly told authorities that he is a university professor working on a performance study with both amateur and professional cyclists as subjects, despite the fact that he’s under WADA sanction until June 2027. Violating the terms of an anti-doping ban constitutes a second offense, traditionally punishable with a lifetime ban. But no sanction for Mart\u00ed appears in CELAD’s public database, raising the question of whether there is a larger, ongoing case.<\/p>\n Second, the sanctioned amateur athlete is Jaume Soler Serrano, the father of UAE Team Emirates-XRG pro rider Marc Soler. It’s unclear if CELAD has sanctioned any other athletes in connection with Mart\u00ed or is working on a larger case. CELAD did not respond to Escape Collective’s request for comment, and Jaume Soler reserves the right to appeal his sanction.<\/p>\n As an amateur athlete, Jaume Soler’s case is not public, but Escape Collective exclusively obtained CELAD’s official sanction notice, which identifies the firefighter and amateur triathlete based in the coastal town of Vilanova i la Geltr\u00fa in Catalonia, Spain as the father of Marc Soler. According to the CELAD sanction document, Jaume Soler and Mart\u00ed were followed and intercepted by the country\u2019s Guardia Civil in August 2023.<\/p>\n This post is for paying subscribers only Already have an account? Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n Did we do a good job with this story?<\/p>\n \n \ud83d\udc4dYep![\"Chris](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CMB-mug-shot-aspect-ratio-99-99-150x150.jpeg\")
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