{"id":477895,"date":"2023-01-08T17:22:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T17:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=477895"},"modified":"2023-01-18T17:05:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T17:05:53","slug":"miguel-ngel-l-pez-signs-for-medell-n-epm-after-astana-dismissal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/miguel-ngel-l-pez-signs-for-medell-n-epm-after-astana-dismissal","title":{"rendered":"Miguel &#193;ngel L&#243;pez signs for Medell&#237;n EPM after Astana dismissal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miguel &#193;ngel L&#243;pez will race for Colombian Continental outfit Team Medell&#237;n EPM in 2023 in the wake of his dismissal from Astana-Qazaqstan for his links to Dr Marcos Maynar, a Spanish university professor and doctor who is currently under investigation for allegedly forming part of a drug-trafficking ring. L&#243;pez was provisionally suspended by Astana in the summer, but the team reinstated him ahead of the Vuelta a Espa&#241;a, citing a lack of evidence. The Colombian subsequently placed fourth overall at the Vuelta, but he was sacked by Astana in December after the team received new information about his ties to Maynar. In recent days, L&#243;pez had been linked with a move to Team Medell&#237;n EPM, and the squad confirmed his arrival on Sunday. His new teammates will include 46-year-old &#211;scar Sevilla , and L&#243;pez indicated that he would make his debut for the squad at this month&#8217;s Vuelta a San Juan . &#8220;I want to thank Team Medellin for their<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombian will debut alongside &#211;scar Sevilla at Vuelta a San Juan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}