The International Cycling Union has agreed to a fast-track appeal at sport's highest court for Roman Kreuziger, who wants his provisional ban for suspected doping lifted before the Spanish Vuelta.
The Tinkoff-Saxo rider seeks a Court of Arbitration for Sport verdict before the three-week race starts August 23.
Earlier on Tuesday, Kreuziger claimed the UCI broke its anti-doping rules by suspending him though he never tested positive, and before opening a formal disciplinary case based on his blood values.
"(The UCI) shall co-operate with him in agreeing to an expedited proceeding that should allow CAS to decide the appeal before the beginning of the Vuelta," the governing body said in a statement on Tuesday.
Kreuziger was provisionally suspended on Saturday, when the UCI intervened on the eve of the Czech Republic rider's scheduled start in the Tour of Poland.
Long-term analysis of Kreuziger's blood values in his biological passport suggested doping in 2012.
Kreuziger and his team have claimed that his selection in Poland was allowed because the UCI took no disciplinary action since alerting him three months earlier that he was under investigation.
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