We were informed of the fine concerning our coach Hervé DAGORNE during the Rio Olympics Games and we sent him your letter. We are aware that failure to confirm the team's composition on time constitutes a fault which hampers the proper organization of the event. However, Mr. DAGORNE explained to us the particular situation which caused his delay in confirming our only rider Artyom ZAKHROV in the event of the omnium of the Olympic Games.
On the morning of the confirmation of the riders, due to an issue on theour rider's bike of our rider (seat post)relating to the seat post, he had to go to Rioto downtown in emergencyRio to pick up a spare part to let our rider trainpartake in the official training session of the day. The journey tookshould take forty-five minutes, but the return to the velodrome took more than two hours and thirty minutes due to the road traffic. He contacted Gilles PERUZZI to warn him of his delay to the confirmation of the riders and asked him to inform the commissaire's jury.