Mauro Santambrogio may be the first rider to face the UCI’s new independent tribunal which deals solely with doping cases. His lawyer has requested an extension until January 20, when he will begin to defend the Italian rider.

Santambrogio says his positive has come from taking drugs to improve his infertility and erectile problems. He was prescribed ban substance Andriol to help try to fix his problems. WADA has banned Andriol and no rider can have a Therapeutic Use Exemption for it.

“I went to an urologist on July 7,” he told Tutto Bici website in December.

“For my erection problem, he wrote me a prescription for Andriol, 40mg for three months, plus Aprosten for 60 days. Also, I had fertility problems and was being tested because I want to start a family.”

His lawyer, Giuseppe Napoleone said that Santambrogio had been taken off the Registered Testing Pool (RTP) list. He added that Santambrogio’s name was not on the UCI’s website for testing since his ban began in 2014.

The UCI requires suspended cyclists to re-enter its testing pool six months before returning to their first race. Santambrogio announced his contract and plans to return in the 2015 season with Amore & Vita on October 31, 2014.

“It appears out of the question that the drug use was not aimed to change or alter sporting results, since Mauro Santambrogio could not compete given his suspension,” Napoleone said in a statement on Tutto Bici’s website today.

“I am confident to clarify the matter before the competent bodies in order to prevent my client become a sacrificial victim in the fight against doping.”