One-day races and Classics Jarlinson Pantano Gómez (born 19 November 1988) is a Colombian racing cyclist,[2][3][4] Pantano previously rode professionally between 2012 and 2019 for the Colombia, IAM Cycling and Trek–Segafredo teams, before he was suspended for four years after a positive drugs test for erythropoietin (EPO).
In July 2016 he replaced Nairo Quintana for selection in the individual road race at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
[11] In April 2019, Trek–Segafredo announced that Pantano had been 'immediately suspended' from the team after being notified that he had returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for erythropoietin (EPO) in a doping test carried out on 26 February.
[14] In May 2020, a UCI tribunal banned Pantano for four years, backdated to his initial provisional suspension, meaning he was unable to compete until April 2023.
[6] Upon the completion of his ban, Pantano returned to the peloton – at amateur level – with Colombian team EPM–Scott.