Good on you Pat

[craig1985]

McQuaid wants complete control over Tour testing - cyclingnews.com

Nah, let's stick with the AFLD.

 

[tubularglue]

must of been a boring day at work. Pat needs to get his twitter ON'




support from the trenches:

"AFLD chief Pierre Bordry has reacted to McQuaid's comments, illustrating the fact that the AFLD maintained contact with the UCI and no attempts to undermine cycling's governing body were made. "I remind them [the UCI] that the AFLD has not failed to alert them, live during the competition, in July 2009, about the dysfonctional organisation of the controls during the Tour with regard to the World Anti-Doping Code," he stated.
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la vie est trop courte

 

[afpm90]

Something interesting in this piece of news:

"The AFLD, which was in charge of the doping controls in the 2008 edition of the Tour, discovered that high-profile riders such as Bernhard Kohl, Riccardo Riccó and Michael Schumacher - among others - all used prohibited methods of performance enhancement, namely the latest-generation variant of EPO, CERA."

 

[the truth.]

like bikepure's statement on it:
The bickering continues between the International Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat McQuaid and the French anti-doping agency (AFLD). Today Pat said he would prefer his organization to take sole responsibility for drug testing at the TDF. The duel of opinions breeding mistrust in the whole testing procedure. No organization can impartially self govern itself, when the judgments handed down could affect the income of the said body and the reputation and power of the autonomous UCI. Bikepure strongly believes that an independent body must be in charge of the total doping testing procedures, from sample gathering, through testing and on to open result display and information of same.

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[Mellow Velo]

"We are not prepared to risk endangering all efforts which have been made in cycling in the fight against doping by putting new work in the hands of this agency," he said

Uuumm, now what do you mean, there Pat?
The fact that a few non entities and a guy they've been after for years, have got nicked by the wonderful BP passport, doesn't make up for the fact that he's declared the peloton clean and caught nobody at last year's Tour.

So, I take it to mean:
"We can protect all our favoured stars, who have paid their subs, from the guys who might catch them doping, when the world is watching."

The absolutely should be an independent body in charge of testing.

 

[bianchigirl]

There is a massive conflict of interest in having McQuaid's UCI in charge of testing when they're in the habit of accepting 'donations for anti doping' from riders.

 

[cyclegeek]

Independent testing is a must! Question is, is it possible?

 

[Anonymous]

Something interesting in this piece of news:

"The AFLD, which was in charge of the doping controls in the 2008 edition of the Tour, discovered that high-profile riders such as Bernhard Kohl, Riccardo Riccó and Michael Schumacher - among others - all used prohibited methods of performance enhancement, namely the latest-generation variant of EPO, CERA."

worth saving this one for posterity..

 

[Big Doopie]

you can be sure that armstrong and the hog have been putting pressure on mcquaid and the uci.

in same way they got rid of clerc this year.

they know they can't win without being able to dope to previous levels.

they also know they can't win unless their competitors fear that the uci will be doing the bidding of the highest donor.

they therefore can't win if afld is involved in testing.

if uci gains complete control of testing it would be an utter disaster for the sport.

 

[Oldman]

Independent testing is a must! Question is, is it possible?

Hope so. There is always a rush to be the authority, particularly if it represents a profitable franchise. Until some body like the Olympic Comm actually requires a consistent qualification period for athlete testing each sport will fight the same, tough battle.