McQuaid: “UCI will do Tour testing as AFLD has no credibility”

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McQuaid: “UCI will do Tour testing as AFLD has no credibility”

“In our eyes, they [AFLD] no longer have any credibility because of the way they behaved with the UCI last year,” he said. “A year ago, I had meetings with the AFLD about the proposed anti-doping program pre-Tour de France. They wanted information to locate the riders who trained in France, which we have done every day. But it was later discovered that despite all the information they had conducted only 13 tests, five of which were unusable due to a breach of confidentiality. Just that was enough in itself to show the lack of seriousness in their approach.

McQuaid: “UCI will do Tour testing as AFLD has no credibility”

 

[Colm.Murphy]

“In our eyes, they [AFLD] no longer have any credibility because of the way they behaved with the UCI last year,” he said. “A year ago, I had meetings with the AFLD about the proposed anti-doping program pre-Tour de France. They wanted information to locate the riders who trained in France, which we have done every day. But it was later discovered that despite all the information they had conducted only 13 tests, five of which were unusable due to a breach of confidentiality. Just that was enough in itself to show the lack of seriousness in their approach.

McQuaid: “UCI will do Tour testing as AFLD has no credibility”

Countdown to Bordry coming forward with some new scathing javelin of accusation against the UCI in 3 - 2 - 1 .......

How is that budget coming along, Pierre? What happened to all of your clients from other professional sports?

It was never disclosed how Ceaurritz passed away?

 

[poupou]

Do you believe that McQuaid has credibility? That is the word that he should never use, it doesn't fit with him.

 

[theswordsman]

The WADA made a clarification to the code this week that should allow the AFLD to conduct controls at the Tour de France in addition to those done by the UCI. So the UCI will conduct the normal testing, but under the watchful eye of the WADA (AMA) to make sure that all procedures are done correctly, there's no advance notice or team bias, etc. The WADA will obviously agree to the AFLD doing additional tests, since they just clarified the rule for this situation. (McQuaid had said he had no problems with other countries).

So the AFLD should be able to target test the riders they want and work with law enforcement to try to keep the race as clean as possible. If the UCI fights this, they lose any credibility they have left, because the additional controls are completely outside their own efforts.

I'm happy, assuming this will happen.

The French Agency for the fight against doping (AFLD) will ask the UCI and WADA (WADA) the authority to make additional checks during the Tour de France 2010. "We're a national agency we are not competent in an international competition but we can ask for additional controls. So, we intend to apply, applying the rules adopted this weekend, "said its president Pierre Bordry. The WADA Executive Committee meeting in Montreal, Sunday clarified a point of the Code, which provides an opportunity for a national agency to police during a competition in its territory, in addition to those charged by the International Federation competent.

http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/breves2010/20100512_155803_des-controles-supplementaires.html

 

[Cobblestones]

The WADA made a clarification to the code this week that should allow the AFLD to conduct controls at the Tour de France in addition to those done by the UCI. So the UCI will conduct the normal testing, but under the watchful eye of the WADA (AMA) to make sure that all procedures are done correctly, there's no advance notice or team bias, etc. The WADA will obviously agree to the AFLD doing additional tests, since they just clarified the rule for this situation. (McQuaid had said he had no problems with other countries).

So the AFLD should be able to target test the riders they want and work with law enforcement to try to keep the race as clean as possible. If the UCI fights this, they lose any credibility they have left, because the additional controls are completely outside their own efforts.

I'm happy, assuming this will happen.







http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/breves2010/20100512_155803_des-controles-supplementaires.html

I think it's Pat trying to muddy the waters here. The message he's trying to send is "UCI controls are official, other controls are not sanctioned". It's preparing the public for the case that AFDL finds something which UCI overlooked (on purpose or not).

 

[Race Radio]

It is a preemptive strike.

With the results of the "Needlegate" investigation coming public shortly McQuaid needs to start the disinformation campaign as soon as possible to protect his money tree.

 

[Colm.Murphy]

It is a preemptive strike.

With the results of the "Needlegate" investigation coming public shortly McQuaid needs to start the disinformation campaign as soon as possible to protect his money tree.

What detail, other than the probable timing of any investigation's result to pop just before the TdF, is pointing to an imminent result coming public?

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Do you believe that McQuaid has credibility? That is the word that he should never use, it doesn't fit with him.

Like the term "army intelligence".

What detail, other than the probable timing of any investigation's result to pop just before the TdF, is pointing to an imminent result coming public?

Are you talking about the 2009 Astana drip bags?

 

[Beech Mtn]

I think it's Pat trying to muddy the waters here. The message he's trying to send is "UCI controls are official, other controls are not sanctioned". It's preparing the public for the case that AFDL finds something which UCI overlooked (on purpose or not).

It is a preemptive strike.

With the results of the "Needlegate" investigation coming public shortly McQuaid needs to start the disinformation campaign as soon as possible to protect his money tree.

Agree with both these posts. When I read McQuaid's statement, my first thought was that something must be about to come down that a certain friend-of-Pat won't like. (Which also coincides well with all the trolling on here. It seems like the trolls get more active just before something occurs. Ex, the Li Fuyu positive - the board was hopping the day before that was announced.)

 

[Race Radio]

Are you talking about the 2009 Astana drip bags?

Actually it is needles, not drip bags. Transfusion kits refer to the size of the needles used, the bigger ones are used for transfusions and are outlawed.

This is a common McQuaid tactic. Make a preemptive strike that he cannot back up in an effort to deflect from bad news.

 

[theswordsman]

Part of McQuaid putting them down this week was a statement that last year the UCI gave the AFLD the whereabouts of riders training in France prior to the Tour, and they failed by only doing 13 controls, some unusable. Bordry has a different version, and it's tough for me to believe they wouldn't have done more if they could.

The OCLAESP were with local gendarmes on the raid that was the result of the positive test from when the AFLD went rogue and did 6 controls in March. They're the ones with the Astana investigation. If the UCI doesn't agree to the additional tests, the AFLD makes the request to the WADA 21 days before the event. I really am excited at the idea of the WADA (AMA) going with the UCI testers to correct them if they mess up, and the AFLD doing targeted tests and law enforcement using normal police activities like looking for physical evidence and looking for other signs of wrongdoing.

According to Bordry, the UCI also refused to allow the French agency the right to use the computer files designed to locate riders.

"We want to control the riders who will be training in France before the race starts," Bordry said. "Without those files, it will be difficult to find them but we'll try and find a solution."

Bordry said the AFLD was able to perform only 13 out-of-competition doping tests before last year's race because the UCI refused to fully co-operate with the agency.

"They were giving us details of the riders' location only on the eve of the tests," said Bordry, adding that the AFLD did 80 out-of-competition doping tests prior the 2008 race when it was in charge of the testing program.

 

[mustachestaff]

It is a preemptive strike.

With the results of the "Needlegate" investigation coming public shortly McQuaid needs to start the disinformation campaign as soon as possible to protect his money tree.

How do you know the results are coming soon?

 

[Berzin]

Actually it is needles, not drip bags. Transfusion kits refer to the size of the needles used, the bigger ones are used for transfusions and are outlawed.

This is a common McQuaid tactic. Make a preemptive strike that he cannot back up in an effort to deflect from bad news.

What is the bad news exactly? One of the things that hampers these so-called "investigations" is that they take forever.

By the time they get around to anything, Armstrong will be long gone from the cycling scene and no one will care.

His legacy will remain intact and this latest controversy will go down as just another witch hunt by the haters.