Makes sense although I'm not sure it sends the right message...http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/no-internal-anti-doping-controls-for-leopard-trek
At least the Team doctors won't be doing their best to help the racers stay within the "limits"...
At least the Team doctors won't be doing their best to help the racers stay within the "limits"...
The Leopard Trek team will not conduct any internal doping controls. Andreas Gösle, the head of the five team doctors, said that the riders are checked often enough by the International Cycling Union (UCI) with both doping controls and physical examinations.
Several years ago, many teams hired specialist firms to conduct internal controls. Gösle said that additional controls were not necessary. “What do these firms want? We have the bio-passport, the transparent athlete,” he told the Luxembourger newspaper Tageblatt.
“They are tested more than 30 times a year and for their health, there are an additional four standard check-ups required by the UCI. That's a lot.”
He also questioned whether the teams which several years ago announced significant internal controls with independent firms continue to do so. “Ask those teams, if they still do it. I don't know, but I don't think so.”