Cyclingnews hails the soon to be introduced 'posting passport'.
A high level cyclingnews official, on condition of anonymity, revealed that "the posting passport doesn't follow products, but the poster".
"There has been a lot of harsh language back and forth about how posting got to where it is today," the source said. "This is a new day. We are trying to work with the clinic to help in insofar as we can -- to get posting back to where it should be."
Billed as an unprecedented crackdown that could be a model for other forums, posters would need to present the passport to post during the upcoming Giro d'iTalia and Tour de France.
"For each rider, you'll have an individual set of parameters that are his norm ... his posting parameters. There is a norm _ and above and below, it can only go a certain distance," he said.
"If you see that during the tests the post number goes above the norm, then you know he's done something, that he's manipulated something and it's not a natural occurrence."
These measures come after recent unrest in the clinic, with heightened levels of aggression, which can be indicative of increase in the use of banned substances. Some high level posters have tested positive for synthetic posttosterone on their way to winning the monthly posting competition. Found guilty of a doping violation by an arbitration panel, users, who are not appealing the ruling, were officially stripped of the title and banned.
On Monday, cyclingnews will announce it will increase doping checks next year by 50 percent -- to some 15,000 -- with more than half conducted out of competition.
A former French champion who posts for the French team, said many posters wouldn't object to the passport system.
"For us posters, it boils down to what we're already used to -- post tests -- it's nothing new," he said. "Whether I do eight or 12 tests a year, it won't mean much. But if it helps, that's a good thing."