Racing and control in France: agreement UCI AFLD

[poupou]

According http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Accord-entre-l-uci-et-l-afld/367098
UCI gas agreed to give biopassport datas and to let OOC run by AFLD on every UCI race on french soil.

Is it the end of UCI corruption?

 

[B_Ugli]

Is it the end of UCI corruption?

Probably not when you consider Hamilton alluding in his book to LA being given preferential treatment & extra time when he was paid a visit by the French authorities. Factor in LA donating bikes to Sarkozy and this smacks of a PR/*** covering exercise on the part of the French hand in hand with the UCI.

The French authorities are as much to blame in all this as anyone else - the fact that they havent pursued LA or Bruyneel for flouting the countries drugs laws and sent them to prison speaks volumes.

The Tour makes a lot of money for a lot of people - they simply want to maintain the status quo save for a couple of sacraficial lambs come July.

 

[thehog]

"The UCI and the independent Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF) have announced a continuation of their partnership with the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) to conduct anti-doping tests at the major races held in France in 2013," said the UCI statement.

"The CADF and AFLD will combine resources and expertise to organise and provide anti-doping tests, including for the Criterium du Dauphine in June and the Tour de France in July."

The agreement marks a victory for the AFLD which had been fighting for total collaboration from the UCI since tensions arose during Paris-Nice.

The agreement covers the centenary Tour, which runs from June 29 to July 21, as well as all other races taking place in France.

"The UCI is determined to ensure that cycling is a clean sport. As such, we are extremely happy to be partnering with the AFLD," said UCI president Pat McQuaid.

"Together, we will ensure that today's young riders in the peloton are not tarnished by issues that took place years in the past.

"Cycling has a bright future and those who will define that future can be found among the current generation of riders who have chosen to prove that you can compete and win clean."

The agreement means AFLD will have complete access to riders' biological passports and their locations.

AFLD will also have the freedom to conduct unannounced tests.

French Sports Minister Valerie Fourneyron, who was heavily involved in the case, said in a statement to AFP that she was "delighted with this agreement".

"This is great news for the sport and great news for the Tour de France," she added. "This marks the first tangible progress in the fight against doping in cycling since the (Lance) Armstrong affair exploded."

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/cycling-cycling-and-doping-bodies-announ/658106.html

 

[Scott SoCal]

According http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Accord-entre-l-uci-et-l-afld/367098
UCI gas agreed to give biopassport datas and to let OOC run by AFLD on every UCI race on french soil.

Is it the end of UCI corruption?

Probably not. Could be a step in the right direction and it could also be McQuaid reading the tea leaves.

 

[DirtyWorks]

Plenty of opportunities for the UCI to hide positives.

It looks to me like AFLD gets some access to historical data and the ability to choose test pools based on that data and the authority to perform surprise tests.

However, it looks like the UCI holds results and does the notification. Pessimistically, it is Never Tested Positive all over again with the UCI hiding results. Optimistically, it is like doping for the Olympics, only the dumbest athletes are going to fail.

Based on what I've read, the current oxygen vector doping works into the third week and the use of peptides to accelerate recovery is still in full-swing.

 

[Oldman]

Probably not. Could be a step in the right direction and it could also be McQuaid reading the tea leaves.

If AFLD can start collecting samples for profile now, perhaps. In any event McQuaid is probably going to be a casualty and the past is going to be the past.