JV1973 said:
Mind you, I think this approach is a bit weird and big brother.... I just suggested it on a "if some riders volunteered, then maybe it would work and establish credibility. Then maybe more riders would volunteer.."
I throw a lot of idea to WADA and the UCI... Sometimes they listen, sometimes they serve me with restraining orders...
JV
The GT's are not public properties though, everyone has an opt out choice, not compelled to give it up.
How about the Rebellin video footage with spy cameras the carabinieri had. The UCI need to appreciate if there is a clean winner, what the potential effect will be, and the richer economy of a sport with a natural level of doping. Ofcourse, there is the vested interests one has to depose. It is definitely a political Everest.
I also know of two riders who had their phones tapped, in France of all places, by the French police, circa 2003. Because the gendarmes were on their provider.
All this poses, shut down the logistics. No intra-Tour refills. No insulin, no 30 injections per stage. Wiggins and Vande Velde may well win the Tour on Armstrong's medical program, but who wins if the doctors can be tossed, and no intra-Tour medical attention?
There would be doctors, just not the Spanish doctors (see: any dodgy doc), and provided by the promoter, and rotated, to avoid the possibilities of bribery.
I don't think Walsh or Kimmage can do anything. It would be quite simple to maintain appearances. Kohl said it took all of 20 minutes to dump a transfusion. Can Kimmage account for all of Vande Velde's time? Ofcourse not.
They may be cleanskin intra-Tour, but what is happening before, performances do not suggest they were coming in at their natural 02 delivery potential.