International Cycling Union’s secret list revealed
A French daily sports newspaper has published a list of the suspected riders on Friday, May 13, 2011, which the International Cycling Union (UCI) had been keeping an eye ahead of the last year’s most controversial edition of the Tour de France.
The winner of the Tour, Alberto Contador of Spain, had already been struggling through a continuous investigation since the race least year and is awaiting the case hearing at the Swiss based Court of Arbitration (CAS). But the leaked list from the desk
of the International Cycling Union states clearly the names of 198 multi-national participating cyclists with suspicion prior to the Tour based on the rider’s biological passports and blood tests.
The International Cycling Union was notified earlier about the publishing of a confidential document in the French newspaper’s Friday edition. However, the morning brought utter out-rage from the UCI over the newspaper for publishing the document.
"The UCI has been informed that the L'Equipe newspaper was going to publish in its edition on Friday a confidential document containing the riders' individual readings following tests carried out before the start of the 2010 Tour de France," said the UCI
as it regretted the fact that the list should have been brought out to the public.
The UCI claimed that the document of this confidentiality was solely the property and copy-right of the Cycling Union itself and is an effective mode to analyze and control the anti-doping services during any major event of the sport, not any biased list
creating discrepancies.
There was no British rider in the “clear or suspicion” category, however, 18 of the 35 starting French cyclists managed to clear their sleeves. The UCI also was disappointed that the leak of a classified document of this sort was in the possession to an
outsider.
"This document was reserved for the UCI and independent experts of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Such a weakness in the confidentiality is very serious and the UCI will open an inquiry to discover the origin of the leak."
The UCI concluded as the president, Pat McQuaid, refused to comment any further queries with the verdict that a further official statement shall be released later this day.
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