UCI faces a $2 million law suit for the anti-doping brawl
The USADA investigation into Lance Armstrong has exposed many former and current cyclists as the organisation did brought an end to one of the most organised doping scandal in the history of the sports.
The United States Anti Doping Agency undoubtedly did the right thing exposing one of the biggest sports personnel in America.
However, the consequences are complicated than anticipated as banning one of the most successfully and many others ruined the sports itself and a lot of questions are being asked towards the spotlessness of the sport and the organising body UCI.
SKINS, the sports clothing manufacturing firm has sued UCI for not being able to clean the sport from doping and has claimed that the incident has affected its brand name.
A legal representative from the organisation sent a letter to the UCI stating, “As a supplier and a sponsor, SKINS is particularly concerned by its brand image and since it strongly believes in the true spirit of competition, it is firmly against doping”.
“When it decided to invest in cycling not only as a sponsor but also in extending its product range through massive investments in R&D, SKINS was under the illusion that professional cycling had been fundamentally reformed to contain doping and to minimise
the risks of scandals with which the brand of any sponsor could be associated,” the letter continues.
The clothing company is associated with the sport since 2008 and has worked with several cycling teams and organisations in the past five years.
It has provided apparels to Bike NZ, Cycling Australia, USA Cycling, Rabobank Professional Cycling Team, Team NetApp, Team Telecom and Team Europcar.
The mentioned USADA case investigates Lance Armstrong’s whole career but its main focus is the time through1998-2005.
The American has now been stripped-off from all his victories since August 1998 to 2010 including as many as seven overall victories at the Tour de France, 1999-2005.
USADA released a 1000 page testimony against the cyclist and as many as 26 cyclists have recorded their statements against the cyclist including 11 of his previous teammates in the American side, Team USPS.
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