The UCI strikes back
We knew that this war of words wasn’t over.
If you don’t recall from earlier in the month, France’s Anti-Doping Laboratory (AFLD) accused the International Cycling Union (UCI) of favoritism to the Astana team, improper handling of samples, violating rider confidentiality rules and keeping AFLD doctors from being present during testing at the Tour de France.
Although the UCI did give some response to the AFLD’s charges at the time, they promised an official response to the allegations, and that was issued today.
Over 12 pages the UCI decries the failure of the partnership between the two organizations, and more importantly, addresses every one of the AFLDs accusations. They start by talking about the depth and complexity of the testing program that they ran, starting with 190 out of competition tests in the months leading up to the race. 762 tests were administered during the race itself. They reiterate their position that not only did Astana not receive preferential treatment, they in fact were subject to more than 10% of the total number of tests conducted.
The organization goes on to accuse the AFLD of putting the full name of riders on samples, failure to provide sufficient number of testers for other races and so on.
The full response can be read here.
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