AFLD says it can still do testing

Reuters - Sat, 20 Feb 21:53:00 2010

French anti-doping agency said it may still test in domestic races like next month's Paris-Nice event despite the UCI saying that it alone would carry out drug checks.

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AFLD president Pierre Bordry said the World Anti-Doping Agency could allow his organisation to carry out testing.

"According to the world anti-doping code, national agencies can ask WADA to allow them to carry out some tests even during international races," said Bordry.

The AFLD previously suggested to the UCI that the two organisations collaborate on drug tests during the Paris-Nice stage race.

However, in a letter sent to Bordry which Reuters obtained a copy of on Friday, UCI president Pat McQuaid said he could not see any interest in such a partnership.

"According to the world anti-doping code, international sporting events have to be controlled by the International Federations," McQuaid wrote.

Bordry said he had replied to McQuaid's letter, which he described as "unbelievable", but would not disclose its contents.

The two organisations have been at loggerheads since Bordry accused UCI drug testers of favouring Spaniard Alberto Contador's Astana team during last year's Tour de France.

Last month the UCI said it had agreed with Tour de France organisers to drop the AFLD from this year's race.

The Paris-Nice event, in which Contador is expected to compete, runs from March 7-14.

Reuters

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  1. Talk about double standards just read this about the­ winter Olympics dopers but at least they dont release­ their names until after the appeals.
    Post this on your­ twitter Lance!!
    - The International Olympic Committee­ says 30 athletes who tested positive for­ performance-enhancing drugs during the run-up to the­ 2010 Winter Olympics have been disqualified.
    The World­ Anti-Doping Agency says that, "in the interest of­ fair play," it will not announce the names or­ nationalities of the disqualified athletes until they­ have exhausted all avenues of appeal.

    From John, on Thu 25 Feb 11:57

  2. Thomas-- I agree good comment, I think they are both­ dirty. They have an agenda to get as much funding as­ they can and to jusify that you need to show results­ and sometimes that means false positives. I know there­ have been a lot of dirty riders that have admitted and­ some not. But if there is even one innocent rider that­ is found guilty of a violation he didn't commit­ that is one to many.

    From chad, on Mon 22 Feb 20:39

  3. You do know it's McQuaid, not AFLD, that­ unashamedly, and publicly admits to­ "re-testing" samples because "we­ didn't get the result we wanted", right?

    From Thomas, on Mon 22 Feb 16:45

  4. Thomas, you mean you can't wait for the AFLD to­ spike someones clean sample for political purposes.

    From chad, on Mon 22 Feb 14:26

  5. problem is that AFLD & UCI will get into a p***ing­ up the wall contest - the characters at the top are too­ political & are / will work for their own­ furtherance rather than that of the cause!

    From RiChArD, on Mon 22 Feb 2:15

  6. Exactly Thomas, they should test at the Tour, cycling­ needs more than one body doing testing at its biggest­ events, for credibility.

    From Justin, on Mon 22 Feb 0:48

  7. I can't wait for AFLD to catch a rider the UCI­ cleared.

    From Thomas, on Sun 21 Feb 14:22
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