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Verbruggen defends UCI warnings over dope tests

FORMER International Cycling Union president Hein Verbruggen defended the governing body's doping policy during the Lance Armstrong era, saying yesterday it didn't act inappropriately when it decided to inform riders about suspicious test results.

Verbruggen, who led the UCI during Armstrong's era of Tour de France domination, said its old policy was part of a "two-pronged attack" on doping.

"It used to be the UCI's policy - and indeed also of other federations - to discuss atypical blood test results, or other test results, with the riders concerned," Verbruggen said in a statement.

"Riders who were doping (but who had yet to fail a test) were effectively warned that they were being watched and that they would be targeted in future with the aim of getting them to stop doping," he said. "However, if the atypical test results were genuinely not caused by doping, the rider also had the opportunity to have a medical check."

The UCI honorary president issued a statement after Dutch magazine "Vrij Nederland" reported his comments that Armstrong and other riders were contacted about doping suspicions.




 

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