Tour De France Hit by New Wave of Anti-Doping Tests
The International Testing Agency tested several teams at about 8:30 pm after riders and unions criticized earlier night-time visits.
- On Monday, several Tour teams including Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe and Decathlon CMA CGM faced anti-doping controls during the evening, contrasting with overnight tests conducted the previous day.
- Sunday's 2 am and 5 am tests on Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard by the International Testing Agency sparked backlash, with riders blasting the controls as "inhumane."
- Red Bull manager Ralph Denk told ZDF that "some riders were already asleep" during 10 pm tests, while EF Education manager Jonathan Vaughters defended night testing to prevent "peptide and testosterone micro dosing."
- The CPA union criticized Monday's process as counter-productive, while the International Testing Agency operates under International Cycling Union designation since 2021 to conduct doping controls.
- These measures target doping practices from the 1990s and 2000s involving Lance Armstrong; Vaughters suggested earlier adoption of such testing could have saved the sport "25 years of drama.
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For a few years, the manipulation issue played a minor role in the Tour de France. However, the nightly controls at Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard have put it back into focus. How problematic is the situation right now?
The Slovenian cyclist spoke about the doping controls that have raised a lot of dust at the Tour in recent days. He has one last chance for a high result.
Tour de France riders divided over anti-doping testing
The debate surrounding anti-doping controls at the Tour de France continues to dominate headlines after several teams underwent fresh testing during the race’s final rest day. Among those confirming they had been visited by anti-doping officials were Remco Evenepoel’s Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe, Decathlon CMA CGM and Groupama-FDJ, alongside Picnic-PostNL, Jayco-AlUla and Bahrain Victorious, as reported by eNCA. Unlike the highly... Read more → The…
'All riders were included in the operation' – Entire Tour de France peloton provided blood samples to anti-doping organisation on rest day
The International Testing Agency confirmed to Cycling Weekly that they undertook a mass testing program on the Tour de France's second and final rest day
All the runners of all the teams involved underwent anti-doping checks on Monday night, according to the information of "Libé", which can also reveal that a rider from Bahrain-Victorious was checked in the first week, at 5 a.m.
There has been a lot of talk in the cycling community in recent days about the nightly visits of doping controllers to teams at the Tour de France. Slovenian cyclist Matej Mohorič sees the reason for the high-profile nighttime actions as also justifying the agency's reputation.
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