Giro d'Italia promising stricter controls
Posted May 6th, 2010 by martyrye
In the light of recent UCI "blood passport" controls, the Giro organizers are claiming stricter controls for the running of the 93rd edition of this Grand Tour.
From a recent article on Cyclingnews.com... the relevance is that the quote below regarding Frei indicates there are still athletes that claim to be able to beat the testing with simple procedures -- similar to years past when velodrome specialists would take cocaine before competition.... secure in knowing that the test for cocaine actually looked for metabolites that would not show in the body until hours after the tests were administered.
From Cyclingnews.com....
BMC Racing Team rider Thomas Frei recently tested positive for EPO and claimed that he would have beaten the test for his microdosing had he drunk enough water after taking the injection.(UCI President Pat) McQuaid however implies that a rider in his situation would only get away with it for so long.
“There is no guarantee for those who play with the system, even those doing so thinking that they are getting away with microdosing,” he (McQuaid) insisted. “They are playing with an area that is far too delicate and they are very foolish to do so.”
full story here: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcquaid-on-pellizotti-prado-and-valjavec...
photo credit -- Roberto Bettini