UCI to use CSC's anti-doping program as model
From Velonews.com
Team CSC's cutting-edge anti-doping program of increased internal controls and monitoring has received approval from the UCI, the team announced Wednesday.
Led by Danish anti-doping expert Rasmus Damsgaard at the Danish Bispebjerg Hospital, the team's efforts to assure that none of its riders are cheating received the blessing from the UCI.
"The UCI has taken a historic step in giving Team CSC's initiative their seal of approval," Damsgaard said. "Furthermore, the UCI has indicated to us that they have used our program as a model for their own future initiatives, which means a great deal to us because it gives our sport an even better chance to fight doping on a scientifically sound level."
Last year, Team CSC was thrown into turmoil when star Ivan Basso was kicked out of the Tour de France just days before its start after his name appeared on a list of riders linked to controversial Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes.
To help restore the team's battered image, Team CSC manager Bjarne Riis contacted Damsgaard about creating a testing program that will monitor riders with team conducted tests throughout the season.
The team report that 300 out-of-competition tests conducted on its riders have all returned negative.
"It's been our vision all along to create a project which would set new standards and now we have it on paper," Riis said. "Our main ambition has been to show how the sport can regain full credibility and at the same time give the riders the opportunity to win a lot of races without suspicion of doping."
From Velonews.com
Team CSC's cutting-edge anti-doping program of increased internal controls and monitoring has received approval from the UCI, the team announced Wednesday.
Led by Danish anti-doping expert Rasmus Damsgaard at the Danish Bispebjerg Hospital, the team's efforts to assure that none of its riders are cheating received the blessing from the UCI.
"The UCI has taken a historic step in giving Team CSC's initiative their seal of approval," Damsgaard said. "Furthermore, the UCI has indicated to us that they have used our program as a model for their own future initiatives, which means a great deal to us because it gives our sport an even better chance to fight doping on a scientifically sound level."
Last year, Team CSC was thrown into turmoil when star Ivan Basso was kicked out of the Tour de France just days before its start after his name appeared on a list of riders linked to controversial Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes.
To help restore the team's battered image, Team CSC manager Bjarne Riis contacted Damsgaard about creating a testing program that will monitor riders with team conducted tests throughout the season.
The team report that 300 out-of-competition tests conducted on its riders have all returned negative.
"It's been our vision all along to create a project which would set new standards and now we have it on paper," Riis said. "Our main ambition has been to show how the sport can regain full credibility and at the same time give the riders the opportunity to win a lot of races without suspicion of doping."