The UCI, cycling's world governing body, has confirmed that anti-doping controls at the Tour de France will be again carried out by the UCI-funded but independent Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF) in association with the French Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage (AFLD).
2. The UCI, cycling's world governing body, has
confirmed that anti-doping controls at the Tour de
France will be again carried out by the UCI-funded
but independent Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation
(CADF) in association with the French Agence
Française de Lutte contre le Dopage (AFLD).
It was also announced that the cooperation
agreement between AFLD, CADF, and the French
police has been renewed. This will allow collection of
more information for improving quality of testing
during the race.
3. The UCI has described the present agreement as a way for
maximizing the efficiency of the control system. Both
organizations have decided to renew several control measures
that were put in place for 2014 for this year's Tour de France
2015, which begins on 4 July. These measures include carrying
out blood checks on all participants shortly before the start of
the race.
The AFLD will again be carrying out control at this year's Tour
on a number of cyclists who will most likely participate in the
“Grande Boucle”. The CADF-AFLD will jointly decide which
cyclists to test during the stages in France on the basis of shared
information to have a well-targeted approach towards the
riders. Some samples will be kept, likely for many years, based
on intelligence gathering to allow subsequent analyses through
the advantage of technical progress concerning detection
methods.