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If the EWS is removed from the matter, do they get a ban (if they do get a ban) for only French rounds? Or what?
This is all very confusing and a 'we wash our hands of this matter' kind of reaction. Not the best one i'd say.
They didn't say they won't do anything about this doping incident either, they said they will wait for the investigation to be completed before they make a decision, basing this on an athlete's right to due process. Due process is an intensive effort to find all pertinent facts of an incident and make a judgement based on those facts instead of emotions. Due process is the only true way to have justice. Any other way opens up the possibility of corruption, and therefore, negative impacts on the innocent.
https://www.wada-ama.org/en/questions-answers/prohibited-list-qa#item-3…
But, at the pace WADA moves at, Richie could race and possibly be retired by the time a penalty is announced...
It says a lot about those that run the EWS. Weak as piss!
Can anyone who was present at Rotorua comment as to the extent of UCI presence? I’d like to know how far in the uci is planning to go with this partnership. Will they just have one or two commissars at each race to make sure things are compliant or will it be more involved?
They have to be aware of UCI anti-doping regulations, CADF (Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation) procedures, and WADA international standards. Note that these are updated regularly as well.
This is, of course, in addition to the needed testing kits, equipment, et cetera.
Another example is sea otter. There is various UCI races held there, requiring a UCI license. There is also UCI anti-doping in place. This event is also ran in conjunction with our national federation - USA Cycling, so there could be doping controls in place from either group. This is all spelled out in the technical guide for the event that has been available since January. http://www.seaotterclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019-XCO-HC-T… page 5 lists anti doping info.
Looking through the EWS rules, you do need a UCI license to race EWS events outside of your home country now, but looking through the technical guide for this upcoming Derby race for example, no mention of anti-doping whatsoever.
http://admin.enduroworldseries.com/uploads/documents/races/1553474444.p…
https://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/rules-and-regulations/part-xiv-…
https://www.uci.org/inside-uci/clean-sport/anti-doping/uci-anti-doping-…
My guess is they will probably do doping control at EWS rounds similar to how they would do it at World Cups, World Championships, and Continental Championship events. The decision on which WADA laboratory to tap and who the doping control officer/s will be will come directly from Aigle itself, and not made by the local federation or even the continental confederation.
Technical guides are generally prepared by the race organizer and not the UCI. The national federation may or may not be consulted (in events in asia, where I am from, they usually are). This is one reason why technical guides at different events can be radically different to each other, even if both events are at an HC level or higher.
In the case of Taz, they may have used the 2017 version as a template, at which point, the EWS was still not affiliated with the UCI, hence the absence of any anti-doping line items. Good find, btw.
Drama continues.
An identical PR stunt, as with Gwin that his mechanic accidentally used a three-year old crank.
Such statements are offensive!!
I wonder what proof Rude was able to present to get such a short ban.
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