June 18, 2009
UCI names names in biological passport program
It had to happen. It’s almost Le Tour time:
Note that these are ‘abnormal values’ alone – no-one has been “caught” with a specific needle in their arm, or whatever.
But wait, there’s more:
As I say, there may be a smoking gun, but nothing is “proven” beyond the fact that the blood values that are monitored were shown to vary over time in a substantial and unusual way that is usually indicative of doping. The ball is in the riders court to defend themselves, rightly or wrongly.
