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In a statement released this Wednesday, the Movement for Credible Cycling (MPCC) called for “keeping the light on” on doping issues, without shifting the debate too far. A reaction to the controversies linked to tests carried out in the middle of the night in recent days on the Tour de France.
As the anti-doping tests carried out in the middle of the night in recent days have been widely discussed within the Tour de France peloton, reactions keep coming. Everyone has an opinion, and now it’s the Movement for Credible Cycling (MPCC) that has taken a stance. “Our responsibility is to keep the light on these issues and to support the development of strong, credible anti-doping systems capable of protecting ‘clean’ athletes as well as the integrity of our sport,” said the association, whose aim is to uphold the goal of clean cycling, in a statement released this Wednesday.
While it acknowledges that it “does not yet have all the information regarding the recent events involving overnight controls,” which notably concerned Yellow Jersey Tadej Pogacar, his runner-up Jonas Vingegaard, and the Slovenian Matej Mohoric earlier this week, it is clearly seeking to refocus the debate. Several riders have pointed to the lack of humanity of these overnight controls, notably mentioning the potential role played by Vingegaard’s unexpected awakening in the middle of the night in the crash that caused his withdrawal on Sunday.
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“Cycling history has shown that weaknesses and loopholes in anti-doping and whereabouts systems can be exploited. It is therefore essential to identify where these vulnerabilities may exist in order to propose appropriate measures to address them. More broadly, this is the issue on which we should focus our attention,” adds the MPCC, referring to what it says is “the real subject of debate.”
The association, which claims 1,311 members, including seven World Tour teams (Decathlon-CMA CGM, EF Education-EasyPost, Groupama-FDJ United, Intermarché-Lotto, NSN, Picnic-PostNL, Uno-X Mobility), concludes its statement by stating that “cycling must continue to learn from its past in order to better protect its future.”
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