RadioShack positive about leaked list
Riders tested extensively after being targeted


The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:RadioShack team has responded to the list of riders 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:leaked to L'Equipe today, ♚𝄹reportedly showing how the UCI ranked the riders of the 2010 Tour de France for targeted testing.
Riders on the list were ranked 1 to 10 with riders having higher numbers presumed to be suspected of doping. RadioShack's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yaroslav Popovych was ranked a 10, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Dmitriy Muravyev was given an 8.
Team spokesman Philippe Maertens explained to Cyclingnews that the riders were indeed subjected to frequent targeted controls by the UCI during the 2010 Tour de France, but neither rider tested positive or 𒈔has had disciplinary action taken against him.
"The UCI made a list, and it's their right to do so. I think it's a good thing they have a biological passport. They make a list based on different criteria - we don't know what the criteria are," Maertens said. "Then they made extra cꦗontrols during the Tour de France which is perfect. Our riders were check a lot of times. Based on that, it's a good system."
He sai🦩d there are many reasons why a rider could 𒅌have been given a higher number. The team was never informed of any irregular blood values detected by the UCI for either Muravyev or Popovych, but other information could have factored into the UCI's ranking.
"Muravyev is a good example. We don't know why he's on the list as 8, it could be either because he trains in Tenerife - all riders who train there are high on the list. The other thing is, Muravyev has a consistently low haematocrit. Riders with low haemat𓃲ocrit before the T💃our de France were targeted because the UCI believes they could have withdrawn blood to re-inject during the Tour.
"With Muravyev, you can check with the UCI; his haematocrit is 37. after the Tour de France it's still 37, today it's probably 37. He said to me, 'They can put all my values on the Internet, but not this?' [Articles like L'Equipe's] aren't good for 🔯his image. He's such an honest guy."
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Maertens said thatᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ both Popovych and Muravyev were subjected to additional controls during the Tour, but once the r💎ace was over, the UCI stopped testing them altogether.
RadioShack therefore has no reason to take any action against either rider, as they did against Vladimir Gusev after the team's independent 🍸testers supposedly detected irregular values in 🐷2008 when Johan Bruyneel and the staff managed the Astana squad.
"In Gusev's case, our doctors had🅷 reason to believe this is not normal. In the case of Popo and Muravyev, it doesn't seem strange at all🎐.
"We're not happy about [the leaked list], but you have to put it in perspective. They had their list, they p🌸robably used that list to make extra controls, and then after the Tour de France they say they saw nothing wrong."

Laura Weislo has been with Cyclingnews since 2006 after making a switch from a career in science. As Managing Editor, she coordinates covera🍷ge for North American events and global news. As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track, Laura has a passion for all three disciplines. When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads, paths and gravel tracks. Laura specia🔯lises in covering doping, anti-doping, UCI governance and performing data analysis.