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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Tour de France to adopt tougher inspections - Features, Fashion - The Independent

The International Cycling Union (UCI) are to increase anti-doping inspections ahead of the Tour de France, July 3-25, following allegations by former road cyclist Davide Cassani that certain competitors had been fitting discrete motors to their steeds in order to gain an illicit advantage. The UCI ruling, following their Management Committee meeting on June 17 & 18, is that bicycles will be subject to more rigorous visual and electronic inspections in order to detect any concealed devices within the frame.

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