McQuaid and Prudhomme side by side in fight against doping

By Hedwig Kröner

High officials of the International Cycling Union and the Tour de France organisation, whilst in disagreement over details of the current cycling calendar ProTour and its marketing revenues, have found common ground again in the fight against doping. In the aftermath of the latest doping affairs involving the greatest stars of the sport, Ivan Basso, Jan Ullrich and now the 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis, both UCI president Pat McQuaid and Tour director Christian Prudhomme have spoken out in favour of enforced anti-doping rules which would not only call the cheating cyclists to account, but also their immediate team surroundings.

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