Prudhomme calls for independent body to deal with mechanical doping

Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme has said that the UCI needs to provide an explanation for technical manager Mark Barfield’s decision to alert Typhoon e-bike CEO Harry Gibbings of a French police investigation into mechanical doping during last year’s Tour. He also called for an independent body to deal with the issue of mechanical doping instead of the UCI.

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