UCI steps up anti-doping measures for Worlds

In a press release issued on Tuesday, the UCI unveiled a series of new anti-doping measures for the upcoming World Road Championships in Stuttgart, including increased tests both in and out of competition and storage of blood samples for retrospective testing of growth hormone.

Over the eight weeks preceding the championships, which the UCI considers to be a rider's preparation period, the governing body says it will carry out 120 unannounced out-of-competition tests (compared to 27 last year) among riders competing at the Worlds, and 400 tests during competitions on the same riders.

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