Tour de France News for May 14, 2003 Edited by Jeff Jones & John Stevenson 86th Giro d'Italia news Verbruggen says Igor Gonzalez won't do the Tour UCI president Hein Verbruggen has reiterated his stance on the suspension of ONCE's Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano by the French anti-doping organisation CPLD. In an interview with AS, Verbruggen said "I'm afraid that he will not be able to participate in the race since he has been sanctioned by the CPLD in France. We don't agree and neither does the rider. But, OK, this is the law in France, it's the one that counts and it's more important than the UCI regulations....The law of a country is always more important than the regulations of any international federation." Verbruggen again pointed to the World Anti-Doping Agency Code, that will unite anti-doping regulations in all sports and in all countries. "We expect that this code will resolve our problems," said Verbruggen who added that the UCI had approved the code a month ago. (All rights reserved/Copyright Knapp Communications Pty Limited 2003)

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