The big news today was not that
Alberto Contador gained time on a flat stage in the
Giro. The Spaniard was unable to win the stage in any case. That honor went to Italian
Oscar Gatto. It wasn't
Romain Felliu's win in
Picardie either. Or
Julien Absalon's even more stunning win in
Stoumont, where he beat
Sven Nys by five minutes. The big news of the day were the further revelation of UCI's hot list of "suspected dopers." The publication of the list in
L'équipe provoked outrage and a lawsuit in Switzerland.
Paul De Geyter from Cello Sport & Image, who represents many riders announced these steps in a live broadcast on Friday.
The hot list assigned a score to suspected dopers in order to subject them to more rigorous scrutiny. One of its victims was
Jurgen Van den Broeck. Even though Jurgen never tested positive the news has damaged his image. His score was 7. Ironically enough, Alberto Contador who tested positive for
Clenbuterol had a low score of "5," while many other high scoring riders never tested positive. These include fellow Spaniard
Carlos Barredo and
Yaroslav Popovych who topped the list with a score of 10.
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De Geyter says the publication of the list damages the image of the riders.
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