The NY Times today reported that the UCI is preparing to charge “one, three or six” riders with doping. ÂÂ
Set to be the first case against an athlete (or athletes) based on the Biological Passport, a measure of an athlete’s blood profile over time that looks for anomalies or spikes in certain markers that indicate the person has or is likely to have used illegal performance enhancers.  The testing program was instituted at the beginning of last season.
“It’s a completely new form of fighting against doping,†Mr. McQuaid said last week at a news conference held during the Tour of California. “I do believe that the whole biological passport program is going to be the future of antidoping or one aspect in the arsenal of the future of antidoping.â€Â
A first offense gives the rider a 2-year suspension.  Full story is here.
