Cycling: After extremely critical report of the British Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) regarding the abuse of medical exemptions (TUE) in professional sport, the world cycling association has now reacted in an official statement today. We know about the problems and try to tackle them in the near future, it says there.
The cycling world never rests. After the Chris Froome case has been causing constant, negative background noise since it became known, a report by DCMS made waves yesterday. Specifically, it was about the abuse of the much-discussed medical exemptions, specifically the authors address Team Sky and former tour winner Bradley Wiggins.
[newsbox style=”nb4″ title=”More about” display=”tag” tag=”doping” number_of_posts=”3″ nb_excerpt=”0″ sub_categories=”no” show_more=”no” post_type=”post”]Less than 24 hours after the report was published, the UCI responded. In a statement on the official website of the world association, the concerns and concerns raised were confirmed. "The report's findings (where relevant to cycling) underscore the UCI's concerns about possible abuse of Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs)," it says among other things. Although the UCI refers to the existing safety mechanisms and the independent panel of different experts in charge of the TUEs, at the same time confirms that "the current system should be constantly put to the test." We are constantly working on possible improvements or additions.
The UCI also agrees with the criticism of the increasing abuse of corticosteroids and the painkiller tramadol in cycling. However, the world association emphasizes in its written statement that it is bound to the list of the World Doping Agency WADA with regard to banned substances, but would like to seek dialogue on this as soon as possible. "This is an issue of particular concern to the UCI President, which is why he will be discussing it at a meeting with the President of WADA in April."
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The complete statement of the UCI (English)