uci-names-first-five-biological-passport-violators

[itisaboutthebike]

The UCI and McDead have bottled it again (well at least initially) - as I (and many others thought) thought they would

A bunch of second stringers. They daren't name the big guns for frear of team sponsorship folding and damaging the sport.

 

[itisaboutthebike]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-names-first-five-biological-passport-violators

 

[Skip Madness]

Former world champion Igor Astarloa, Lampre's Pietro Caucchioli, Italian Francesco De Bonis (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli), Fuji-Servetto's Ricardo Serrano and the former Saunier Duval rider Ruben Lobato Elvira, who is without a team for this season were named.

Not a surprise to see Igor Astarloa's name in there. The others are fairly small-fry, except for Caucchioli who hasn't done much for a while anyway. I was a little surprised that Lobato was without a team this season, although that looks like it may not have been a bad thing.

In the absence of positive tests I am curious as to exactly how the legal proceedings will go ahead.

 

[Chuffy]

Just call me Psychic Chuffy....

Not much chance of a big legal challenge coming from that lot. Perhaps UCI are 'softening up' the peloton to the principal of actions deriving from passport violations? Imagine if (and I stress, this is purely hypothetical...) they had named the likes of Sastre, Cancellara, Cavendish etc. There would be a legal bloodbath...