Top US Cycling Teams Hire Anti-Doping Sciences Institute

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Top US Teams Hire Same Testing Lab as Armstrong
[SIZE=-1]New York Times, United States [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Its really a nice fit for us because he acknowledges that athletes cheat, and that hell hunt them down, but that some athletes also compete clean, Bob Stapleton, the director of Team Columbia, said Monday in a telephone interview. He says, If you follow my testing program, I will stand up and say you are a clean athlete. [...][/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]The Garmin-Slipstream team director, Jonathan Vaughters, said that Catlin had already begun collecting urine and blood samples for his teams riders. He added that the cost of this program was about the same as the cost of last years program under the Agency for Cycling Ethics about $20,000 a rider, and $420,000 a team.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]Its not that much of a change from last year, when Don did the analysis of our samples, Vaughters said. Now, hell be doing the collection and logistics for us, too. In the end, its the same goal: if your profile becomes inconsistent, you will be targeted for more testing. If a riders profile looks suspicious, hell be benched. [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]


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