This morning I read the most disturbing cycling doping story I have ever read. No it didn’t involve a cyclist doping, it involved the testers. I was unaware of this, but professional cyclist Kevin Van Impe recently lost his new-born son. As a father I can’t even imagine what that must feel like, and my prayers go out to he and his family. However to add insult to injury, a doping tester showed up to test Van Impe at the crematorium where he was grieving the death of his son. What is wrong with these people? Doping controls are important, but there has to be accommodations made for rare occurrences like this. This is really unbelievable! Are these people such mindless robots that they cannot adjust their plan based on the current situation? Do you really think the guy just injected some EPO before going to make funeral arrangements? C’mon, figure it out!
In a show of solidarity, the riders at Paris-Nice delayed their start by three minutes today to express their displeasure with this situation.
Im with ya 100% on this one. Absolutely disgraceful behaviour on their part.
Sadhbh@ doped.wordpress