UCI extends anti-doping agreement with French agency for Tour


  • Cycling
  • Thursday, 03 Jul 2014

Bikes with colourful knitted covers adorn railings near the Tour De France route in Ripon, June 18, 2014. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis

PARIS (Reuters) - The International Cycling Union (UCI) and the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) will once again work hand in hand on the Tour de France, the sport's governing body said on Thursday.

"The Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage (AFLD) and the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), the independent body mandated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to define and carry out the fight against doping in cycling, today confirmed that they will be collaborating closely on anti-doping controls during the Tour De France 2014 which begins on 5 July," the UCI said in a statement.

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