Lars Boom faces exclusion from Tour de France over cortisol levels
Will Vinokourov face off against MPCC?
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lars Boom could be kept out of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France on the eve of the Grand Départ after returning cortisol levels below the no🔯rmal level.&𝔍nbsp;Under the agreement with the MPCC (Movement for Credible Cycling) the Dutchman would not be allowed to start, although the test is not necessarily an indication that a rider has violated anti-doping rules.
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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Astana confirms Boom will start ღTour de France
According to L'Equipe, the Astana team will not be allowed to replace Boom because the test results came after ꧙the managers meeting, so defending champion Vi🍃ncenzo Nibali could be left to race with only seven teammates.
Astana declined to comment to Cyclingnews at this time, but general manager Alexandre Vinokourov told the French paper that if the UCI will not allow him to fiཧeld a substitute, "tough luck, MPCC".
They later announced to the journalists outside the team hotel that they would bring Alessandro Vanotti to the start on Saturday, but the UCI confirmed that i🎃t would not bend on🦋 its ruling. "As per UCI Regulations, teams can't change their starting list after the Directeur Sportif meeting has taken place. The UCI is committed to apply its regulations consistently and will therefore not authorise any team to change its starting list now," its statement read.
Late on Friday evening Astana eventually made a statement: "In response to the official correspondence from the MPCC from 29 June 2015, Astana Pro Team asked the UCI to authorise the activation of named reserve rider Alessandro Vanotti to the Tour de France squad in ౠorder to start on 4 July. Official registration of riders for the 2015 Tour de France closed at 10:30 on 3 July at the Sport Directors Meeting, before the CADF notification."
However♓ their statement came out after the confirmation that selections could no longer be changed. Astana refused to make any furꦇther comment when this was made clear to them.
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The MPCC has pushed for blood cortisol lꦯevel testing as a way to discourage the use of glucocorticosteroids and to keep overtrained riders from digging themselves a deeper hole. The anti♌-inflammatory drug can allow riders who are injured to continue racing without as much pain, but can cause further injury down the line. The use of the glucocorticosteroids suppress the body's production of cortisol, so low levels can be an indication of their use. Fatigue can also lower levels, as can several other conditions and allowed medications.
LottoNL-Jumbo faced a similar scenario as Astana ahead of the Giro d'Italia when George Bennett showed depressed cortisol levels prior to the race start. Bennett ♔was kept out of the race, but later demonstrated that the reason for the values was the legitimate use of🎃 asthma medication, for which he had a therapeutic use exemption (TUE).
LottoNL-Jumbo later withdrew itself from the MPCC, while Bardiani-CSF simply ignored the agreementಞ when one o✤f their Giro riders was found to also have depressed cortisol and fielded a full team.
Astana might not have such luxury, after falling under intense scrutiny by the UC👍I because of two EPO do🌠ping cases in 2014. The team narrowly averted losing their WorldTour licence, only keeping themselves in the peloton by agreeing to strict conditions for the remainder of the season.