UCI News - Anti-Doping Budget & Bike Specs

 

News Posted: 28 Feb 2008

 

We've received a couple of interesting snippets of news from the UCI on the subjects of anti-doping and bike specification:

 

UCI anti-doping budget for 2008 represents almost 6.5 million euro

With the introduction of the "100% against doping" programme in 2007, and the implementation of the biological passport in 2008, both of which affect professional road cycling, the UCI anti-doping budget has increased considerably. This year, it comes to nearly 6.5 million euro.

 

The biological passport alone represents expenditure of almost 5 million euro. In addition to the passport, the 100% against doping programme also encompasses in-competition testing (approx. EUR 300,000) and training and prevention activities (over EUR 60,000), bringing the cost of the programme as a whole to almost EUR 5.5 million.

 

The overall anti-doping budget for the other disciplines is over EUR 1.1 million (in-competition testing: EUR 330,000; out-of-competition tests: EUR 206,000; training: EUR 125,000; personnel and general expenses: EUR 460,000).

 

In an effort to ensure transparency, the UCI has decided to publish its complete pro forma anti-doping budget for 2008 (in euro and Swiss francs).

 

New manufacturing norm for bikes in Europe

 

Description: The International Cycling Union (UCI) would like to inform the National Federations, teams, their riders, as well as all cycle users of the existence of a new official European manufacturing norm for road bikes.

 

This new norm "race bikes", which targets high tech material subject to particular constraints imposed by the European Community, surpasses the existing norms.

 

All bikes sold in Europe must now meet the norm EN 14781, regardless of the country of origin. This official European norm requires higher quality and security measures, especially for the stems, forks and handlebars.  The requirements and contents of the norm EN 14781 can be obtained at the national standards offices. The UCI invites all cycle users to take this new norm into account.