UCI anti-doping budget

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited February 2008 in Pro race
http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDe ... %3DMTI2Mjc

I look forward to when the new transparancy explains where this money is coming from.
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Where does the UCI get it's funding? Not in their FAQs and not in their Wikipedia listing.

    I notice the 2008 anti-doping budget of 6.5M euro is double that in 2003.
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  • micron
    micron Posts: 1,843
    Wonder what the combined cost of all the ProTour teams dopign budgets is? A helluva lot more than 6.5M euro I'll wager.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Bronzie wrote:
    Where does the UCI get it's funding? Not in their FAQs and not in their Wikipedia listing.

    I notice the 2008 anti-doping budget of 6.5M euro is double that in 2003.

    Publishing a spreadsheet is all fine and well. I'd still like to know where the additional money is coming from - Earlier in the year they "hoped" the teams would be paying for it.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Fuentes charged somewhere in the region of €40,000 per year.

    So the top 50 riders could have a program similar to Ullrich's for €2m per year. Cheap as chips!
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • vermooten
    vermooten Posts: 2,697
    I expect they get paid by national cycling bodies - if you don't pay, your cyclists don't get to go to the Olympics?
    You just have to ride like you never have to breathe again.

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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    I doubt that much funding comes up from the national federations. I'd hazard a guess that the national bodies in non-traditional nations or those that have little chance of Olympic success are probably poorer than church mice.

    Looking at the UCI website, there are at least a few revenue streams

    1) They organise the Olympic cycling events on behalf of the IOC
    2) TV rights from the World Championships
    3) Commercial partners, like "Elite"
    4) Flogging of ProTour licences

    However, as Iain will tell you, most of that gets spent on cocaine and isotonic Moet. Maybe this year Pat has started selling some of the confiscated pot belge at raves in Geneva.
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  • vermooten
    vermooten Posts: 2,697
    That certainly explains the aggro with the grand tour organisers. The UCI is basically trying to mug ASO et al.
    You just have to ride like you never have to breathe again.

    Manchester Wheelers
  • Titanium
    Titanium Posts: 2,056
    I'm surprised the budget is so low. €6.5 million for this year, with €5 million on the bio passport. So that implies the budget could have been €1.5. Given all the problems with the sport, you would think spending on anti-doping measures would be high priority.

    But as said before, you don't have to spend more. Simple and free changes can help. Just change the timing of the blood tests away from the predictable 8/8.30 AM slot and make them appear at random and on the start line and you could hugely reduce blood doping. Many have told the UCI to do this, but they haven't changed behavior.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Titanium wrote:
    But as said before, you don't have to spend more. Simple and free changes can help. Just change the timing of the blood tests away from the predictable 8/8.30 AM slot and make them appear at random and on the start line and you could hugely reduce blood doping. Many have told the UCI to do this, but they haven't changed behavior.

    The idea I LOVE at the moment is the one Greg Lemond mentioned - Photographs of the veins which could be used for a transfusion. Simple, cheap and would just put people off.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Titanium
    Titanium Posts: 2,056
    They would just tap deeper veins or like heroin addicts unable to find a vein, they'd stick needles between their toes. No photographer will get there...
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Titanium wrote:
    They would just tap deeper veins or like heroin addicts unable to find a vein, they'd stick needles between their toes. No photographer will get there...

    It was a Michael Ashenden suggestion - He reckons only certain veins can be used for transfusions.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Titanium
    Titanium Posts: 2,056
    OK. Maybe I watched too many movies. It's all good though, cheap and simple.

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