Kash interview

iainf72

Part 1 and 2 are here

http://velonews.com/article/79127

I like the clever bit of spin about the blood transfusion test being valid for 3 months....

GroupOfOne MkII

Interesting.

Regardless of whether the who/whys/wherefores etc, once again that article flags up that there do seem to be problems with the out-of-competition testing, if what he says about them turning up with no cool bag, and outside the given window is true.

Are the people doing these tests UCI employees, or does the UCI subcontract various companies to go and do the tests on their behalf?

LangerDan

GroupOfOne MkII wrote:

Interesting.

Are the people doing these tests UCI employees, or does the UCI subcontract various companies to go and do the tests on their behalf?

Most, if not all, sports use third-party companies to carry out the sample collections. These companies then tend to have a number of approved testers in each country who they contact with details of the individual, whereabouts, types of samples to be collected etc. For urine - only tests, I believe suitably trained "lay" people can do the sample collections and witnessing. Blood tests require the presence of medically-trained personnel

redddraggon

Andrey Kashechkin wrote:

And I said I’m not like all the others. My case is an exception.

Don't they all say that?

afx237vi

WTF is with the completely random footnote at the end of part 2? Velonews is doing horoscopes now?

Salsiccia

It's a very interesting read; and knowing what we do about how the UCI (doesn't) function, I can believe some of what he claims. Still don't know if he's clean though.