PARIS (AP) — The French Anti-Doping Agency has taken a step toward reconciliation with the International Cycling Union by pledging to work more closely in the fight against doping.
The AFLD and the UCI have been at odds in recent years. The AFLD’s former president, Pierre Bordry, was critical of the UCI’s anti-doping program. The UCI cut the AFLD out of this year’s testing at the Tour de France.
The AFLD was allowed to do supplementary tests at this year’s Tour only after the World Anti-Doping Agency intervened.
The AFLD said Tuesday it “is disposed to join its efforts with those deployed by the International Cycling Union” for French races such as the Tour, Paris-Nice and the Dauphine Libere.
