UCI deplores leak of Tour doping ‘suspicion index’

PARIS (AP) — Cycling’s governing body says it “deplores” the leak of a confidential document listing riders at last year’s Tour de France in a doping suspicion index.

French sports daily L’Equipe published Friday what it said was a UCI document that listed all 198 riders from the 2010 Tour on a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the highest level of suspicion and 0 the lowest.

Two riders were listed at 10, one at 9 and several more at 8. Most of the riders scored below 4.

The scores were based on readings drawn from each rider’s biological passport profile before the Tour.

UCI spokesman Enrico Carpani tells The Associated Press “the list exists, yes, we haven’t hidden that.”

He says it was meant as a “working tool” to support the drug-testing process.

Carpani says the UCI will issue a statement later Friday.