November 3, 2010 – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has released its Independent Observer Report from the 2010 Tour de France. The Independent Observer (IO) Team at the 2010 Tour de France (“the Tour”) was a multinational group made up of representatives possessing a variety of expertise in anti-doping. This mission was a good reflection of the value this type of programme can add to major events, insofar that the IO Team were actively invited to attend by the Intern

In 2010, the UCI invited the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to send an IO Team to the Tour to observe all aspects of their anti-doping programme. This included the usual scope of engagement covering all aspects from Therapeutic Use Exemptions to test distribution planning and results management. As with previous and more recent IO Reports, this IO Team fully supports the audit style approach implemented at the Tour and strongly supports this format for all future IO missions, irrespective of the level of the event.

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