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EFE · Road Competition · 08/29/2020
The Deceuninck-QuickStep team has confirmed that the Anti-Doping Cycling Foundation (CADF) has opened an investigation into the object that the sports director of the training, Davide Bramati, took out of Remco Evenepoel’s pocket after his accident in Il Lombardia. The team has claimed that Bramati produced “a small bottle containing nutritional products.”
Suspicions arose from a video in which Bramati was seen pulling a white object from Evenepoel’s pocket as he lay in the ravine after his accident.
Some reports suggested that it could be an electronic device to illegally transmit strategically important power data to the team car to gain a sporting advantage.
UCI president David Lappartient confirmed the investigation on Friday and disputed a statement Bramati made shortly after the accident, in which the Italian mentioned knowing in advance that Evenepoel had crashed because his “data had stopped.”
“The sporting director said he thought Evenepoel was down as no more data was being sent,” Lappartient said. “What data are we talking about then? After all, it is forbidden to send certain data. So, we are also looking at that point. If it is only the geographical position, then it is something else, but sharing other data is not allowed.”
UCI regulations allow the use of on-board technology, but prohibit the transmission of data to third parties unless approved by the UCI.
Deceuninck-QuickStep insisted that the white object was a small bottle and not a data device.
“As has already been publicly stated, the object that was captured being taken out of Remco’s pockets was a small bottle that contained nutritional products and was removed in order to help it to be placed more comfortably by the medical personnel on the stretcher”, according to a statement from the Belgian team.
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