CADF Director Francesca Rossi to embark on new challenge

Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF) Director Francesca Rossi is leaving the foundation at the end of 2019 following nine years at the helm of the organisation. She is set to become Director of the Testing Department at the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD), with additional responsibility for international partnerships and science coordination.

Since arriving at the CADF in 2010 from the International Association of Athletics Federations (now known as World Athletics), F. Rossi was responsible for setting up and managing the Foundation, which became a leading organisation in the fight against doping.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE related to the 2020 WADA PROHIBITED LIST

To Riders and Support Personnel

The 2020 Prohibited List comes into effect on 1 January 2020.

It is highly recommended that all Riders and Support Staff take the time to familiarize themselves with this important information.

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CADF releases its 2018 Business Report

With more than 15’000 samples collected in 2018, CADF is still the organization which performed the largest Anti-Doping testing program in comparison with the other Sport Organizations, as reported in the latest World Anti-Doping Agency statistics. CADF management maintains an excellent collaboration with WADA and is involved in various experts’ groups (Intelligence, TDSSA….) and provides inputs whenever necessary. This is a recognition by the international anti-doping community of CADF’s commitment in the fight against doping.

CADF Statement on Jaime Roson Garcia

As part of Athlete Biological Passport (*) programme carried out by CADF, the rider Jaime Roson Garcia was found guilty of an anti-doping rule violation (Use of a prohibited substance) by the UCI Anti-Doping Tribunal based on abnormalities detected in his Biological Passport and imposed a 4-year period of ineligibility. The UCI announcement is available on the UCI website : https://www.uci.org/inside-uci/press-releases/uci-statement-on-jaime-roson-garcia (*) An Athlete Biological Passport is an individual, electronic record for each rider, in which the results of all doping tests collected in the framework of this programme over a period of time are collated.