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Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens by matsemann on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @04:00PM (#40869489)
There is an app where you have to give your whereabouts for one hour every day. If you don't fill it in or are unavailable at the location for that hour, you get a strike. Three strikes in a set period and you will get a ban as if you had been doping.

One problem with the system is that it relies on countries being strict with their athletes, which they aren't incentivized to do. Also, it's easy to "be available" but not get tested by going somewhere remote for a height camp for a few weeks.

Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens by jimbokun on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @05:34PM (#40870200)
Like Russia where the testers were running the doping program.
Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens by bluecalm on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @05:50PM (#40870334)
Like Spain when there are legal problems with testing on weekends.
Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens by lormayna on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @06:25PM (#40870575)
Guess why only Basso and Ulrich get disqualified after the operacion Puerto and why Spain dominate in almost every sports for more than a decade.
Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens by dyauspitr on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @08:59PM (#40871479)
I didn’t understand this. You have to show up at a location once a day and stay there for an hour?
Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens by matsemann on Thursday July 04, 2024 @02:45AM (#40872868)
No, you have to give your location for an hour each day where you know you'll be. Like "on monday you can find me at the gym 12-13", or "Tuesday I'll be at the hotel room 18-19". And then you have to be at those locations.