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Originally Posted by GV27
Actually that's EXACTLY what they do - and I think it's a good thing. But they all fill out forms stating their whereabouts. So if you fill out the form that says "we'll be in town x in Columbia staying at hotel y", the UCI just sends some Columbian UCI officials over to your hotel to wake you up at 5am and take a sample. I don't see the controversy, unless they were really dodging the officials.

I always thought the training in the jerseys was just for the cameras. You'd think you'd want to train in plain gear to avoid crazy fans! 'Cept for Tom Boonen who was rumored to sleep in his rainbow jersey!
Also, why wouldn't you go to Mexico or S. America for high-altitude training in the winter?
If I won a WC, I'd sleep in it too...

The point about the training is that people were unsure of his whereabouts and, frankly, these places have a "history", if you will, with recreational and exotic pharmaceuticals.

But to be fair, his wife his from Mexico.

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