TORONTO (Reuters) - The cycling could be removed from the Olympic program if Lance Armstrong says he was covered by the International Cycling Union when dopait, told Reuters on Tuesday Dick Pound member of CIO.
An independent commission has been asked to shed light on the allegations contained in the report of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) charge against Armstrong, according to which the UCI would have covered during a positive control 2001.< / p>If
former runner banned for life and stripped of his seven Tour de France, had to demonstrate that the UCI has actually done so, the International Olympic Committee would have no choice but to take drastic decisions, has Dick felt Pound.
"The only way to clean it all is that all these people are saying, 'Hey, we are no longer games and we want to be, so back to our place," said Dick Pound in a telephone interview.
"The IOC is expected to enter (UCI) is not known for its strong action against doping," said Dick Pound, former president of the World Agency antidopage.
"It was the same with weightlifting few years ago, at some point you take things in hand (...) and they say: 'Well, we can not punish innocent athletes leaving the sport be removed from the program. "
Armstrong gave an interview to Oprah Winfrey in which he admitted for the first time to doping, according to the American animator. The interview, recorded on Monday, to be broadcast jeudi.
Texan cyclist was sanctioned on the basis of a report Usada that he would have said two former teammates have been covered by the UCI and against compensation after being caught in a control 2001.
The UCI has acknowledged receiving $ 100,000 in 2002, but Lance Armstrong denies hiding control positif.
Tuesday, the international cycling's governing body said it would urge Lance Armstrong to testify before the independent commission of inquiry into allegations he actually confessed to dopé.
Steve Keating, Gregory Blachier for the French service, edited by Jean-Philippe Lefief
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