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Old 03-19-2008, 11:20 AM
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Cyclist Forced to Provide Sample at Son's Cremation



This is Belgian cyclist Kevin van Impe. His wife gave birth prematurely this year, and their son died hours after he was born.

Last week van Impe was at a crematorium, making arrangements for his son's funeral, when a drug tester representing cycling's governing body showed up. Van Impe asked whether the tester would be kind enough to give him some space during his grieving process, but the tester would have none of it, telling him it was provide a urine sample immediately or be banned from the sport for two years:
"He wouldn't even come back later in the day. It was either do it right on the spot or it would be taken as if I had refused," van Impe said.
Van Impe's fellow cyclists have protested, delaying the start of races over the weekend and reading a statement saying, "We'll say yes a thousand times to a determined and responsible fight against doping, but today and even in an even stronger manner in the future, we say no a thousand times against the violation of our rights, the rights of every human being."

Drug War Goes Crazy, Cyclist Forced to Provide Sample at Son's Cremation - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog
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Old 03-19-2008, 06:15 PM
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Re: Cyclist Forced to Provide Sample at Son's Cremation

Looks like someone screwed the pooch on this one.... that is just crap to do that to someone. Under those circumstances havin tha gall to even show up there is rude as hell. I would have been banned for deckin the guy.
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Re: Cyclist Forced to Provide Sample at Son's Cremation

Wow. I don't have to words to describe how angry I would be. There would have been trouble.
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