After anti-doping officers from Spain's Commission for the Fight against Doping in Sports (CELAD) showed up to perform random controls on riders of the amateur Interclub Vinalopó in Villena, Spain on Saturday and only 52 of the 182 starters came through the finish line.
Usually about half of the peloton - a mix of junior, masters and amateur racers - finishes the race in Villena, according to Ciclo21, and less than a third of the racers completing the route in Valencia led to suspicions that riders were avoiding the random doping controls.
