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Chris Marshall-Bell

'Very effective' - Tour de France team manager applauds night-time anti-doping tests

Jonathan Vaughters.

Jonathan Vaughters, the manager of EF Education-EasyPost, has defended the controversial night-time anti-doping tests that have taken place at the Tour de France, describing them as “very effective” in detecting micro-dosing.

Defending champion Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates-XRG, as well as Visma-Lease a Bike’s Jonas Vingegaard, were woken up in the early hours of Sunday morning by doping control officers (DCOs) and made to provide an anti-doping sample.

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