Former UCI president Hein Verbruggen will reportedly launch a personal website on Wednesday detailing his opposition to the findings of the Cycling Independent Reform Commission, published in March. According to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, Verbruggen has labelled the investigation into doping and his role as UCI President at the time as "factually inaccurate, incomplete, biased and disrespectful".
De Telegraaf suggests that Verbruggen's next step could be to start legal action to clear his name.
Verbruggen's website will reportedly reveal some of his correspondence with the CIRC investigators and the full report Verbruggen compiled about the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for CIRC.
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In April, Verbruggen penned a 3,350-word letter to the UCI Management Committee that that questioned the validity of the CIRC report and rejected the appeal for his resignation. In the letter, Verbruggen threatened to take legal action against any attempts to withdraw his title of honorary president, which had been suggested by current UCI President Brian Cookson.
"Even this defence of our sport is now being used against me by the CIRC and Mr. Cookson. But make no mistake, I am proud of it. I defended our sport (not doping!) when we were being unfairly treated and receiving undeserved criticism. In doing so, I defended also the reputation and the integrity of the UCI anti-doping workers, be it staff or volunteers! Instead of taking away honorary titles, Mr. Cookson should rather follow the example of this "dictator" and defend his sport and his athletes in the same way as I did," Verbruggen wrote.
“The wild conspiracy theories and accusations have all been properly debunked once and for all. I am pleased that this report confirms my complete innocence concerning these accusations which have been levelled at me in the past.”
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