The Movement for Credible Cycling has reiterated its calls for the World Anti-Doping Agency to prohibit the use of corticosteroids and tramadol in competition. In an open letter to WADA director general Olivier Niggli, the MPCC has decried WADA’s inaction over the use of corticosteroids and the painkiller tramadol, with the refrain “What are you waiting for?!” repeated on no fewer than five occasions.
"Since the creation of the Movement for a Credible Cycling (MPCC), we have been warning continuously your agency regarding the issues of corticoids and we have been advising the prohibition of tramadol since 2013," read the letter, signed on behalf of the MPCC by its president Roger Legeay.
"Ever since, we have faced those same answers that seem to be the political will included in the phrase: 'wait and see.' Indeed, your answers never change: 'we are setting up a commission,' 'we will make the working group aware of that,' 'we keep on monitoring'…"
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Under the MPCC's voluntary rules, riders may not use tramadol during competition, or use cortisone in races even with a therapeutic use exemption. Riders must be withheld from competition for eight days after being treated with corticosteroids.
MPCC teams submit to additional, voluntary controls on the cortisol levels of their riders. A low cortisol level can indicate the recent use of corticosteroids, and MPCC teams agree to withhold such riders until their levels return to normal.
In 2014, for instance, Lampre pulled defending champion Chris Horner from the start of the Vuelta a España after he returned a low cortisol level in a pre-race test. The following year, however, Astana declined to withdraw Lars Boom from the Tour de France in similar circumstances, and the squad subsequently left the MPCC.
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