The UCI takes on the French accent. The international cycling institution, chaired since last year by David Lappartient, announces the arrival of a new medical director. Xavier Bigard, current scientific advisor to the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD), but also expert and advisor to the Ministries of Health and Sports, will join the UCI on June 1, 2018. According to a press release, Professor Xavier Bigard "will have the main missions of defining a fitness medicine policy for the service of athletes, of setting up and coordinating medical surveillance imposed on high-level licensees and professionals, of setting up a medical service in competition, and to conduct medical research and studies on the harmful effects on health of the products, methods, exercise conditions and tools used. » Extensive program. The position of medical director of the UCI had not been occupied for more than 2 years, after the departure of Doctor Mario Zorzoli, involved in several cases linked to doping, in particular the issuance of therapeutic use authorizations (TUE) to the British Bradley Wiggins.
— Published on April 10, 2018
