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Speaking last week ahead of the release of the findings of the CIRC report, UCI President Brian Cookson spoke of the need to ‘define who is a fit and proper person’ to have in the sport.<\/p>\n

“We want to be able to look at what happened in order to avoid falling into the same traps,” he said. “We would also like to have some guidelines to help us, for example, with defining who is a fit and proper person to work in or around a team \u2013 bosses, coaches, directeurs sportifs, doctors etc. We need clear ethical criteria that allow for a proper assessment.\u201d<\/p>\n

It appears that the need for such guidelines is as pressing as ever given the fact that even the UCI does not seem quite sure how to decide who is fit and proper even when it comes to their own recruitment, as at least one former doper is in their employ.<\/p>\n

Jean-Pierre van Zyl (known as JP) is a former South African professional cyclist who is the director of the African Continental Centre and also the man at the helm for MTN-Qhubeka’s feeder team, as well as being a delegate for the UCI. JP is also known to some as a rider who tested positive in 1999<\/a> for the banned substance Testosterone\/Epitestsotrone.<\/p>\n

JP van Zyl is also described as being a ‘mentor’ to Daniel Teklehaimanot<\/a>, the Eritrean rider who signed for GreenEdge in 2012 and who now rides for MTN-Qhubeka.<\/p>\n

Cookson definitely knows who van Zyl is, as the two are pictured here outside the UCI World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland, just last year. This very image appeared on the UCI website.<\/p>\n

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JP van Zyl, left<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once again the depth of the problem in our sport is revealed by the long tendrils of doping. The sooner these ‘guidelines’ are revealed to us the better – and I am sure Brian Cookson will agree.<\/p>\n

JP van Zyl’s connection to MTN-Qhubeka is one that will raise eyebrows, as the team’s founder Douglas Ryder is known for strong anti-doping comments.<\/p>\n

On February 23rd this year, Ryder was quoted on The Outer Line<\/a> saying \u201cWhy should people who cheated in the past continue to earn their living in pro cycling now? It\u2019s not fair.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed it’s not. What will happen next remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

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Speaking last week ahead of the release of the findings of the CIRC report, UCI President Brian Cookson spoke of the need to ‘define who is a fit and proper person’ to have in the sport. “We want to be able to look at what happened in order to avoid falling into the same traps,” he said. “We would also like to have some guidelines to help us, for example, with defining who is a fit and proper person to work in or around a team \u2013 bosses, coaches, directeurs sportifs, doctors etc. We need clear ethical criteria that allow for a proper assessment.\u201d It appears that the need for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40955418,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":[],"wpupg_custom_link_nofollow":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[119818829],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dopepunk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2OfoS-1xL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":416,"url":"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/2012\/10\/26\/the-uci-repeating-the-same-mistakes-in-asia\/","url_meta":{"origin":5937,"position":0},"title":"the UCI repeating the same mistakes in Asia","author":"Lee Rodgers","date":"10\u6708 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"crankpunk isn't just a soapbox addict. i also love the crank, am fond of dancing in a manner utterly inappropriate for my age, have a penchant for goofy labradors and like to push the tips of unsheathed biros into the soft skin between my fingers, but what crankpunk truly adores\u2026","rel":"","context":"dopepunk","block_context":{"text":"dopepunk","link":"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/category\/dopepunk\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crankpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/th-13.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4350,"url":"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/2014\/06\/24\/the-froome-tue-palava-every-side-letting-the-fans-down\/","url_meta":{"origin":5937,"position":1},"title":"The Froome TUE Palava: Every side letting the fans down","author":"Lee Rodgers","date":"6\u6708 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"this article originally appeared on The Roar \u00a0 Many would have never heard of a TUE until last week, other than the one that brings you closer to FRI, but in the past seven days or so \u2018Therapeutic Use Exemption\u2019 has entered the lexicon of cycling fans the world over.\u2026","rel":"","context":"dopepunk","block_context":{"text":"dopepunk","link":"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/category\/dopepunk\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/EhJ9O5mm9-8\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":717,"url":"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/2012\/11\/14\/rrrring-rrrring-uci-doping-line\/","url_meta":{"origin":5937,"position":2},"title":"rrrring! rrrring! 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