By the editorial staff
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The shadow of a runner. JB Autissier / JB Autissier / Panoramic
SCAN SPORT – 130 abandonments were recorded during an amateur race in Spain. A massacre triggered by the announcement of a doping control.
On March 2 in Villena, in the province of Alicante, an amateur race was the scene of an incredible scene. According to the Ciclo 21 website, taken up by Brand et 20 Minutesonly 52 of the 182 registered runners crossed the finish line.
If the event was won by the Ukrainian Oleg Chuzdha (professional from 2006 to 2012), the strangest thing happened far from him. The presence of agents from Celad, the Spanish commission to combat doping in sport, pushed many runners to tear off their bibs. And to evoke falls or other punctures… imaginary to justify their renunciation.
The organizing committee, overwhelmed and stunned by the scale of the phenomenon, published a press release this Wednesday to demand « the pride of being an event that defends clean and fair cycling ».
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