Cycling-French coach wants power passport for riders (Reuters)
By Julien Pretot LA PIERRE ST MARTIN, France, July 14 (Reuters) – After launching the biological passport to fight against doping, cycling should create a power profile for every rider, French coach Frederic Grappe said on Tuesday. Speaking to Reuters before the start of the 10th stage of the Tour de France, Grappe, the FDJ team performance director, explained that the riders’ power data should be stored, protected and analysed by experts in order to detect suspicious variations. Team Sky manager Dave Brailsford said on Monday he believed Chris Froome’s performance data has been hacked by critics who accuse him of doping.