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There were no positive doping tests at Tour de France 2014, according to an announcement by the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF) on behalf of the UCI and the UK and French anti-doping agencies.

The UCI remarked all the samples collected were systematically analyzed to detect stimulants and erythropoiesis. It added Isotope-ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) was also analyzed in a certain number of samples, in particular to detect testosterone abuse and its precursors.

In this year's Tour, a total of 719 blood and urine samples were taken as compared to 622 a year ago and testing was carried out at the WADA-accredited laboratory of Châtenay-Malabry in France that found Floyd Landis positive in 2006.

Of these samples, 522 were taken during the race and 197 were collected pre-competition for the purposes of the biological passport and medical monitoring. In addition to this testing, all riders in the Tour were subjected to an unannounced and simultaneous biological passport test during the rest day in Carcassonne.

UCI president Brian Cookson said he would like to thank the anti-doping bodies involved in the 2014 Tour de France operations for their collaboration, in particular the French Anti-Doping Agency and UK Anti-Doping, but also the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation.