The danish Jonas Vingegaarddouble winner of the Tour de France, admitted who accidentally skipped an anti-doping test in 2019since as he explains he left his mobile phone “in the kitchen and then the doorbell didn’t work.”
In an interview with the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, Vingegaard revealed that he did not intentionally fail the anti-doping test, after an action he hoped “will never happen again.”
Jonas Vingegaard revealed that he has a missed doping test in his history and said “it’s definitely something I think about afterwards to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
The Danish runner regretted in the interview the many cases of doping in the sport in the past, while acknowledging the recent case of his teammate Michel Hessmann.
Vingegaard explained the circumstances that caused him to fail doping control in 2019, and stressed that by 2023 he had been tested more than 65 times.
“I left my cellphone in the kitchen and the doorbell didn’t ring. They tried to call me, but it was impossible to answer. It was a mistake, but 2 days later”he explained.
Vingegaard admitted that “it is not that difficult to comply with the rules of reporting the whereabouts” to facilitate the controls, although “it is a hassle.”
According to the Tour winner “the increase in anti-doping tests is a good thing.”
“It’s good to pass tests often. All tests are negative, but in some ways it rings hollow because 20 years ago there were also tests and there were cheats,” he said.
Referring to his Jumbo Visma teammate Michel Hessmann, who tested positive for a diuretic in an out-of-competition test in June, Vingegaard offered his perspective.
“I don’t know how it gets into your body, but I think the biggest fear of every cyclist is that it gets to you through food, and that way you test positive without your intention to cheat, but you have it’s still your own. body.” body,” he explained.
Although Vingegaard considers it “a shame” that cycling continues to suffer from the doping trend of 20 years ago, he considers it positive that it is being discussed.
“It’s important to talk about the past, because if you sweep it under the rug, obviously people still don’t care if everyone’s a cheater.”. If you talk about it, I think there’s a better chance you won’t cheat. “Maybe this is a way to prevent this from happening in the future,” he said.
Vingegaard put his hand on the credibility of the current platoon and himself.
“I didn’t drink anything, and I don’t think the rest of the platoon did. “Since I was able to win the Tour de France twice without taking anything, I also think that others are not taking anything either,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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