The UCI announced Friday that its Governing Board has moved its anti-doping activities from the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation, the sport's independent anti-doping arm since 2008, to the International Laboratory, a multi-sport independent group created in 2018 The company announced that it has agreed to.

The UCI first investigated the shift after the Austrian investigation "Operation Aderlass" (which resulted in six top riders being sanctioned) highlighted ongoing doping problems in professional cycling UCI announces proposed cooperation with ITA Meanwhile, it wrote, "The Aderlass investigation shows once again that doping has no boundaries between sports or between countries."

CADF vehemently opposed being pushed through, arguing that while the ITA has agreements with many other sports, it devotes few resources specifically to cycling.

The UCI signed an agreement with the ITA to create a "Cycling Specialized Unit," offering all CADF employees the opportunity to participate in this unit and to dedicate to the specialized group the funds that teams and races are obligated to contribute to anti-doping activities.

The Steering Committee this week approved the transfer, effective January 1, 2021, according to a press release on Friday, stating that the Cycling Specialized Unit "will consist primarily of former CADF employees" and that all contributions from cycling stakeholders will be used solely for cycling's anti-doping program It specified that they would be used.

The unit "will be responsible for the implementation of the UCI's anti-doping program with the support and expertise of all divisions of the ITA."

The Funding Committee, formerly part of the CADF and composed of representatives from the UCI, AIGCP, CPA team organizations, and the AIOCC Race Organizers Group, will continue to oversee the use of funds for cycling anti-doping activities.

UCI President David LaPartient said, "We are also pleased that the contract between the UCI and the ITA has been approved. This is the last formal step in the transfer of anti-doping administrative activities to the ITA as of January 1, 2021."

The UCI has also approved the UCI's agreement with the ITA to provide for the transfer of anti-doping activities to the ITA as of January 1, 2021.

CADF has been hampered in its anti-doping testing by the global COVID-19 coronavirus travel restrictions, but will resume testing once racing resumes in July or August; CADF plans to issue a statement "at a later date" on its recent testing activities.

The next UCI Management Committee meeting will take place during the Egle Martigny 2020 UCI Road World Championships in Montreux, Switzerland, September 22-24, 2020.