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The president of the International Cycling Union, known as the UCI, has hailed
the proposed creation of a biological passport for professional riders as a
landmark development in the war against doping. this new historic step
in the fight against doping," Pat McQuaid, the UCI President told reporters on
Tuseday, international meeting on doping in cycling held in Paris.

The World Anti-Doping Agency and the UCI  they planned to collect blood samples
from all professional riders in 2008 to create a medical profile would then be
compared to the data registered in doping tests.

"The biological passport is an indispensable start," said the presiden of tour
France organizers Amaury Sport Organisation Patrice Clerc.McQuaid said the UCI
wanted the teams and riders likely to take part in the sport's premium  events to
be the first to benefit from the biological passport.

WADA chief executive David Howman praised the move, riders, teams, organiszrs
and media together we can build a better future for this sport. when "cycling is
 showing major leadership for sport. It is one step.  other steps can be taken
research, education, gathering of evidence and legal back-up."

Dane Michael Rasmussen was sacked by his Rabobank team as  he led the
Tour de France for lying about his training program. Kazakh Alexande vinokourov
was found guilty of blood doping during the race and was kicked out of the event
along with his astanta team.