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The overall rate of doping in the Tour de France, however, is trending downwards. From 1968 to 2025, the share of Tour de France riders who committed anti-doping rule violations reached its lowest
WADA offers new education resources for athletes and athlete
As part of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) commitment to education and the development of balanced anti-doping programs worldwide, the Agency wishes to highlight three new education resources for athletes and athlete support personnel (ASP) that are available on its new and improved Anti-Doping Education and Learning platform (ADEL),
Reconsidering Sports Pharmacists and Anti-Doping Education as
The awareness of health care providers, including pharmacists, of the prohibited status of intravenous infusions (regardless of the status of the substance being infused) is essential in protecting athletes from accidentally committing anti-doping rule violations.
Doping at the Tour de France: From amphetamines to Armstrong
Between its launch in 1903 until doping was criminalised under French law in 1965, there were no restrictions on substances that riders could take. Strychnine was the strongest drug in wide...
- What happens if an athlete violates anti-doping rules in France?
- In France, the NADO is the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD). When an athlete violates anti-doping rules, he or she is liable to be sanctioned by the AFLD or by his or her international federation (suspension from sporting activity, fine, annulment of results if the violation concerns a competition, etc.).
- How does a doping test work in France?
- In France, there is only one such laboratory: the French Anti-Doping Laboratory at Paris-Saclay University. During a doping control, the athlete is presented with the mission order and the name of the organization that requested the test, and is given a copy of the test report once the sample has been taken.
- What is the French Anti-Doping Agency?
- The French Anti-Doping Agency is an independent public authority created in 2006 and charged with ensuring that participants in sports do not violate rules regarding doping. Use our database to check the status of medications and other substances (french version).
- Who monitors anti-doping in France?
- Its application by signatories is constantly monitored by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Anti-doping organizations are essentially international sports federations (IFs) and national anti-doping organizations (NADOs). In France, the NADO is the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD).
- Does AFLD support anti-doping education?
- AFLD signs its 13th NADO cooperation agreement The AFLD has signed a partnership agreement with the Luxembourg Anti-Doping Agency (ALAD) to strengthen links in education, prevention, information sharing and testing. Read more How is anti-doping education carried out in France and Germany?
- Who is responsible for implementing doping controls?
- Doping controls are the responsibility of the anti-doping organizations that have signed the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC) and undertaken to implement it. Its application by signatories is constantly monitored by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
