While his team, Visma | Lease a Bikeis part of the formations using carbon monoxide (UAE Team Emirates XRG et Israel-Premier Tech also recognized it), Jonas Vingegaard said he wanted WADA to ban the use of carbon monoxide. The Dane follows the position of theUCI which, on December 12, had communicated that it wished to prohibit the use of carbon monoxide outside a “medical environment”. He is the first athlete using carbon monoxide to call for its ban.
Video – Jonas VIngegaard during the presentation of his team
“Some teams divert its use…”
The double winner of Tour de France explained that his team used carbon monoxide differently. “My team uses carbon monoxide to measure blood volume and total hemoglobin mass. We inhale the monoxide for the first time, before carrying out a course at altitude. At the end of this, we repeat the operation to calculate our maximum oxygen absorption capacity. he told the newspaper The World.
Vingegaard does not hesitate to accuse other teams of diverting the primary use of carbon monoxide: “Some teams divert its use by regularly inhaling low doses of carbon monoxide, which causes a significant improvement in the performance of their riders. It’s not fair and the World Anti-Doping Agency should ban it.” Sincere approach or just a publicity stunt? One thing is certain, this media release is getting people talking on social networks.
