According to our friends at www.cyclingnews.com , there were no positive doping tests returned for the 2013 Tour De France.
The Cycling Anti Doping Federation said at a press conference in Aigle that 622 pre and in-competition tests were carried out for the Tour de France, involving cycling union UCI and the French Anti Doping Agency and that 198 of those were biological passport tests.
"It was a Tour without adverse analytical findings. That's the correct definition for me." CADF Director Francesca Rossi said.
Speaking about the tests, she added: We changed our strategy. “It was put in place because we had the collaboration with the AFLD. We were both in the race for ten days together and we collaborated day-by-day. We set up the testing plan with different sources of information. We have information coming from the athlete passport management unit. We had information from the authorities, especially in France, and from WADA.
“We met everyday and we set up the testing plan. We followed the race and adjusted the testing plan based off what was happening in the race. If the stages were flat we pointed our attention on the sprinters. If there were mountains we tested more of the climbers.”