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Hoy: Welcomed re-testing of samples
I think it is great that significant steps are being taken to try and stop cheating. It is very encouraging.
Chris Hoy
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Three of Britain's gold medal winning cyclists have welcomed the news that the International Olympic Committee will retest samples provided for doping tests at the Beijing Games.
The IOC has ordered the review of the tests after it came to light that traces of banned blood-boosting substance EPO Cera were found after the re-test of samples from the Tour de France.
Double-stage winner Stefan Schumacher and Italian Leonardo Piepoli both tested positive for CERA - an enhanced version of the blood-boosting hormone EPO - after giving samples during this year's Tour.
And triple gold medallist cyclist Chris Hoy believes the decision to re-test the samples at the Olympics should be welcomed in the continued battle against drug cheats.
He said: "We really do need to try and find the cheats.
"The examiners can have up to eight years to dip into the samples taken and hopefully this sort of strong action will make people think twice about trying to cheat in the future.
Encouraging
"I think it is great that significant steps are being taken to try and stop cheating. It is very encouraging."
Bradley Wiggins, who won two golds in Beijing, believes the decision is a "brilliant move" for the sport in general.
"For the people who came second or third in their event this is fantastic," he said.
"It shows that there are serious steps being taken against blood doping and that can only be good news for the sport."
Women's sprint champion Victoria Pendleton echoed the sentiments of her Olympic team-mates, insisting the news should act as a deterrent.
She said: "Out of competition testing and this sort of thing has got to be done if sport is going to get clean."
