UCI and WADA to conduct enquiry into historical doping in cycling

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - WADA President John Fahey and UCI President Brian Cookson have held a private meeting during the World Conference on Doping in Sport to agree the terms under which the UCI will conduct a Commission of Inquiry into the historical doping problems in cycling.

They further agreed to co-operate to finalize the detailed terms and conditions of the Inquiry to ensure that the procedures and ultimate outcomes would be in line with the fundamental rules and principles of the World Anti-Doping Code.

At the same time Cookson told reporters that he had engaged the well-know security and investigations firm Kroll to examine the UCI's email and paper records to see if there was any evidence that the UCI had been complicit in any of the historical doping.

Cookson, who recently took over as UCI president, said that he also thought it was unlikely that the UCI would ever overturn Lance Armstrong's ban.