THE BIG INTERVIEW: ANNE GRIPPER

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She has a name that shot to prominence early in the summer when she revealed the Union Cycliste Internationale was monitoring a group of big-name riders dubbed the ?Men in Black?.

Anne Gripper is the manager of the UCI?s anti-doping services team and, less than a year into the job, she?s already made a significant impact by increasing out-of-competition testing, building a database of blood profiles, and pressuring teams and riders to clean up and stay clean. Anne Gripper. It?s a name to strike fear into the hearts of all dopers.

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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.