Florida Clean Ride Fund

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What is the Florida Clean Ride Fund?

The Florida Clean Ride Fund is designed to facilitate U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) testing at Florida road events and ensure fair competition at the local amateur level.

As racers, we all would like to know that our achievements in sport were the result of our training, teamwork, tactics and drive. The way to ensure all competitors are competing without the aid of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) is through testing conducted by the USADA, and by educating cyclists about the dangers and/or side effects of using PEDs. One barrier that has kept Florida from being a clean cycling state was the lack of funding required to hire USADA to conduct testing and to build the infrastructure for an educational platform.

The Florida Clean Ride Fund has been established to eliminate these barriers. The fund will be a place where riders, sponsors, teams, and fans of true and fair competition can work together to generate the funding needed for USADA testing. The Florida Clean Ride Fund will also take on the role of coordinator between the USADA, event promoters and FRCA to ensure that every step in the implementation of testing at FRCA events runs smoothly. The fund allows those who want to support clean and fair sport to do just that. Donating sponsors, teams, and riders have the option to remain anonymous or be recognized publicly on the website and in other marketing as contributors and supporters of clean and fair sport.

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How will the Fund be Administered?

The Florida Clean Ride Fund will be administered through the Florida Road Cycling Association, FRCA. Donations made through this web site will be administered and disbursed by FRCA.  The USA Anti-Doping Agency, USADA, will provide all testing at local Florida events.  USA Cycling, USAC, will set the rules and guidelines regarding all license holders abiding by the USADA list of prohibited substances.

The funds raised by the Florida Clean Ride Fund will pay for the expenses associated with an anti-doping education and random testing campaign throughout Florida.

All USA Cycling license holders are subject to testing in the State of Florida.

Listen to a USADA webinar with an interview with Jared Zimlin, Director of the Florida Clean Ride Fund, regarding the USADA testing program and the Florida Clean Ride Fund.

 

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