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Fri 03 Mar 2007McQuaid to detail severe anti-doping measuresCYCLING:What is set to be the toughest anti-doping programme in sport will be launched today by the UCI in Paris. In a measure to severely limit the possibilities of cheating by its athletes, cycling's governing body will unveil a package of measures which exceed those which Wada requires of all Olympic sports.Entitled "100% per cent Against Doping", the extensive programme will be unveiled at the Maison de l'Amérique Latine in the French capital. Although little is known about what it will entail, strong rumours have suggested that blood volume testing (to stop the use of performance boosting through transfusions) and an examination for human growth hormone will be among the measures.