I'm all in favour of a drug free peleton but pestering a rider for a sample in these circumstances is just rediculous. Mr Van Impe should be applauded for not punching the guys lights out. Someone owes him a BIG apology.

What a disgrace. It's about time the people involved in the doping control, UCI & Grand Tour organisers started to show a bit of common sense and actually considered that without the riders we won't have a sport to watch.

The pendulum has definitely swung too far on this one.

Surely any drug tester with any brains would have handled this in another way. On learning that mr Van Impe was at the crematorium as a result of the death of his baby, surely the drug tester could have called someone higher up and asked for advice on this matter. IMHO cannot see myself being in the mood to give a blood sample. (would probably ended up sampling some of the drug testers blood) going to far is not the statement i would use, bloody stupid and insensitive tester would be my opinion. The rules must be changed. If Mr Van Impe was at a funeral would they still insist on a blood sample?Greetings Ademort

It,s a mad mad mad mad mad world.

I've tried to think this through, looking for a rational explanation, but it keeps boiling down to a drugs tester marching into a crematorium, asking for the man who has just lost a child, with the attitude "He won't be expecting this one". We are all forever demanding the baddies in our sport be named and shamed - why should this be any different. Who is the person responsible - he must be named. I agree wholeheartedly that M. Van Impe should be applauded for not punching the man's lights out, but I'll happily volunteer to stand in the the queue to do it for him. Utterly disgraceful behaviour and at the very least we should be assured that this man no longer has a job.

A couple of years ago all this drugs thing was met with 'we will clean up the peleton'. Big words then and we were all on their side - now it seems the big wigs have lost the plot. Will the classics go ahead. If you ride this race you wo'nt be aloud to ride that race. We dont like your baby blue outfit - your barred, but the other team is French so they can race. Now even a crematorium isnt safe from the velo police. I'm beginning to get pi**ed off with the politics and its starting to ruin my enjoyment and love of the sport. I'll volunteer to punch the guys lights out - it will make me feel better! My condolence's to the Van Impe family.

awful. the drug tester should be strung up!!! all credit to Van Impe for holding his nerve, i dread to think what i would of done/said.

The idiot should be sacked.

Drug tester and all other staff that participate (by example all hierarchy that authorize this test in such circompstances) to this horrible procedure should be fired immediatly and definitively.

Professionnal racers must be controled, even when out from official races, but they are not machines and their very private life must be protected.

I expect that his team will take proper decision (by example starting legal proceedings) against drug test administration, to make them understand what limit may not be crossed.

This drug tester should be named & then sacked. I can't get over what an idiot he/she is. Obviously drunk on his own power. Condolences to Lucien Van Impe, I don't know how many people could control themselves in this situation, I'd have chinned the hoor

Kevin Van Impe, was that raging I got the chap's name wrong. Have sent story on to workmates who have no interest in cycling and they can't get over it.

I am a cyclist AND have lost a son. I can totally sympathise with Kevin Van Impe

That tester should be named and shamed.

Sad, for both of them. One losing a child, the other for being so stupidly arrogant and insensitive.

Sad for sport in general that such tests are necessary.

This is unbelievable. The tester should be fired immediately after he and WADA provide a formal apology. I admire van Impe for not punching the tester's lights out....sometimes things need to be kept in perspective.

Seeing the date line 1 April for a moment I wondered if this was an April Fools joke for a moment, so hard is it to believe anyone could be so crass. Shame it's illegal to put people in stocks these days ...

I would have punched his bloody lights out. Disrespectful sod!!!