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Eddy Van Bunder, Team Manager of the women’s cycling team Proximus Alphamotorhomes Doltcini (later Velopro-Alphamotorhomes), was sanctioned by the UCI Ethics Commission on 17 January 2025 for failures in safeguarding and ethical oversight concerning the conduct of Assistant Sports Director Gert Vervoort, who also performed massages on riders.

The UCI Ethics Commission found that:
* Several riders had raised concerns (2023–2024) about inappropriate massages by Vervoort, including contact with intimate areas, absence of consent, and misuse of authority.
* Van Bunder failed to take adequate, formal or enforceable measures despite repeated early warnings.
* Van Bunder failed to report these concerns to the UCI.
* This conduct violated Art. 6.4, Art. 2.5 and Art. 3.1 of Appendix 1 of the UCI Ethics Code.

He received:
* 3-year suspension (18 months suspended under conditions),
* CHF 5,000 fine,
* CHF 1,000 procedural costs.

He appealed to CAS.