Doping

February 9th, 2012 | Doping, Features, Road | No Comments

1997 Tour de France Winner Jan Ullrich Banned

LAUSANNE, Feb 9, 2012 (AFP) – Germany’s 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich on Thursday received a two-year ban for a blood doping offense, the Court of Arbitration for [...]

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January 30th, 2012 | Doping, News, Road | No Comments

CAS Set To Annuounce Contador Doping Case February 6th

PARIS, Jan 30, 2012 (AFP) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will announce their verdict on three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador’s doping case on February 6, [...]

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January 16th, 2012 | Doping, Features, Road | No Comments

CAS Will Delay The Contador Never Ending Doping Verdict

PARIS, 16 Jan 2012 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) expects to announce their verdict on three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador’s doping case “during the week [...]

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January 14th, 2012 | Doping, News, Road | No Comments

Masters Cyclist Sorenson Accepts Sanction For Anti-Doping Rule Violation

Colorado Springs, Colo. (Jan. 13, 2011) – USADA announced today that Nick Brandt-Sorenson of Los Angeles, Calif., a masters athlete in the sport of cycling, has accepted a two-year suspension [...]

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January 4th, 2012 | Doping, News | No Comments

South American Racers Return Positive Tests

PARIS, Jan 3, 2012 (AFP) – Seven Latin American cyclists have returned positive dope tests and have been handed provisional suspensions pending disciplinary hearings, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said [...]

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December 21st, 2011 | Doping, News, Road | No Comments

Doping Cheat Alexander Kolobnev Gets Dumped By Team Katusha

MOSCOW, Dec 21, 2011 – Russia’s 2008 road race Olympic bronze medalist Alexander Kolobnev was not offered a new contract by the Katusha team on Tuesday following his disqualification from [...]

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December 21st, 2011 | Doping, Features, Road | No Comments

Alberto Contador Doping Decision Due Mid January By CAS

PARIS, Dec 21, 2011 – Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will find out “between January 15 and 20″ whether he is to be handed a doping ban from [...]

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November 23rd, 2011 | Doping, News, Road | No Comments

UCI imposes doping ban on Australia’s Locke

GENEVA, Nov 23, 2011 (AFP) – Cycling’s governing body UCI said Wednesday that it has temporarily banned Australian rider Deon Locke from the sport after he failed a doping test [...]

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November 23rd, 2011 | Doping, Features | No Comments

Seven Face Trial In Spanish Doping Scandal

MADRID, Nov 23, 2011 (AFP) – Spanish medical doctor Eufemiano Fuentes and six others will go on trial over a doping scandal that rocked world cycling in 2006, said a [...]

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November 22nd, 2011 | Doping, News, Road | No Comments

Court Hands Ricco Two-Month Suspended Sentence

TOULOUSE, France, Nov 22, 2011 (AFP) – Disgraced Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco on Tuesday received a two-month suspended sentence and a 3,000-euro fine from a French court for having taken [...]

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