ROME, April 19, 2012 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco was given a 12-year doping ban by the National Anti-doping Tribunal on Thursday. The Tribunal accepted the Italian Olympic Committee’s [...]

GENEVA, April 16, 2012 (AFP) – Russian cyclist Denis Galimzyanov has been provisionally suspended after traces of the blood booster EPO were found in a urine sample, the International Cycling [...]

PARIS, March 28, 2012 (AFP) – Russia’s two-time world road race silver medalist Alexandr Kolobnev re-signed for Katusha on Wednesday three months after being released by the team. The 30-year-old’s [...]

Australian outfit GreenEdge have become the latest pro cycling team to join a body whose aim is to promote clean and credible sport through strict anti-doping measures. The teams signed [...]

MADRID, Feb 14, 2012 (AFP) – World number two Rafael Nadal says Spaniards have given too much publicity to a French satirical puppet show that ridiculed drugs taking by Spanish [...]

GRENOBLE, France, Feb 10, 2012 (AFP) – Patrice Ciprelli, husband and coach of French cyclist Jeannie Longo, spent around 15,000 euros on 15 purchases of EPO since 2007, a source [...]

Patrice Ciprelli, the husband and coach of legendary French cyclist Jeannie Longo, admitted purchasing the banned performance-booster EPO on Thursday, but insisted it was for ‘his personal use’. “Patrice Ciprelli [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]