by Justin Davis COPENHAGEN, Sept 24, 2011 (AFP) – World cycling president Pat McQuaid believes the sport has turned a corner and has ushered in a new era in which [...]

Snowbasin Resort, Utah, Sept 24, 2011 (AFP) – Lance Armstrong said Saturday he considers banned Italian doctor and cycling coach Michele Ferrari a good friend but insisted they are no [...]

GRENOBLE, France, Sept 16, 2011 (AFP) – An inquiry has been opened by a court in the southeastern city of Grenoble into claims that the husband and coach of French [...]

COPENHAGEN, Sept 15, 2011 (AFP) – Denmark’s four-time track cycling world champion Alex Rasmussen has been suspended by his national cycling federation for missing three out-of-competition doping controls during the [...]

ROME, Sept 5, 2011 (AFP) – An investigation into banned Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco concluded that he did perform a blood transfusion on himself, the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper reported [...]

GENEVA, Aug 29, 2011 (AFP) – The last of the dope tests from this year’s Tour de France have all returned negative, the sport’s world governing body said Monday. “The [...]

PARIS, Aug 27, 2011 (AFP) – The twice-postponed doping hearing concerning Spanish three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will take place from November 21-24, world sport’s top court The [...]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Aug 12, 2011 (AFP) – US cyclist David Clinger was issued a lifetime doping ban by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on Friday after testing positive during [...]

ROME, Aug 2, 2011 (AFP) – Former Tour of Italy winner Damiano Cunego and former world champion Alessandro Ballan have been called before the Italian Olympic Committee’s (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor. [...]

PARIS, July 20, 2011 (AFP) – Katusha’s Russian rider Alexandr Kolobnev faces the sack and a substantial financial penalty after his ‘B’ sample also tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic. [...]