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Pat McQuaid Not Worried By French Anti-Doping Snub
PARIS, March 6, 2010 (AFP) – Cycling boss Pat McQuaid said Saturday he was not surprised by the French anti-doping agency’s (AFLD) announcement they would not be cooperating with the International Cycling Union (UCI) at next week’s Paris-Nice race.
“For the UCI it’s an accepted fact that the AFLD will [...]
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- Arrest Warrant Issued For Floyd Landis
February 15th, 2010PARIS, Feb 15, 2010 (AFP) – An arrest warrant has been issued for US cyclist Floyd Landis, accused of hacking into a French drug-testing laboratory, France’s anti-doping authority (AFLD) said on Monday.
Pierre Bordry, head of the AFLD, told AFP Landis used documents “illegally hacked from the authority’s laboratory computer system” in his defense [...] - CAS Dismisses Schumacher’s Appeal
January 25th, 2010World sport’s top court CAS on Monday rejected an appeal by disgraced German cyclist Stefan Schumacher against a two-year ban for doping, related to offences at the 2008 Tour de France.
Schumacher tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO CERA both at the Tour de France and Olympic Games in [...] - WADA Mourns Death of EPO Test Pioneer De Ceaurriz
January 5th, 2010PARIS, Jan 5, 2010 (AFP) – World Anti-Doping Agency chiefs offered their condolences Tuesday following the death of Jacques de Ceaurriz, a leading light in the fight against doping in sport.
The head of the Chatenay-Malabry laboratory near Paris, De Ceaurriz’s death at the age of 60 on Tuesday was [...] - UCI In Fresh Spat With French Anti-Doping Agency
October 29th, 2009PARIS, Oct 30, 2009 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Thursday reopened a war of words with the French anti-doping agency AFLD in blasting an AFLD report which suggested the Union had favored the Astana team in the Tour de France.
The French earlier this month released a [...] - UCI In Fresh Spat With French Anti-Doping Agency
October 29th, 2009PARIS, Oct 30, 2009 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Thursday reopened a war of words with the French anti-doping agency AFLD in blasting an AFLD report which suggested the Union had favored the Astana team in the Tour de France.
The French earlier this month released a critical report suggesting the UCI [...] - Contador, Astana Say They Have Nothing To Hide
October 14th, 2009PARIS, Oct 14, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador played down the threat of a drugs probe that was launched a day before the presentation of next year’s race.
Paris prosecutors on Tuesday revealed they had launched an investigation after the discovery of suspicious medical [...] - Tour de France Doping Investigation Opened
October 13th, 2009Paris prosecutors on Tuesday revealed that they have launched an investigation after the discovery of suspicious medical equipment including “syringes and drips” during the Tour de France in July.
The inquiry will be carried out by police officers from the Center for the Prevention of Damage to the Environment and [...] - UCI Responds To AFLD Attack
October 7th, 2009A doping inspector with the International Cycling Union (UCI) has backed the body’s claims that Lance Armstrong’s team were not given special treatment by UCI anti-doping inspectors at the 2009 Tour de France.
Doctors from France’s national anti-doping agency (AFLD) carried out most of the drug testing at July’s three-week epic, won by [...] - AFLD Chief Slams The UCI and Astana
October 7th, 2009French anti-doping chiefs (AFLD) said Wednesday they were surprised at the lack of positive doping tests at this year’s Tour de France and said they won’t collaborate with world cycling’s ruling body next year.
And the AFLD maintained its claims that the Astana team of Lance Armstrong and eventual winner Alberto Contador [...] - Team Astana And Contador Had Easy Ride On Dope Tests Claims Newspaper Le Monde
October 5th, 2009The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Monday rejected accusations by the French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD) that they showed the Astana team preferential treatment over drug tests at the Tour de France.
French newspapers Le Monde and Le Figaro alleged that the team of race winner Alberto Contador and third-placed Lance [...] - French Minister Says UCI Must Not Waver
July 16th, 2009VITTEL, France, July 16, 2009 (AFP) – French Minister for Sport Roselyne Bachelot hit out Thursday at cycling’s world ruling body, calling for a more stringent approach to carrying out the doping controls on the race.
An incident involving the Astana team of race favourites Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong [...] - Tour de France 2009 Peloton To Face An Anti-Doping Army
June 10th, 2009by Justin Davis
PARIS, June 10, 2009 (AFP) – Potential drugs cheats at the 2009 Tour de France will face the biggest anti-doping army ever seen at a major sports event next month, UCI chief Pat McQuaid has warned.
McQuaid, the president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), [...] - Canon and VeloGuy Trade Fire Over Lance Armstrong And The AFLD
April 25th, 2009POINT by: VeloGuy
Okay, so there you are, you are just getting back home from a 5 hour ride, and there is some guy you have never seen before standing at your doorstep all by himself. Okay, so right off the bat, you are a little uneasy, right. He tells you he is from [...] - No French Doping Action Against Armstrong
April 24th, 2009The French anti-doping agency (AFLD) said Friday it would not be launching a disciplinary procedure against seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong.
Armstrong claimed this month that French anti-doping authorities were plotting to prevent him from racing in the Tour de France after the AFLD questioned his behavior at an out-of-competition test [...] - Armstrong Accused In Doping Test In France
April 11th, 2009This is a CNN video of the Lance Armstrong / AFLD doping test conterversy. Bicycle.net has the belief that this is really just a very weak attempt by the AFLD to make sure that Armstrong has no chance at all to win again at the Tour de France.
This is just another very sad day [...] - Lance Armstrong Speaks Out In Video About The French and His CollarBone
April 11th, 2009This is a video of Lance Armstrong talking about his broken collarbone and the recovery. How he is feeling and when we can expect to see him race again.
He also talks in details about the drug test with the AFLD that seems to have the French in such a tizzy.
Bicycle.net is highly disappointed [...] - Lance Armstrong Is Outraged Over AFLD Misbehaviour Claims
April 8th, 2009American cycling legend Lance Armstrong has expressed his outrage at claims from France that he had not behaved himself during an out of competition drug test earlier this season.
The French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD) had announced on Monday that they had compiled a report on the seven-time Tour de France champion’s reaction to [...] - Armstrong Criticized For Drug-Test Attitude
April 6th, 2009PARIS, April 6, 2009 (AFP) – A report has been complied on the behavior of American cycling legend Lance Armstrong during a recent out of competition drug test, the French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD) announced on Monday.
AFLD president Pierre Bordry revealed that he had sent the report to the International [...] - UCI and AFLD Reach AN Anti-Doping Collaboration
March 6th, 2009The International Cycling Union (UCI) and the French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD) reached an agreement on Friday over drug-testing measures in the Paris-Nice stage race, which starts on Sunday. This new agreement will strengthen the anti-doping stance that professional cycling has worked very hard to create.
“There was a strong [...] - French Lab AFLD Offers To Test Lance Armstrong’s Past Test Samples
October 1st, 2008PARIS, Oct 1, 2008 (AFP) – France’s national anti-doping agency (AFLD) on Wednesday offered to test allegedly suspect samples taken from US rider Lance Armstrong during the 1999 Tour de France.
Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner, announced last month that he is to make a comeback after a [...] - Tour de France Doping Czar Bordry Begins Search For CERA-Type EPO
September 27th, 2008France’s national anti-doping agency (AFLD) is to begin retroactively testing blood samples from riders at this year’s Tour de France in a bid to find a type of EPO which is notoriously difficult to find.
AFLD chief Pierre Bordry said the test used to catch disgraced Italian Riccardo Ricco, whose [...] - Tour’s Anti-Doping Chief Regrets Lack Of UCI Help
July 26th, 2008PARIS, July 26, 2008 (AFP) – The chief of anti-doping operations at this year’s Tour de France has hit out at the International Cycling Union (UCI) over a lack of co-operation prior to this year’s race.
Following a feud between world cycling’s governing body and major race organizers, this year’s [...] - Riccardo Ricco Denies EPO Use As Doping Chief Backs Controls
July 22nd, 2008JAUSIERS, France, July 22, 2008 (AFP) – The threat of being caught cheating at this year’s Tour de France has proved a major deterrent, according to the chief of France’s national anti-doping agency (AFLD) on Tuesday.
AFLD chief Pierre Bordry said prior to the race’s 16th stage from Cuneo, [...] - Riccardo Ricco Fails Drug Test At The Tour de France
July 17th, 2008LAVELANET, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Italian rider Ricardo Ricco of Saunier Duval has tested positive for blood booster erythropoietin (EPO), the French national anti-doping agency (AFLD) confirmed on Thursday.
The 24-year-old Ricco, winner of two mountain stages, provided a urine sample which contained the banned subtance CERA (Continuous [...] - Liquigas Team Now At Risk Of Tour Expulsion As Beltran Tests Positive
July 11th, 2008by Justin Davis
AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – French police have taken Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran, of the Liquigas team, away for questioning in the wake of the first doping scandal to emerge at this year’s Tour de France.
Beltran, best known for helping Lance Armstrong to the [...] - AFLD Shhots Down Doping Report At Tour de France
July 11th, 2008AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – The agency charged with carrying out anti-doping controls at this year’s Tour de France has played down a report that 10 riders are about to be issued warnings for “suspect” blood samples.
A report in Le Monde newspaper suggested that the riders were [...] - Robbie Hunter Given Exception To Go And See His New Baby And Wife
July 3rd, 2008New dad Hunter given special Tour treatment
BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – South African cyclist Robert Hunter, who rides for Barloworld, has been given special permission by Tour de France doping controllers to leave the race and go and see his wife and new baby.
Hunter, who won his [...] - Tour de France Anti-Doping Facts
July 3rd, 2008BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – Details of doping controls prior to and during the 2008 Tour de France which begins here Saturday:
Who carries out the controls?
After a rupture between the International Cycling Union (UCI) and the company which runs the Tour, ASO, the race [...]
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