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• Contador Vows To Pursue Career Despite Doping Ban
  February 7th, 2012
  

  Written by: Daniel Silva Pinto, Spain, Feb 7, 2012 – An indignant two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador said on Tuesday he “totally disagreed” with his two-year doping ban [...]

• Spain’s Press Pissed Over Contador Sanction
  February 7th, 2012
  

  MADRID, Feb 7, 2012 (AFP) – Spain’s press Tuesday slammed a two-year doping ban on Spanish cycling hero Alberto Contador as a legal muddle that left Spain looking as if [...]

• Alberto Contador Braces For Career Decision
  February 7th, 2012
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS, Feb 7, 2012 (AFP) – Disgraced former 2010 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was on Tuesday braced to piece together his future as a [...]

• Contador Faces Uncertain Future As Ban Hits Home
  February 6th, 2012
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS, Feb 6, 2012 (AFP) – After threatening to retire from cycling if he was to ever be handed a drugs ban, the future now looks [...]

• Spaniards Fuming Over Contador Doping Sanction
  February 6th, 2012
  

  Written by: Christophe Lehousse PINTO, Spain, Feb 6, 2012 (AFP) – Outraged Spaniards rallied behind three-times Tour de France champion Alberto Contador on Monday, decrying his two-year doping suspension as [...]

• Spain Cycling Chief Says Contador Sanction Bad For Sport
  February 6th, 2012
  

  MADRID, Feb 6, 2012 (AFP) – Spain’s cycling federation chief said Monday’s decision to slap a two-year doping ban on Alberto Contador is bad news for cycling and for Spanish [...]

• UCI imposes doping ban on Australia’s Locke
  November 23rd, 2011
  

  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 [...]

• Valverde To Return To Team Movistar After Doping Ban
  November 12th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Nov 12, 2011 (AFP) – Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde will compete for his former team Movistar when his doping ban ends at the beginning of 2012 it was revealed [...]

• Joe Papp Gets 8 Year Ban For Dealing Doping Products
  October 22nd, 2011
  

  Joe Papp, a 36-year-old former American pro cyclist, was hit with an eight-year competition ban Friday by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for his role in distributing banned drugs. The [...]

• Argentina’s Dotti Hit With Two-Year Doping Ban
  October 21st, 2011
  

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Oct 20, 2011 (AFP) – Argentine cyclist Juan Pablo Dotti has received a two-year doping ban after testing positive for banned substances at a race in June, [...]

• US Cyclist David Clinger Gets A Deserved Lifetime Doping Ban
  August 12th, 2011
  

  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 [...]

• Muto Gets Ban For EPO Doping
  July 30th, 2011
  

  Italian rider Pasquale Muto was on Saturday banned for two-and-a-half years by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) for doping. The 31-year-old, who rides for Italian team Miche Guerciotti, tested positive [...]

• Zajicek Accepts Life Ban For Doping
  June 10th, 2011
  

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 10, 2011 (AFP) – Phil Zajicek, an American cyclist who rode last year with the Fly V Australia pro team, has been banned for life by [...]

• Riders Threaten Beijing Boycott Over Earpiece Dispute
  March 17th, 2011
  

  PARIS, March 17, 2011 – Professional cycling teams opposed to the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) proposed ban on earpieces announced on Thursday that they plan to boycott the Tour of [...]

• Contador Vows To Fight Any Doping Ban
  March 2nd, 2011
  

  MADRID, Feb 16, 2011 – Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador vowed to fight any attempt to re-impose doping sanctions, in an interview published Wednesday. Contador tested positive for [...]

• Contador Refuses Call To Accept One-Year Ban
  February 7th, 2011
  

  MADRID – Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, who is facing a one-year ban for taking performance enhancing drugs, on Monday rejected calls that he accept the ban instead [...]

• Contador Avoids 3.1M Euro Fine
  January 27th, 2011
  

  MADRID – A proposal by Spanish cycling chiefs to ban Tour de France champion Alberto Contador for a year would spare him a 3.1-million-euro salary penalty, Spanish media said Thursday. [...]

• Carlos Barredo Gets Two Month Ban For Fighting At Tour
  October 29th, 2010
  

  World cycling’s ruling body on Friday also handed a two-month ban to Spaniard Carlos Barredo, who was involved in a fight with Portuguese Rui Costa following the end of the [...]

• Rebellin Has His Two-Year Ban Confirmed
  October 2nd, 2010
  

  Olympic silver medalist Davide Rebellin has had a two-year ban for doping confirmed by the Monaco Cycling Federation (FMC) on Saturday. Rebellin finished second in the men’s road race in [...]

• Schumacher Time Is Served, But Racing Still On Hold
  August 28th, 2010
  

  BERLIN – Germany’s Stefan Schumacher will have to wait a bit longer for his return to professional cycling after serving a two-year ban for doping, he said on his website [...]

• CAS Cuts Record 20-Year Doping Ban On Italian
  August 17th, 2010
  

  GENEVA, Aug 17, 2010 (AFP) – International sport’s top court on Tuesday cut a record 20 year doping ban imposed on Italian cyclist Gianni Da Ros, reducing it to four [...]

• Two-year doping ban for Portugal’s Ribeiro
  July 24th, 2010
  

  Portuguese racer Nuno Ribeiro, winner of last year’s Tour of Portugal, has been handed a two-year ban after testing positive for EPO-Cera during a race, his country’s cycling federation said [...]

• Two-year Doping Ban For Thomas Frei
  June 30th, 2010
  

  PARIS, April 27, 2010 – Swiss rider Thomas Frei has been handed a two-year ban after testing positive for the banned EPO in March, the Swiss Olympic committee announced on [...]

• Serrano Handed Two-Year Doping Ban
  June 17th, 2010
  

  PARIS, June 17, 2010 (AFP) – Spaniard Ricardo Serrano has been handed a two-year ban by his national federation after he was found guilty of doping based on suspect readings [...]

• UCI Reject Doping Ban Reduction For Valverde
  June 13th, 2010
  

  PARIS, June 13, 2010 (AFP) – Spanish ace Alejandro Valverde has no chance of seeing a lengthy doping ban reduced by the International Cycling Union (UCI) if he admits to [...]

• Valverde Vows To Win Again After Ban
  June 3rd, 2010
  

  Spanish cycling star Alejandro Valverde insists he will return to winning ways after his doping ban ends at the end of next year. “I know myself and I do not [...]

• Astarloza Announces Doping Ban Until 2011
  May 15th, 2010
  

  MADRID, May 15, 2010 (AFP) – Spaniard Mikel Astarloza announced on Saturday he has been suspended by the Spanish cycling federation (RFEC) until June 2011 for a positive doping control [...]

• WADA ‘Frustrated’ But Closing In On ‘Cheat’ Valverde
  May 12th, 2010
  

  by Stephanie Pertuiset MONTREAL, May 12, 2010 (AFP) – World Anti-Doping Agency legal chief Olivier Niggli believes the anti-doping authorities are set to end Alejandro Valverde’s winning streak by handing [...]

• UCI Will Wait On CAS Decision Before Valverde Ban
  March 27th, 2010
  

  World cycling chief Pat McQuaid said the UCI would not impose a worldwide ban on Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde until hearing the result of a pending appeal to the Court [...]

• CAS Dismisses Schumacher’s Appeal
  January 25th, 2010
  

  World 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 [...]

• Prosecutor Asks For Three-Year Doping Ban For Di Luca
  December 17th, 2009
  

  Italy’s anti-doping prosecutor on Thursday asked the Italian Olympic Committee’s anti-doping tribunal to hit former Tour of Italy winner Danilo Di Luca with a three-year ban. Di Luca tested positive [...]

• Gianni Da Ros Slapped With Record 20-year Doping Ban
  November 23rd, 2009
  

  ROME, Nov 23, 2009 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Gianni Da Ros has been handed a record 20-year ban from the National Anti-doping Tribunal for trafficking doping substances. The 23-year-old, who [...]