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• Ricco – The Film
  February 8th, 2011
  

  The movie script for the life of Riccardo Riccò just got that little bit more surreal on Sunday. It opens on a Tuscan hillside with a young prodigy winning every [...]

• Ricco In Hospital After Getting Ill During Training
  February 7th, 2011
  

  ROME, Feb 8, 2011 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco has been hospitalized after he was taken ill during training, Italian news agency ANSA reported late Monday. The Vacansoleil racer [...]

• Di Luca Doping Ban Gets Reduced For Talking
  October 15th, 2010
  

  ROME, Oct 15, 2010 (AFP) – Disgraced Italian Danilo Di Luca is set to return to competition in January 2011 after an anti-doping tribunal at the Italian Olympic Commitee (CONI) [...]

• 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 [...]

• Former Drugs Cheat Ricco Signs For Dutch Team
  August 17th, 2010
  

  THE HAGUE – Former drugs cheat Riccardo Ricco signed for Dutch cycling team Vacansoleil on Tuesday on a two year contract, his new outfit announced. The 26-year-old returned from a [...]

• Rebellin Doping Appeal Is Rejected By CAS
  July 30th, 2010
  

  THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) REJECTS THE APPEAL OF DAVIDE REBELLIN Lausanne, 30 July 2010 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeal filed [...]

• 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 [...]

• WADA Rejects French Testers’ Tour de France Request
  June 23rd, 2010
  

  PARIS, June 23, 2010 – The World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) on Wednesday turned down a request from the French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD), who wanted to carry out their own drug [...]

• Disgraced Di Luca Handed Handed Fine And Two-Year Ban
  February 1st, 2010
  

  ROME, Feb 1, 2010 (AFP) – Italian Danilo Di Luca was handed a two-year doping ban and a hefty fine by the Italian Olympic Commitee (CONI) on Monday. Di Luca, [...]

• Vania Rossi Positive For CERA
  January 29th, 2010
  

  CONI has confirmed that Vania Rossi (partner of Riccardo Riccò) has tested positive for EPO CERA throught heir website today. The test was conducted at the Italian Women’s National Cyclo-Cross [...]

• 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 [...]

• Rebellin To Be Stripped Of Olympic Silver Medal
  November 17th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Nov 18, 2009 (AFP) – Veteran Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin who tested positive for the new generation of EPO (CERA) at the 2008 Olympic Games is to be stripped [...]

• Another Italian Cyclist Caught Using EPO
  October 7th, 2009
  

  ROME, Oct 7, 2009 (AFP) – A day after it was revealed that Italian Gabriele Bosisio had failed a dope test, his countryman Francesco De Bonis has also been flagged [...]

• UCI Suspends Tour of Portugal Champion For Doping
  September 18th, 2009
  

  GENEVA, Sept 18, 2009 (AFP) – Cycling’s world ruling body said Friday it has suspended recently-crowned Tour of Portugal champion Nuno Ribeiro and two of his teammates from racing after [...]

• Di Luca Screaming Foul Over Positive CERA Tests
  August 26th, 2009
  

  Italian cyclist Danilo Di Luca on Wednesday claimed he was the victim of a conspiracy after twice testing positive for banned blood booster EPO (erythropoietin) during May’s Tour of Italy. [...]

• WADA Labs Corrupted By Disgraced Austrian, Claims Kohl
  August 14th, 2009
  

  VIENNA, Aug 14, 2009 (AFP) – Disgraced Tour de France cyclist Bernard Kohl said Friday that scientists working in laboratories accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) were bribed by [...]

• Tour Chief Hails Clean Race, But Says The Doping War Not Over
  July 27th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, July 27, 2009 (AFP) – Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme was understandably cautious after celebrating a scandal-free 96th edition here Sunday. For the first time [...]

• UCI Suspends Two Spanish Cyclists On Doping Tests
  July 17th, 2009
  

  GENEVA, July 17, 2009 (AFP) – World cycling’s governing body said Friday that Spanish cyclists Inigo Landaluze and Ricardo Serrano have been suspended after traces of illicit drug CERA were [...]

• Schumacher’s Failed Drugs Test Confirmed By B sample
  July 7th, 2009
  

  BERLIN, July 7, 2009 (AFP) – The positive test of German cyclist Stefan Schumacher for EPO Cera during last year’s Olympic Games has been confirmed by the B sample, his [...]

• Scandal-Free Tour Is Possible, Says Pat McQuaid
  June 13th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, June 11, 2009 (AFP) – Hopes of a scandal-free Tour de France in 2009 may be pie in the sky to some, but cycling’s most obstinate [...]

• Tour de France 2009 Peloton To Face An Anti-Doping Army
  June 10th, 2009
  

  by 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 [...]

• Bernard Kohl Reveals Truth On Tour de France Doping
  June 9th, 2009
  

  Disgraced Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl lifted the lid on his doping practices at last year’s Tour de France in a candid and accusatory interview published in French sports daily L’Equipe [...]

• Positive Doping Test Takes Pfannberger Out Of Tour of Italy
  May 7th, 2009
  

  PARIS, May 7, 2009 (AFP) – Austrian professional Christian Pfannberger has been suspended by the Russian Katusha team following a positive test from a random doping control, the team announced [...]

• Coni Confirm Rebellin’s Positive Dope Test
  April 29th, 2009
  

  ROME, April 29, 2009 (AFP) – The Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday confirmed that cyclist Davide Rebellin was under investigation for doping due to a positive test returned at [...]

• Stefan Schumacher Tests Positive For CERA At Olympics
  April 29th, 2009
  

  BERLIN, April 29, 2009 (AFP) – German cyclist Stefan Schumacher was identified on Wednesday as one of the six athletes from the Beijing Olympic Games who has tested positive for [...]

• Olympic Silver Medal Winner Davide Rebellin Failed Drug Test
  April 28th, 2009
  

  Veteran Italian rider Davide Rebellin tested positive for EPO CERA at last year’s Beijing Olympics where he won silver in the road race, Italian media reported on Tuesday. The 37-year-old [...]

• UCI and AFLD Reach AN Anti-Doping Collaboration
  March 6th, 2009
  

  The 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 [...]

• Doping, Comebacks and a Man Named Contador
  December 20th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, Dec 20, 2008 (AFP) – History was made, new talents were revealed as drugs cheats and one of sport’s biggest names, Lance Armstrong, decided to emerge [...]

• Tour de France Podium Finisher Bernard Kohl Admits To Doping
  October 15th, 2008
  

  VIENNA, Oct 15, 2008 (AFP) – Austria’s Bernhard Kohl, the best climber at this year’s Tour de France and third overall, admitted Wednesday to using Cera, the new generation of [...]

• Giro d’Italia Chiefs Will Not Test Retroactively For CERA
  October 10th, 2008
  

  ROME, Oct 10, 2008 (AFP) – Giro d’Italia chief Angelo Zomegnan said he will not retroactively test samples from the 2008 race in a bid to weed out possible users [...]

• Manufacturer of CERA Helped WADA Develope CERA Drug Test
  October 9th, 2008
  

  The manufacturer of the third generation EPO, CERA, is helping the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) test for the illegal use of the drug by athletes. Roche Holding AG said that [...]

• More Scandal For Tour de France As Ricco Tests Positive
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis LAVELANET, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – The Tour de France was rocked by a third positive doping scandal Thursday after Italian Riccardo Ricco tested positive for [...]