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• CAS Set To Annuounce Contador Doping Case February 6th
  January 30th, 2012
  

  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, [...]

• How Long Should A Doping Ban Be?
  January 16th, 2012
  

  How long should a doping ban be?

• CAS Will Delay The Contador Never Ending Doping Verdict
  January 16th, 2012
  

  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 [...]

• Cavendish Admits To Missed Doping Test
  January 6th, 2012
  

  LONDON, Jan 6, 2012 (AFP) – British world cycling champion Mark Cavendish on Friday admitted missing an out-of-competition drugs test after failing to update his whereabouts schedule, which dictates where [...]

• Bauge Gets Stripped of His World Title
  January 6th, 2012
  

  PARIS, Jan 6, 2012 (AFP) – France’s Gregory Bauge was on Friday stripped of the sprint title he won at last year’s world cycling championships after falling foul of dope [...]

• South American Racers Return Positive Tests
  January 4th, 2012
  

  PARIS, Jan 3, 2012 (AFP) – Seven Latin American cyclists have returned positive dope tests and have been handed provisional suspensions pending disciplinary hearings, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said [...]

• Wiggins Supports Olympic Ban For Millar
  January 4th, 2012
  

  LONDON, Jan 4, 2012 (AFP) – Cycling star Bradley Wiggins believes David Millar should not be allowed to ride for Britain at the Olympics as debate over lifetime bans for [...]

• Alberto Contador Doping Decision Due Mid January By CAS
  December 21st, 2011
  

  PARIS, Dec 21, 2011 – Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will find out “between January 15 and 20″ whether he is to be handed a doping ban from [...]

• Longo To Face No Doping Charges
  December 15th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Nov 22, 2011 (AFP) – French anti-doping chiefs have confirmed that national cycling icon Jeannie Longo will face no charges despite missing three random doping tests in the space [...]

• 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 [...]

• Seven Face Trial In Spanish Doping Scandal
  November 23rd, 2011
  

  MADRID, Nov 23, 2011 (AFP) – Spanish medical doctor Eufemiano Fuentes and six others will go on trial over a doping scandal that rocked world cycling in 2006, said a [...]

• Longo Gets Green Light For Olympic Swansong
  November 22nd, 2011
  

  PARIS, Nov 22, 2011 (AFP) – French cyclist Jeannie Longo, a 59-time national and former Olympic champion, will not face any disciplinary proceedings after missing three random drugs tests, an [...]

• Contador at CAS To Battle 2010 Doping Charges
  November 21st, 2011
  

  LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Nov 21, 2011 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador arrived Monday to fight a bid by cycling’s governing body to impose a doping ban which could strip him [...]

• 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 [...]

• Tour of Spain Peloton Comes Up Clean
  October 26th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Oct 26, 2011 (AFP) – International Cycling Union (UCI) chiefs announced Wednesday that no doping positives have emerged from the Tour of Spain after samples from the entire peloton [...]

• Russia Fines Kolobnev Just $1,700 For Doping Positive
  October 26th, 2011
  

  MOSCOW, Oct 26, 2011 (AFP) – Russia’s cycling federation on Tuesday fined star racer Alexander Kolobnev just $1,700 and ordered no suspension after his disqualification from the 2011 Tour de [...]

• Disgraced Doper Floyd Landis Faces 18-month Suspended Sentence
  October 24th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Oct 24, 2011 (AFP) – The prosecutor in a computer hacking case against Floyd Landis on Monday called for an 18-month suspended prison sentence for the disgraced American cyclist. [...]

• 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, [...]

• Rasmussen Suspended For Missing Doping Controls
  September 15th, 2011
  

  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 [...]

• Last Tour de France Doping Tests Negative
  August 29th, 2011
  

  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 [...]

• Contador CAS Hearing Dates Fixed For November
  August 27th, 2011
  

  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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• UCI Firess Back At Criticism Over Passport Programme
  August 11th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Aug 11, 2011 (AFP) – World cycling’s ruling body has angrily hit back at suggestions by Cervelo co-founder Gerard Vroomen that the International Cycling Union (UCI) has lacked bite [...]

• Ballan and Cunego Called Before CONI Over Doping
  August 2nd, 2011
  

  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. [...]

• 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 [...]

• CAS Postpones Contador Hearing For Second Time
  July 27th, 2011
  

  GENEVA, July 27, 2011 (AFP) – World sport’s top court said on Tuesday it has agreed to postpone a doping hearing concerning Spanish three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, [...]

• The Contador CAS Case to Be Heard In November
  July 26th, 2011
  

  Lausanne, 26 July 2011 – In the arbitration between the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and Alberto Contador (RFEC), the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has [...]

• Contador Reiterates his Innocence On Another Bumpy Day
  July 3rd, 2011
  

  LES ESSARTS, France, July 3, 2011 (AFP) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador reiterated his innocence and said he looked forward to resolving his “difficult” year as he lost [...]

• Contador Controversy Overshadows United Doping Fight
  June 30th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis (AFP) LES HERBIERS, France, June 30, 2011 – Cycling’s anti-doping chiefs are standing united in a bid to show potential cheats at this year’s Tour de [...]

• Contador Drops Meat From His Menu
  June 29th, 2011
  

  MADRID, June 29, 2011 (AFP) – Spanish rider Alberto Contador says he has stopped eating meat since testing positive for clenbuterol on last year’s Tour de France, a result he [...]

• Gilbert Furious By ‘Doping’ Delivery Links To Omega-Pharma
  June 29th, 2011
  

  LES HERBIERS, France, June 29, 2011 – Belgian cycling star Philippe Gilbert has moved to divert any suspicion of doping from within the Omega-Pharma team after a former teammate was [...]

• No More Jobs In Cycling For Doping Violators, Says UCI
  June 17th, 2011
  

  PARIS, June 17, 2011 – World cycling chiefs have adopted measures that would prevent anyone who has violated the sport’s anti-doping regulations to be employed in the sport. The International [...]

• Contador Confirms Tour de France Start
  June 12th, 2011
  

  MADRID, June 11, 2011 – Spain’s three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador confirmed on Saturday that he will defend his title in cycling’s showpiece event in July despite ongoing [...]

• French Fans Say No Go To Contador
  June 11th, 2011
  

  PARIS, June 10, 2011 (AFP) – Two-thirds of French cycling fans would rather defending champion Alberto Contador does not race in this year’s Tour de France as he battles to [...]

• 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 [...]

• New Armstrong Lawyer Rips Leaks In Doping Case
  May 26th, 2011
  

  SAN FRANCISCO, May 26, 2011 – Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has hired two lawyers who won a legal victory in a baseball drug case over Jeff Novitzky, [...]

• Contador Defense Team Delays CAS Hearing
  May 26th, 2011
  

  SAN PELLEGRINO TERME, Italy, May 26, 2011 – Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador’s defense team are looking for a delay of June’s doping hearing before the Court of [...]

• Ex Armstrong Teammate Lashes Out Again
  May 22nd, 2011
  

  LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2011 – Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong was part of a sophisticated doping program according to a former teammate who testified before a grand [...]

• SHUT UP ALREADY!
  May 21st, 2011
  

  So Tyler Hamilton decides now that he is going to return his Olympic Gold Medal. He now has also decided that he just cannot hold it in any longer. Yes, [...]

• Hincapie Joins Growing List of Riders Stating Armstrong Doped
  May 20th, 2011
  

  LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2011 – George Hincapie has added his name to the list of ex-Lance Armstrong teammates who say they saw the embattled American cycling hero use performance-enhancing [...]

• WADA Prepares To Probe UCI Document Leak
  May 15th, 2011
  

  MONTREAL, May 15, 2011 (AFP) – World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) officials will investigate the leak of an International Cycling Union (UCI) document that ranked riders at the 2010 Tour de [...]

• UCI Plays Down “Secret” Doping List
  May 13th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS, May 13, 2011 – The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Friday hit out at the leaking of a “secret” list of riders who warranted special [...]

• UCI Lashes Out At Doping Results Leak
  May 12th, 2011
  

  PARIS, May 12, 2011 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Thursday criticized the decision by respected French sports daily L’Equipe to publish results from dope tests taken on [...]

• Keisse Has To Serve Rest of Doping Ban Despite His Fight
  May 6th, 2011
  

  PARIS, May 6, 2011 – Belgian track cyclist Iljo Keisse had a doping ban confirmed Friday despite his refusal to accept an initial sanction by the International Cycling Union (UCI). [...]

• Italian Pasquale Muto Tests Positive For EPO
  May 3rd, 2011
  

  Only one question needs to be asked. When Will These BONEHEADS learn? You dope, and you will be caught. Is it not time for more than a two year ban, [...]

• Dr. Ferrari Demands To Be Heard By The Court
  April 27th, 2011
  

  Italian fitness coach Michele Ferrari who is under a broad inquiry into doping in cycling, has asked to be heard by prosecutor Padua Benedetto Roberti, it is being reported said [...]

• Cannell receives two-year suspension from USADA
  April 11th, 2011
  

  Cannell receives two-year suspension from USADA; Masters Nationals results revised by USAC Colorado Springs, Colo. (April 11, 2011) – The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has announced that Peter Cannell, [...]

• UCI Says Chile’s Arriagada Failed Doping Test
  April 4th, 2011
  

  GENEVA, April 4, 2011 – Chile’s top cyclist Marco Arriagada, his compatriot Jose Medina Andrade as well as Argentina’s Alfredo Lucero have tested positive for doping, world cycling body UCI [...]

• Paris-Nice A Big Doping Negative
  March 31st, 2011
  

  All of the doping controls that were performed at Paris-Nice in early March, came back with 100% of them with a negative result, it was reported by official sources on [...]

• Sinkewitz Gets The Sink Thrown At Him By The UCI
  March 18th, 2011
  

  GENEVA, March 18, 2011 – World cycling governing body UCI on Friday banned German cyclist Patrik Sinkewitz after finding doping traces in a blood sample collected during a race in [...]

• Pellizotti, Caucchioli Get Two Year Doping Ban
  March 8th, 2011
  

  ROME, March 8, 2011 – Italian cyclist Franco Pellizotti has been banned for two years for doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) along with compatriot Pietro Caucchiolia, [...]

• Fabien Taillefer Admits To Doping
  March 4th, 2011
  

  French professional cyclist Fabien Taillefer, currently under police investigation for doping, on Thursday admitted to taking drugs in an interview with a cycling website. The 21-year-old, winner of the 2007 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Spanish Police Make Arrests In Doping Probe
  February 18th, 2011
  

  MADRID, Feb 18, 2011 – Police in Spain’s Catalonia region have dismantled a network that trafficked in performance-enhancing drugs, arresting seven amateur sportsmen, they said Friday. Among the substances seized [...]

• Contador Cleared Of All Doping Charges
  February 15th, 2011
  

  Written by: Daniel Silva MADRID, Feb 15, 2011 – Spain’s cycling federation cleared three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of knowingly using a banned substance, his spokesman said Tuesday, [...]

• Team Sky Might Relax “Zero Tolerance” Policy
  February 15th, 2011
  

  LONDON, Feb 15, 2011 – British cycling’s Team Sky may relax their “zero tolerance” doping policy as they seek to hire staff capable of improving the outfit’s performance, it was [...]

• Contador To Be Cleared Of Doping Charges
  February 15th, 2011
  

  Written by: Denholm Barnetson MADRID, Feb 15, 2011 (AFP) – Spain’s cycling federation was expected to issue a decision Tuesday clearing three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of using [...]

• Contador Likely Cleared Of Doping Charges
  February 14th, 2011
  

  MADRID, Feb 14, 2011 – Spain’s cycling federation, the RFEC, may clear three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of using performance-enhancing drugs, when its issues its final decision on [...]

• Ricco Gets Dumped By Team
  February 11th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Feb 11, 2011 – Disgraced Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco has been suspended from competition by his Vacansoleil team amid doping suspicions, the Dutch outfit announced Friday. Ricco returned from [...]

• 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 [...]

• Contador Doping “Not Significant” States RFEC
  February 8th, 2011
  

  MADRID, Feb 8, 2011 – Spain’s cycling federation justified its decision to seek a one-year ban for Alberto Contador, rather than the usual two years, by saying his responsibility appeared [...]

• 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 Blasts “Outdated” Doping Rules
  February 5th, 2011
  

  MADRID – Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, who is facing a one-year ban for taking performance enhancing drugs, blasted anti-doping regulations on Friday which he said “remain stuck [...]

• Contador Vows To Defend Innocence To The End
  January 28th, 2011
  

  Written by: Gabriel Rubio PUIGPUNYENT, Spain – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, on the edge of tears, Friday denied taking performance enhancing drugs and vowed to appeal a one-year [...]

• Spain’s Garcia Handed Two-Year Doping Ban
  January 27th, 2011
  

  Today is a sad day for cycling, but even sadder for Spanish cycling. Contador, one the best cyclist competing today goes down for using clenbuterol, and now Garcia for using [...]

• Contador Feels “Unfairly Punished”
  January 27th, 2011
  

  PALMA DE MAJORCA, Spain – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador feels he has been “unfairly punished” by the sport’s ruling body, which has suspended him for one year for [...]

• Contador Is Now Starting To Feel The Heat
  January 27th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS- Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was Thursday facing a minimum one-year ban from competition in what was another hammer blow to the reputation [...]

• Contador Informed Of Cycling Fate, One Year Ban
  January 26th, 2011
  

  MADRID – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has been told of his punishment for his positive drugs test from the 2010 race, the Spanish cycling federation announced on Wednesday. [...]

• Contador Could Find Himself On Sidelines For One Year
  January 25th, 2011
  

  MADRID – Triple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador may be suspended for one year over his positive doping test at last year’s event, Spanish newspapers said Tuesday. The disciplinary [...]

• Armstrong Confident Of Being “Vindicated”
  January 22nd, 2011
  

  ADELAIDE, Australia – Lance Armstrong said Friday he is confident of being vindicated following the most recent report to focus the doping spotlight on the Tour de France icon. Armstrong [...]

• Armstrong Brushes Off Doping Allegations
  January 18th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 19, 2011 (AFP) – Embattled Tour de France icon Lance Armstrong Wednesday angrily brushed off fresh doping allegations that emerged in a magazine [...]

• Armstrong Accused Of Arm Twisting Others To Dope
  January 18th, 2011
  

  LOS ANGELES – Seven-time Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong was the “instigator” in an intricate doping campaign by Team Motorola in the 1990s, according to an in-depth probe by [...]

• Pakistan Bans Cyclists For Doping
  January 17th, 2011
  

  LAHORE, Pakistan – A three-man committee of Pakistan’s sports board on Monday issued two-year bans to three cyclists and two bodybuilders over failed dope tests. “We heard the case of [...]

• Amstrong Strongly Denies Doping Claims Again
  January 15th, 2011
  

  ADELAIDE, Australia – Lance Armstrong said Saturday he was losing no sleep despite the threat of a federal investigation into alleged doping practices casting a cloud over his stunning career. [...]

• Cyclist Accused In Doping Probe Found Dead
  January 10th, 2011
  

  MADRID – Former Spanish mountain bike rider Alberto Leon, one of six people accused last month as part of a probe into sports doping, was found dead in an apparent [...]

• Floyd Landis Wears Wire For Doping Probe – Records Ball
  December 19th, 2010
  

  NEW YORK – The ever more disgraced American cyclist Floyd Landis used a hidden wire and secret camera to gather audio and video evidence for a US federal probe into [...]

• Astarloa Banned For Two Years For Doping
  December 1st, 2010
  

  GENEVA, Dec 1, 2010 (AFP) – Spain’s 2003 world road race champion Igor Astarloa has been banned from cycling for two years and fined 35,000 euros for doping, the International [...]

• Contador Hopes For Speedy End To Doping Case
  November 26th, 2010
  

  MADRID – Triple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador said on Thursday that he was hoping his doping case would be concluded before the end of the year. “I have [...]

• Doping On The Internet
  November 26th, 2010
  

  Written by: Bike Pure The picture below depicts the front line in combating doping in sport. It is not a new compound of blood booster, but a visual depiction of [...]

• Beef Producers Want Probe Into Contador Affair
  November 22nd, 2010
  

  MADRID – Spain’s main association of beef cattle producers (ASOPROVAC) on Monday called for an investigation into claims by Alberto Contador that contaminated meat was behind his positive doping test [...]

• Valverde Doping Challenge Fails At Swiss Hurdle
  November 19th, 2010
  

  GENEVA – Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde has lost the latest round of his lengthy attempt to overturn Italian anti-doping sanctions, according to a ruling published by the Swiss supreme court [...]

• WADA Rejects Contador Clenbuterol Doping Defense
  November 17th, 2010
  

  MADRID – A study by the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) has found no evidence to support Alberto Contador’s claim that contaminated meat was responsible for his positive doping test, a [...]

• No Contador Decision For Two Months Says RFEC
  November 10th, 2010
  

  MADRID – Spain’s cycling federation (RFEC) said it will take at least two months to decide whether to sanction Tour de France winner Alberto Contador for alleged doping violations, a [...]

• Spanish Cycling Federation Hoping For Happy Outcome For Contador
  November 9th, 2010
  

  MADRID – Spanish cycling federation (RFEC) chief Juan Carlos Castano said Tuesday he was hoping for a happy resolution to disciplinary proceedings being taken against Tour de France winner Alberto [...]

• UCI Ask Spanish To Take Action In Contador Doping Case
  November 8th, 2010
  

  PARIS: World cycling’s governing body UCI confirmed Monday they have requested that the Spanish cycling federation (RFEC) open disciplinary proceedings against Tour de France winner Alberto Contador who failed a [...]

• Riis Opens The Lid On His Doping Practices
  November 8th, 2010
  

  COPENHAGEN – Denmark’s disgraced former Tour de France cycling champion Bjarne Riis has further lifted the lid on his doping practices during his cycling career. In a book of confessions, [...]

• Ukraine’s Popovych Testifies In US Doping Probe
  November 4th, 2010
  

  LOS ANGELES – Ukrainian cyclist Yaroslav Popovych, a former teammate of Lance Armstrong, testified for 90 minutes before a grand jury that is probing doping in the sport, his lawyer [...]

• French Anti-Doping Outlaws Called Back To The Fold
  November 2nd, 2010
  

  PARIS, Nov 2, 2010 (AFP) – France’s national anti-doping agency (AFLD) said it is once again ready to help play a role beating the drugs cheats on the Tour de [...]

• UCI To Study Tour de France Doping Report
  October 30th, 2010
  

  PARIS – The International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Friday that it will study recommendations about Tour de France drug-testing procedures made in an independent report. A team of six [...]

• Tour de France Doping Suspects Face Overnight Tests
  October 28th, 2010
  

  PARIS – Tour de France riders suspected of doping may face more intrusive testing from next year that could include night-time checks, independent observers for the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) [...]

• Pat McQuaid (UCI) Calls For Patience During Contador Doping Case
  October 19th, 2010
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS- World cycling chief Pat McQuaid called for patience Tuesday as he faced queries about the fate of reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador. Contador [...]

• Costa Brothers Suspended After Failing Doping Test
  October 18th, 2010
  

  LISBON – Portuguese cyclist Rui Costa and his brother Mario were on Monday provisionally suspended after failing drug tests during the Tour of Portugal, the Portuguese Cycling Federation announced. Rui [...]

• 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) [...]

• Michael Olheiser Named 2008 USA Cycling Elite Time Trial National Champion
  October 14th, 2010
  

  Colorado Springs, Colo. — Following the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA) disqualification of Jonathan Chodroff’s results, Michael Olheiser (Huntsville, Ala./Tri-Star Cycling Team) has been named the 2008 USA Cycling Elite [...]

• Kohl’s Former Manager Matschiner Gets 15 Month Suspended Sentence
  October 11th, 2010
  

  Former Austrian sports manager Stefan Matschiner was handed a 15-month suspended prison sentence by a Vienna court on Monday for attempted blood doping and supply of illegal substances. “The public [...]

• Five Cyclists Under Microscope By The Spanish Superior Council of Sports
  October 7th, 2010
  

  Spanish anti-doping authorities have tightened their controls on five cyclists, a government official said Thursday, a week after three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador was suspended. “There are five [...]

• Kirk O’Bee Gets Stung WIth A Lifetime Ban For Doping Again
  October 6th, 2010
  

  COLORADO SPRINGS – Kirk O’Bee, a past member of Lance Armstrong’s US Postal Service cycling team in 2000, received a lifetime ban for a second doping offense on Wednesday from [...]

• UCI Urges Spain To Get Serious In Doping Fight
  October 3rd, 2010
  

  Spain should be doing more to prevent doping in cycling, International Cycling Union (UCI) chief Pat McQuaid said on Saturday. McQuaid was speaking two days after Tour de France champion [...]

• Contador Says He Might Quit If Banned For Doping
  October 3rd, 2010
  

  MADRID – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador says he may quit cycling if he is banned for doping. “If this is not resolved favorably and in just fashion then [...]

• UCI Hoping To Clear Contador Doping Case Up “Quickly”
  October 2nd, 2010
  

  GEELONG, Australia – World cycling chiefs said Saturday they would look to resolve “as quickly as possible” the doping controversy surrounding Tour de France champion Alberto Contador. Contador has been [...]

• 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 [...]

• WADA Chief Calls For Global Push Against Suppliers
  October 2nd, 2010
  

  Written by: Martin Parry NEW DELHI – World Anti-Doping Agency chief David Howman on Saturday urged greater international efforts to clamp down on people supplying drugs to athletes amid the [...]

• Mosquera Has “Clear Conscience” Over Doping Test
  October 1st, 2010
  

  MADRID, Spain – Tour of Spain runner-up Ezequiel Mosquera has denied knowingly taking a banned substance, saying his “conscience is clear”, after world cycling’s ruling body said he had failed [...]

• Mosquera, Garcia ‘Unaware’ of Test Results
  September 30th, 2010
  

  MADRID – Spanish riders Ezequiel Mosquera and David Garcia Da Pena, who both failed dope tests according to world cycling’s ruling body, have not been officially informed of the results, [...]

• Contador Blames Positive Test On Contaminated Meat
  September 30th, 2010
  

  Written by: Daniel Silva (AFP) PINTO, Spain – An emotional Alberto Contador on Thursday denied knowingly taking a banned substance and blamed contaminated meat for a positive dope test that [...]

• Schleck Hopes Contador Is Innocent
  September 30th, 2010
  

  BRUSSELS – Tour de France runner-up Andy Schleck expressed his hope on Thursday that race winner Alberto Contador would prove his innocence after the Spaniard was provisionally suspended for failing [...]

• Another Armstrong Associate Testifies To Grand Jury
  September 30th, 2010
  

  LOS ANGELES, Sept 29, 2010 (AFP) – Allen Lim, an exercise physiologist for Lance Armstrong’s Team Radioshack, appeared on Wednesday before a federal grand jury charged with looking into doping [...]

• Armstrong Associate Appears Before Grand Jury
  September 23rd, 2010
  

  LOS ANGELES – Stephanie McIlvain, one of seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong’s former close associates, testified before an American grand jury Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. [...]

• Sevilla Pleads Innocence In Latest Doping Positive
  September 18th, 2010
  

  BOGOTA – Spanish rider Oscar Sevilla insisted on Saturday he was innocent of any wrongdoing after being suspended by cycling’s world ruling body for testing positive for a banned substance. [...]

• UCI Appeals To CAS Over Valjavec Non-Ban
  September 17th, 2010
  

  : PARIS, Sept 17, 2010 (AFP) – Cycling’s world ruling body lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Friday in a bid to overturn a decision [...]

• Sponsor Liason Expected To Testify In Armstrong Probe
  September 17th, 2010
  

  LOS ANGELES – A woman who worked with Lance Armstrong during the years he won the Tour de France is expected to testify in a federal probe of doping in [...]

• Sevilla Banned By UCI For Doping Positive
  September 16th, 2010
  

  Spanish cyclist Oscar Sevilla has been provisionally suspended by cycling’s world ruling body after testing positive for a banned substance. A statement from the International Cycling Union (UCI) said a [...]

• UCI Announce Positive Test For Belgian Sentjens
  September 8th, 2010
  

  PARIS – Cycling’s world ruling body announced Wednesday that Belgian Roy Sentjens, of the Milram team, has been provisionally suspended following a positive test for the banned blood booster EPO. [...]

• 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 [...]

• Armstrong Sponsor Trek Gives Documents In Federal Probe
  August 7th, 2010
  

  MILWAUAKEE, Wisconsin – Trek Bicycle Corporation officials told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on Friday that they have provided documents to a federal criminal investigation involving Lance Armstrong. Trek spokesman Bill Mashek [...]

• Ex-Teammate Says Armstrong Encouraged Doping
  August 5th, 2010
  

  NEW YORK- A former teammate of Lance Armstrong has reportedly backed claims by disgraced cycling champion Floyd Landis that Armstrong took part in and encouraged doping within the US Postal [...]

• Petacchi Not Talking About Doping Investigation
  July 28th, 2010
  

  ROME- Tour de France sprint king Alessandro Petacchi will not be commenting on an investigation into alleged doping practices, his lawyer said Wednesday. During the Tour earlier this month it [...]

• US Feds Subpoena Documents From 2004 Armstrong Doping Case
  July 28th, 2010
  

  LOS ANGELES – Federal investigators, probing cheating in pro cycling, have subpoenaed material from a 2004 case in which a US firm attempted to prove Lance Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs. [...]

• Lobato Suspended Using The Biological Passport For Two Years
  July 27th, 2010
  

  Spanish rider Ruben Lobato has been banned for two years for doping by his national federation based on irregular readings on his biological passport, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said [...]

• Armstrong Comes Full Circle As New Trials Begin
  July 25th, 2010
  

  PARIS – Lance Armstrong’s underwhelming performance in his 13th and final Tour de France, which finished on Sunday, have confirmed widespread expectations that there is likely to be no third [...]

• American Cyclist Hamilton Subpoenaed For Grand Jury
  July 24th, 2010
  

  NEW YORK, July 23, 2010 (AFP) – Former American cyclist Tyler Hamilton, who was a teammate of Lance Armstrong, has been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury looking into [...]

• Landis Steps Up His Attack On Armstrong
  July 24th, 2010
  

  Disgraced cyclist Floyd Landis says he witnessed first hand former American teammate Lance Armstrong using performance-enhancing drugs, including receiving transfusions for blood doping. Speaking on an episode of the American [...]

• 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 [...]

• Armstrong Confident Of Easy Ride Through Storm
  July 24th, 2010
  

  LOS ANGELES, – Lance Armstrong heads into the last days of his final Tour de France caught up in a swirl of controversy of the kind that has long marked [...]

• Armstrong Confident He Has No Case To Answer
  July 22nd, 2010
  

  Lance Armstrong said Thursday he is confident of clearing his name after hiring a criminal defense lawyer to represent him in a federal investigation into serious doping accusations. “Obviously, you [...]

• Armstrong Hires High Powered Defense Lawyer For Probe
  July 21st, 2010
  

  NEW YORK, July 21, 2010 (AFP) – American Lance Armstrong has hired a criminal defense lawyer to represent him against a federal probe looking into allegations of possible doping violations [...]

• LeMond Eager To Testify In Doping Probe
  July 20th, 2010
  

  DENVER, Colorado, July 20, 2010 (AFP) – Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond has reiterated his belief that a US doping investigation will find “overwhelming” evidence against seven-time Tour [...]

• Team and Lawyer Stand Up For Probe Victim Petacchi
  July 20th, 2010
  

  PAU, France – Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi did not know he was being investigated for alleged doping practices prior to racing the Tour de France, the rider’s lawyer said Tuesday. [...]

• LeMond Says Probe Could “End” Armstrong
  July 18th, 2010
  

  REVEL, France, – Greg LeMond believes a federal probe into fellow Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong should not be taken lightly, and could even bring about the downfall of [...]

• Ullrich Mentor Pevenage Reveals He Organised Doping Trips
  July 8th, 2010
  

  EPERNAY, France – Former T-Mobile sports director Rudy Pevenage admitted his role Thursday in organizing trips for former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich to an alleged doping doctor in [...]

• French Minister Expects Armstrong Probe To Go All The Way
  July 5th, 2010
  

  BRUSSELS – Lance Armstrong will have the backing of France’s minister for health and sport, Roselyne Bachelot, until it has been proven that the American used banned products. However Bachelot [...]

• Armstrong Has Strong Words For Landis And His Accusations
  July 3rd, 2010
  

  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands – Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong hit out Saturday only hours before the start of his final Tour de France campaign at more “false” doping accusations leveled by former [...]

• Three Riders Banned From Tour of Austria For Doping
  July 1st, 2010
  

  VIENNA, July 1, 2010 – Austrian cyclists Michael Knopf, Josef Kugler and Hannes Gruendlinger have been banned from taking part in this year’s Tour of Austria for doping, the national [...]

• 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 [...]

• Ricco Gets Suspended Jail Term, Fine For Doping
  June 29th, 2010
  

  FOIX, France, June 29, 2010 – A French court on Tuesday handed Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco a two-month suspended jail term and a 3,000 euros (3,660 dollars) fine for doping [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Cancellara: “The Engine I Have Is In My Body”
  June 12th, 2010
  

  Fabian Cancellara on Friday has again denied, on the eve of the Tour of Switzerland, the rumors that accuse him of having used a bicycle with a motor at his [...]

• Doping Charges Dropped Against Kohl, Rassmussen, and Hoffmann
  June 10th, 2010
  

  VIENNA, June 10, 2010 (AFP) – Charges against cyclists Bernhard Kohl and Michael Rasmussen and skier Christian Hoffmann for allegedly trafficking doping products have been dropped, the court in Vienna [...]

• 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 [...]

• So Did Cancellara “Motorized Dope” Yeah Right
  May 31st, 2010
  

  This is one of the best conspiracy theories I have ever heard in professional cycling. So what do you think? Possible?

• Garmin Calls On Riders To Come Clean Amid Landis Claims
  May 28th, 2010
  

  Garmin-Transitions has called for “transparency” from its team riders if they are called by the authorities to answer recent allegations of doping leveled by American rider Floyd Landis. Landis, formerly [...]

• BMC Says Ballan Has No Doping Case To Answer
  May 28th, 2010
  

  PARIS, May 28, 2010 – Former world champion Alessandro Ballan has been given the green light to compete again by his BMC team after they said an internal investigation found [...]

• De Bonis First Rider Sanctioned Using Biological Passport
  May 27th, 2010
  

  GENEVA, May 27, 2010 – Italian rider Francesco De Bonis has become the first cyclist to be sanctioned for doping on the basis of irregular readings on his biological passport, [...]

• Landis Claims May Be Armstrong’s Biggest Test Yet
  May 25th, 2010
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, May 25, 2010 (AFP) – To many, disgraced Tour de France champion Floyd Landis dipped to a new low last week when, after years of lying, [...]

• Kazakh Riders Arrested On Doping Charges
  May 23rd, 2010
  

  STRASBOURG, France, May 23, 2010 (AFP) – Two Kazakh riders were arrested on charges of smuggling and using doping products prohibited in France, judicial sources confirmed on Sunday. The duo [...]

• Landis and Lemond Kiss And Make Up
  May 22nd, 2010
  

  LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2010 – Floyd Landis, who this week admitted to doping throughout his cycling career, has reportedly moved to get another weight off his conscience with an [...]

• Lemond Says He Believes ‘Most’ Landis Statements
  May 21st, 2010
  

  LOS ANGELES, May 21, 2010 – Greg Lemond, the first American to win the Tour de France, says he believes “most of Floyd Landis’s statements” charging systematic doping in cycling. [...]

• Lance Armstrong Press Statement Responding To Landis Accusations
  May 20th, 2010
  

  Today Lance Armstrong made a statement to the press in regards to the accusations made by Floyd Landis accusing Armstrong of doping.

• Armstrong Dismisses Landis Doping Charge
  May 20th, 2010
  

  Lance Armstrong Thursday dismissed accusations of doping leveled against him by disgraced cyclist Floyd Landis, who implicated the seven-time Tour de France winner and others in confessing his own cheating. [...]

• Floyd Landis Email Admiting Guilt To USA Cycling
  May 20th, 2010
  

  This is the email that Floyd Landis sent to USA Cycling admitting his doping guilt, as well as accusing Lance Armstrong, George Hincapie, David Zabriskie, Levi Leipheimer, and many more. [...]

• Andy Rihs Denies All Claims Made By Floyd Landis
  May 20th, 2010
  

  Zurich, 20 May 2010 – Business man and bicycle sports’ supporter Andy Rihs heard with great surprise the recent declaration made by the former bicycle racer Floyd Landis and resolutely [...]

• Landis Admits Doping, And Points Fingers
  May 19th, 2010
  

  WASHINGTON, May 20, 2010 (AFP) – Cyclist Floyd Landis, who lost his Tour de France title after a positive drug test, has admitted systematic doping and accused fellow American Lance [...]

• 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 [...]

• Giro To Be “The Most Tested”
  May 5th, 2010
  

  PARIS, May 5, 2010 – Organizers of the Tour of Italy which starts Saturday in Amsterdam intend to have “the most competitive” drug tested cycling race in history. The 2010 [...]

• BMC Racing Team: Statement Regarding Mauro Santambrogio
  May 2nd, 2010
  

  The BMC Racing Team has concluded its preliminary internal investigation regarding rider Mauro Santambrogio. The BMC Racing Team has concluded that there is no indication that Mauro Santambrogio was involved [...]

• Tour of California Out To Catch The Cheats
  May 1st, 2010
  

  ADDITIONAL ANTI-DOPING TESTING PROTOCOLS ANNOUNCED FOR 2010 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES (April 30, 2010) – AEG, with the support of Amgen and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), today [...]

• ‘Saddened’ Vinokourov Reiterates Doping Innocence
  April 26th, 2010
  

  PARIS, April 27, 2010 (AFP) – Riled by the negative impact of his victory in Liege-Bastogne-Liege, former dope cheat Alexandre Vinokourov took the unusual step of writing an open letter [...]

• Italy’s Paolini And 28 Others Face Trial For Doping
  April 24th, 2010
  

  ROME, April 24, 2010 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Luca Paolini and 28 others have been charged with doping after a four-year investigation, the sporting daily La Gazzetta Dello Sport reported [...]

• A Week in the Gutter
  April 24th, 2010
  

  Written by: BikePure It should have been a week when we celebrate Cadel Evan’s fantastic victory in La Fléche Wallonne – but his teammate Thomas Frei Tested Positive for EPO. [...]

• Thirty-five Under Investigation For Doping
  April 8th, 2010
  

  ROME, April 8, 2010 (AFP) – The public prosecutor in the city of Mantua in Lombardy has opened an investigation into 35 people suspected of involvement in doping offenses related [...]

• 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 [...]

• UCI Demand Ullrich Investigation Is Reopened
  March 25th, 2010
  

  BERLIN, March 25, 2010 (AFP) – Ex-Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich could still face legal proceedings over the 2006 doping scandal which led to his retirement from cycling, the [...]

• David Clinger Gets Two-Year Suspension For Doping
  March 19th, 2010
  

  Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 19, 2010) – USADA announced today that an independent, three-member American Arbitration Association/Court of Arbitration for Sport (AAA/CAS) panel issued its decision that David Clinger, an [...]

• Valverde Two-Year Doping Suspension Upheld
  March 16th, 2010
  

  The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday announced that it has upheld a two-year suspension for doping against Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde. The CAS “has dismissed the appeal [...]

• March Poll Question
  March 15th, 2010
  

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• Valverde “If They Punish Me, I Will Return And I Will Win”
  March 15th, 2010
  

  Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) vows to return to cycling and continue to win even if the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) should sanction him for doping, “he [...]

• Dekker Gets Two Year Suspension
  March 3rd, 2010
  

  Thomas Dekker has been handed a two year suspension for an EPO doping positive from a sample taken from him last year. Dekker has his racing license in Monaco, which [...]

• Arrest Warrant Issued For Floyd Landis
  February 15th, 2010
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• This One’s For The Dopers
  February 6th, 2010
  

  Written by: Lanolin A few Summers ago I belonged to the email group of a large club. Every July there was a hard and fast rule: no TDF spoilers. … [...]

• 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, [...]

• 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 [...]

• WADA Comment On Current Anti-Doping Strategies
  January 23rd, 2010
  

  The World Ant-Doping Agency (WADA) have stated today that greater collaboration with drug companies could be one of the biggest weapons in combating cheating in sport. WADA Director General David [...]

• Armstrong Drops Personal Dope Tests
  January 16th, 2010
  

  ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 16, 2010 (AFP) – Lance Armstrong Saturday said he had abandoned the rigorous personal doping tests he adopted to silence critics who suspect him of using drugs. [...]

• Valverde Doping Decision Delayed Until March
  January 14th, 2010
  

  GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan 14, 2010 (AFP) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday was unable to rule on demands to impose a two-yearinternational ban on cyclist Alejandro [...]

• German Teams Face Extinction As Milram Mulls Pulling The Sponsorship Plug
  January 7th, 2010
  

  DORTMUND, Germany, Jan 7, 2010 (AFP) – German dairy company Milram said it is unlikely to renew its sponsorship of its top cycling team after their mutual contract expires at [...]

• Blood Doping Kits Found With Astana At Tour de France
  December 23rd, 2009
  

  PARIS, Dec 23, 2009 (AFP) – Blood doping kits were discovered in a search of medical equipment belonging to the Astana team during this year’s Tour de France. Blood transfusions [...]

• 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 [...]

• Doping Consequences: A Case Study With Joe Papp
  December 14th, 2009
  

  by Myles McCorry It is said that a cat burglar designs the best security system and for this reason Bike Pure sought the reformed doper Joe Papp to help us [...]

• 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 [...]

• Bosisio Pleads Innocence In Doping Case
  November 23rd, 2009
  

  ROME, Nov 23, 2009 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Gabriele Bosisio pleaded his innocence at a hearing with the Italian Olympic Committee’s Anti-doping prosecutor on Monday. The 29-year-old LPR rider was [...]

• Austrian Cyclist Pfannberger Banned For Life
  November 22nd, 2009
  

  VIENNA, Nov 21, 2009 (AFP) – Austrian cyclist Christian Pfannberger has received a lifelong ban for repeated doping offenses, the national anti-doping agency announced on Saturday. Pfannberger, 30, tested positive [...]

• CAS Postpones Hearing In Valverde Doping Case
  November 9th, 2009
  

  GENEVA, Nov 9, 2009 (AFP) – The Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) said on Monday that it had postponed a hearing into Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde’s appeal against a [...]

• Spanish Rider Provisionally Suspended For Doping
  November 6th, 2009
  

  GENEVA, Nov 5, 2009 (AFP) – World cycling’s ruling body the UCI said Thursday it has provisionally suspended Spanish cyclist Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos after he failed a [...]

• Spanish Rider Provisionally Suspended For Doping
  November 5th, 2009
  

  GENEVA, Nov 5, 2009 (AFP) – World cycling’s ruling body the UCI said Thursday it has provisionally suspended Spanish cyclist Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos after he failed a [...]

• Ullrich Brushes Off Fresh Doping Allegations
  October 20th, 2009
  

  BERLIN, Oct 20, 2009 (AFP) – Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich on Tuesday brushed off the latest doping allegations against him and repeated his assertion he will speak [...]

• Tour de France Doping Investigation Opened
  October 13th, 2009
  

  Paris 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 [...]

• UCI Responds To AFLD Attack
  October 7th, 2009
  

  A 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Team Silence Sack Dope Cheat Dekker, And Change Team Name
  October 1st, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, Oct 1, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cycling team Silence announced they had sacked Dutch drugs cheat Thomas Dekker on Thursday. The team run by Marc Sergeant, and which has [...]

• Dekker B-Sample Comes Back Positive
  September 30th, 2009
  

  The B-sample requested by Dutch cyclist Thomas Dekker has confirmed his positive drugs test for the banned blood-booster EPO, the ANP news agency reported on Wednesday. Dekker has accepted the [...]

• Storm Swirls Around Valverde’s Rainbow Dream
  September 24th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis MENDRISIO, Switzerland, Sept 24, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish ace Alejandro Valverde is continuing to weather the storm caused by ongoing doping allegations in the lead-up to his [...]

• 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 [...]

• German Sprinter Pollack Tests Positive
  September 17th, 2009
  

  BERLIN, Sept 17, 2009 (AFP) – Germany’s Olaf Pollack has tested positive for an unnamed banned substance, according to the German cycling federation (BDR) on Thursday. The BDR said that [...]

• UCI Suspends Biondo – Tour of Denmark Runner-Up For Doping
  September 14th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Sept 14, 2009 (AFP) – Cycling’s world ruling body on Monday suspended Italian Maurizio Biondo, of the Ceramica Flaminia team, for doping after an adverse finding for the banned [...]

• Italian Cyclist Cucinotta Suspended For Doping
  September 11th, 2009
  

  ROME, Sept 11, 2009 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Annalisa Cucinotta was suspended for two years for doping by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Friday. Track cyclist Cucinotta, 23, tested [...]

• Malaysian Cyclist Suspended After Anabolic Steroid Positive
  September 7th, 2009
  

  KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7, 2009 (AFP) – A promising Malaysian cyclist was slapped with a two-year suspension after testing positive for anabolic steroids, reports said Monday. Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi, 23, [...]

• 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 [...]

• The Real Cost Of Doping
  August 4th, 2009
  

  Written by: Myles McCorry – Bike Pure This is the REAL cost of doping. Mikel Astarloza cheated his way to stage 16 victory in this years Tour de France, but [...]

• Astarloza Denies Doping Allegations
  August 4th, 2009
  

  SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Aug 4, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Mikel Astarloza, who was suspended after he failed an out-of-competition doping test, said Tuesday he is certain he will be [...]

• BISSELL Pro Cycling Removes Kirk O’Bee from Team for Contract Violation
  August 1st, 2009
  

  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 31, 2009 – BISSELL Pro Cycling has removed Kirk O’Bee from the team today, immediately after learning that the rider has violated its no-tolerance policy agreed [...]

• 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 ‘Rejects’ Rasmussen’s Stance On Anti-Doping Costs
  July 23rd, 2009
  

  GENEVA, July 23, 2009 (AFP) – World cycling’s governing body said Thursday that it “strongly rejects” banned rider Michael Rasmussen’s refusal to contribute to the costs of anti-doping procedures, shortly [...]

• Contador Dodges Bothersome Doping Questions
  July 23rd, 2009
  

  ANNECY, France, July 23, 2009 (AFP) – Tour de France race leader Alberto Contador on Thursday refused to respond to queries relating to his stunning climbing performance in the 15th [...]

• Kill(er) The Sport
  July 22nd, 2009
  

  Written by: Myles McCorry Last year, the International Cycling Union launched the most awaited tool to combat doping — the biological passport program. Although it has not yet identified any [...]

• Di Luca Suspended After Failing Drug Tests At Tour of Italy
  July 22nd, 2009
  

  LE GRAND BORNAND, France, July 22, 2009 (AFP) – Italian rider Danilo Di Luca has been provisionally suspended by the International Cycling Union (UCI) on Wednesday after failing two drug [...]

• 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 [...]

• Armstrong Hits Back At Special Favors Allegations
  July 17th, 2009
  

  by Ryland James COLMAR, France, July 17, 2009 (AFP) – Lance Armstrong has hit back at allegations that his Astana team are being treated leniently by anti-doping controllers on the [...]

• WADA Seeks Lifetime Ban On Drugs Cheat Hamilton
  July 16th, 2009
  

  GENEVA, July 16, 2009 (AFP) – The World Anti-Doping Agency has appealed against an eight-year doping suspension US authorities imposed on one-time Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton, demanding a lifetime [...]

• Italian Police Swoop In On Doping Ring
  July 16th, 2009
  

  A Serbian cycling official has been arrested in a swoop on a suspected doping ring, police in the north Italian city of Padua said on Thursday. Aleksandar Nikacevic, formerly involved [...]

• Kohl Implicates Cyclists Dekker and Caucchioli In Report
  July 12th, 2009
  

  Vustria’s disgraced cyclist Bernhard Kohl has implicated other top cyclists, including Thomas Dekker and Pietro Caucchioli, in an ever-widening Austrian doping scandal, the daily Kurier reported on Sunday. Kohl, who [...]

• Pesky Doping Controls Start To ‘Suck’ For Armstrong
  July 11th, 2009
  

  Lance Armstrong admitted Saturday that constant anti-doping controls are starting to get on his nerves after being tested twice in one day. The 37-year-old is third in the general classification [...]

• I Want To Believe
  July 11th, 2009
  

  Written by: Myles McCorry Ann Gripper: “As well as the focused pre-competition testing already completed we’ll be carrying out in-competition testing that we agreed with the AFLD”. When the UCI [...]

• New Test Detects Hidden Drug Synacthene
  July 9th, 2009
  

  Anti-doping authorities have perfected a new test capable of detecting the drug Synacthene and it is currently being used by doping controllers at the Tour de France, sources have told [...]

• Swiss Confirm Doping Procedure Against Ullrich
  July 7th, 2009
  

  Swiss cycling authorities confirmed on Tuesday that former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich is facing renewed anti doping proceedings after new evidence was gathered. Formal disciplinary proceedings were launched [...]

• Ullrich Faces Disciplinary Procedure From Swiss
  July 6th, 2009
  

  BERLIN, July 6, 2009 (AFP) – Germany’s retired former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich is to be the subject of a disciplinary procedure by the Swiss anti-doping commission Tuesday’s [...]

• Dekker – A Young Talent Gone Bad?
  July 3rd, 2009
  

  Written by: Myles McCorry WWW.BIKEPURE.ORG DEKKER: At the World Championships in Varese last Autumn Thomas Dekker’s agent was trying hard to secure his rider a contract for the 2009 season. [...]

• Thomas Dekker Tests Positive For EPO And Is Out Of 2009 Tour de France
  July 1st, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, July 1, 2009 (AFP) – Dutch cyclist Thomas Dekker has been ruled out of the Tour de France three days before the start after testing positive for the banned [...]

• No Tour de France For Valverde
  June 23rd, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 23, 2009 (AFP) – Controversial Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde will not take part in this year’s Tour de France, his Caisse d’Epargne team announced on Tuesday. His absence [...]

• The Scandalised Professional Cyclist
  June 20th, 2009
  

  Written by: Myles McCorry The scandalized professional cyclist, the doper, the cheat, is still a bike rider. He started out as a kid, loving the speed and friendship that only [...]

• Dutch Cycling Great Rooks Admits To Taking EPO
  June 19th, 2009
  

  THE HAGUE, June 19, 2009 (AFP) – Dutch cycling great Steven Rooks became the latest former cyclist to confess to taking EPO in a book released this week. The 48-year-old [...]

• Boonen Banned From Tour, But UCI Takes No Action
  June 18th, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 18, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen has been banned from competing in the Tour de France following his positive drug test for cocaine, organizers ASO [...]

• Even though UCI Snares Five Cheats Vast Majority Are Clean
  June 18th, 2009
  

  by Stephanie Pertuiset PARIS, June 18, 2009 (AFP) – World cycling’s anti-doping chief Anne Gripper said the vast majority of the elite peloton appear to be riding clean after months-long [...]

• Biological Passport Doping Cheats Suspended By Teams
  June 17th, 2009
  

  Two of the Italian cyclists identified in cyclings new rigorous anti-doping biological passport program have been suspended by their teams, officials said on Wednesday. The decision concerning the two riders, [...]

• The UCI Catch Five Doping Cheats With The Biological Passports
  June 17th, 2009
  

  The UCI announced on today (Wednesday) that five professional cyclists would face doping charges based solely on the irregularities found in blood samples from their biological passports. Igor Astarloa of [...]

• Two Time Doper Tyler Hamilton Accepts His Eight Year Ban
  June 16th, 2009
  

  One-time Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton has accepted an eight-year doping ban, marking the end of a career tarnished by drugs. The US Anti-Doping Agency meted out the penalty on [...]

• Four More Doctors Implicated In German Doping Affair
  June 16th, 2009
  

  BERLIN, June 15, 2009 (AFP) – A doping investigation initially targeting two University doctors has now snared four more, albeit on lesser charges, according to German public prosecutor Wolfgang Maier [...]

• Bike Pure & 3T Join Forces And Promote Clean Cycling
  June 14th, 2009
  

  Bike Pure, the positive cycling campaign group, got terrific reinforcement to it’s mission this week. The organization joined forces with one of the most progressive, innovative manufactures in the cycle [...]

• I’m Not Afraid To Die, Says Ex-Tour Winner Fignon
  June 13th, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 13, 2009 (AFP) – Former two-time Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon, who is battling cancer, said on Sunday he has no fear of dying. “You either fight [...]

• 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 [...]

• Ex-Tour Champ Fignon Questions Cancer-Doping Link
  June 11th, 2009
  

  Former double Tour de France champion Laurent Fignon cannot rule out a link between his advanced cancer and doping, according to a French TV interview to be broadcast on Sunday. [...]

• Bernard Kohl Rails At L’Equipe Papaer Over Doping Article
  June 10th, 2009
  

  Disgraced Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl on Wednesday vowed to sue French sport daily L’Equipe after they published an interview with him in which he spoke about doping at the 2008 [...]

• Cycling Chiefs To Name Latest Cheats, Threaten Sanctions
  June 10th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, June 10, 2009 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) said several riders currently under suspicion of doping will be named publicly next week, and will [...]

• Valverde Facing Down The Barrell Of Two Year UCI Ban
  June 10th, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 10, 2009 (AFP) – Alejandro Valverde faces a worldwide two-year doping ban if cycling’s world ruling body the UCI acts upon vital evidence, which has still be received [...]

• Antonio Colom Of Katusha Test Positive For EPO
  June 9th, 2009
  

  Colom suspended after positive EPO test PARIS, June 9, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Antonio Colom has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned substance EPO, the International [...]

• Three Riders Refuse Katusha Anti-Doping Rules
  June 7th, 2009
  

  Three prominent members of the Katusha cycling team are refusing to comply with new anti-doping rules imposed by the Russian-backed outfit, a team official said on Sunday. The trio who [...]

• CAS Doubles Bastianelli Ban To Two Years
  May 31st, 2009
  

  GENEVA, May 29, 2009 (AFP) – World sport’s top courts on Friday doubled a one-year ban on Italian cyclist Marta Bastianelli for doping, ruling in favor of the International Cycling [...]

• Boonen Could Still Make Tour de France, Says UCI’s Pat McQuaid
  May 27th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, May 27, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian rider Tom Boonen could still take part in the Tour de France despite his recent positive test for cocaine, according to Pat McQuaid, [...]

• Lawyers For Kloeden Hit Back At Doping Allegations
  May 15th, 2009
  

  BERLIN, May 15, 2009 (AFP) – Lawyers for top German cyclist Andreas Kloeden on Friday spoke out to reject claims that the former Tour de France runner-up was involved in [...]

• Germany’s Kloeden Accused Of Doping In 2006 Tour de France While With T-Mobile
  May 13th, 2009
  

  Experts investigating the procedures of two Freiburg University Clinic doctors who worked for cycling team T-Mobile allege German rider Andreas Kloeden doped during the 2006 Tour de France. Kloeden, who [...]

• No Mr. Boonen At Tour de France, So Says Organizers
  May 12th, 2009
  

  SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA, Italy, May 12, 2009 (AFP) – Embattled cycling star Tom Boonen could face a six-month ban from the sport after his second positive test for cocaine, [...]

• Quick Step Say Boonen Needs Treatment But Stand By Him
  May 11th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, May 11, 2009 (AFP) – Quick Step cycling team bosses on Sunday urged Tom Boonen to have treatment after his second positive test for cocaine but added they would [...]

• Valverde Banned From Racing In Italy For Two Years
  May 11th, 2009
  

  ROME, May 11, 2009 (AFP) – T- The anti-doping tribunal of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) on Monday suspended Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde from competing on Italian soil for two [...]

• Tom Boonen Faces His Cycling Demise After Second Cocaine Positive
  May 9th, 2009
  

  by Benoit Noel BRUSSELS, May 9, 2009 (AFP) – Belgium’s top cyclist Tom Boonen admitted he had a “problem” on Saturday after a second positive test for cocaine threw his [...]

• 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 [...]

• Schumacher’s Career Is Over, Says German Cycling Boss Scharping
  May 1st, 2009
  

  FRANKFURT, Germany, May 1, 2009 (AFP) – The career of German cyclist Stefan Schumacher, who tested positive for EPO Cera at both last year’s Tour de France and Olympic Games, [...]

• Former Austrian Nordic Coach Mayer Released From Custody
  May 1st, 2009
  

  VIENNA, April 30, 2009 (AFP) – Former Austrian nordic skiing coach Walter Mayer was released on Thursday after spending over a month in custody, on suspicion of dealing in doping [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Doping Was “Widespread” At T-Mobil
  April 26th, 2009
  

  BERLIN, April 25, 2009 (AFP) – German cycling team Telekom, later known as T-Mobile, was guilty of systematic doping between 1995 and 2006, Der Spiegel magazine claims in Monday’s edition. [...]

• Canon and VeloGuy Trade Fire Over Lance Armstrong And The AFLD
  April 25th, 2009
  

  POINT 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 [...]

• No French Doping Action Against Armstrong
  April 24th, 2009
  

  The 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 [...]

• Doper Dario Frigo And His Accomplice Wife Handed Suspended Jail Sentence
  April 24th, 2009
  

  GRENOBLE, France, April 24, 2009 (AFP) – Disgraced Italian cyclist Dario Frigo has been handed a three-month suspended jail term by a French appeals court following his arrest during the [...]

• Mauro Finetto of CSF Group-Navigare
  April 18th, 2009
  

  “This editorial was submitted by BikePure.org. At Bicycle.net we feel that it is important to get the voices of the cycling world be heard. If you have a comment on [...]

• Tyler Hamilton Calls It Over After Drug Test Positive And Depression
  April 17th, 2009
  

  American cyclist Tyler Hamilton has retired from the sport after testing positive for DHEA that he is claiming he took in an herbal supplement he used on February 7th and [...]

• Lance Armstrong Is Outraged Over AFLD Misbehaviour Claims
  April 8th, 2009
  

  American 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 [...]

• Five New Arrests In Austrian Anti-Doping Case
  April 3rd, 2009
  

  VIENNA, April 3, 2009 (AFP) – The public prosecutor’s office here on Friday announced five new arrests in the anti-doping case that has rocked Austrian sport over the last few [...]

• Some Life Bans For A Coach & Doctor In Canadian Cycling Doping Case
  April 1st, 2009
  

  Retired Canadian cyclist Genevieve Jeanson received a 10-year ban while her coach, Andre Aubut, and physician Maurice Duquette were handed life bans Wednesday by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in [...]

• Italian Prosecutor Demanding Two-Year Ban For Valverde
  April 1st, 2009
  

  ROME, April 1, 2009 (AFP) – Italian National Olympic Committee (Coni) anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri on Wednesday called for Alejandro Valverde, embroiled in a Spanish blood doping probe, to be [...]

• Former Austrian Ski Coach Mayer Remanded In Custody
  March 25th, 2009
  

  VIENNA, March 25, 2009 (AFP) – Former Austrian ski coach Walter Mayer has been remanded in custody following his arrest on Sunday on suspicion of dealing in doping substances, a [...]

• Cyclist In Austrian Doping Case Freed
  March 24th, 2009
  

  VIENNA, March 24, 2009 (AFP) – Austrian cyclist Christof Kerschbaum, who was provisionally detained as part of an investigation into the trafficking of doping products, has been released, a judiciary [...]

• Former Austria Ski Coach Arrested In New Doping Case
  March 23rd, 2009
  

  VIENNA, March 23, 2009 (AFP) – Former Austrian nordic ski coach Walter Mayer, who was involved in the 2006 Turin Olympics doping scandal, has been arrested in connection with new [...]

• Thirty-Six Teams Listed For The UCI Biological Passport Program
  March 14th, 2009
  

  PARIS, March 13, 2009 (AFP) – Thirty-six teams have been listed in the biological passport programme, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Friday, with all having paid their financial [...]

• Anti Doping Chief John Fahey Praises Armstrong Comeback
  February 24th, 2009
  

  GENEVA, Feb 24, 2009 (AFP) – World Anti-Doping Agency president John Fahey on Tuesday praised Lance Armstrong’s comeback and the “phenomenal” interest the US cyclist generated for cycling and the [...]

• CONI Summons Alejandro Valverde On Doping Suspicions
  February 11th, 2009
  

  The Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday summoned Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde to face charges of doping or attempting to dope in relation to the infamous ‘Operation Puerto’ affair. The [...]

• Time To Say Goodbye To Bettini, And Hello To Another Round Of Doping Stories
  September 28th, 2008
  

  Written by: Myles McCorry Feature Writer On a blistering hot day in north Italy, 206 riders started the massive 260km course, which was to decide the champion of the world: [...]

• Tour de France Doping Czar Bordry Begins Search For CERA-Type EPO
  September 27th, 2008
  

  France’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 [...]

• Aussie Cyclist Mark Roland Banned For Human Growth Hormone (HGH) Use
  September 19th, 2008
  

  SYDNEY, Sept 19, 2008 (AFP) – Australian cyclist Mark Roland has been suspended for two years for using a human growth hormone, the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority said Friday. It [...]

• German Broadcasters Hostile To Armstrong’s Tour Return
  September 14th, 2008
  

  START THE CRYING BABY SOUNDTRACK NOW German television broadcaster ARD, which screens the Tour de France here in partnership with rivals ZDF, said Sunday it was hostile to Lance Armstrong’s [...]

• Czech World Record Holder Ondrej Sosenko Faces Ban After Positive Test
  August 29th, 2008
  

  PRAGUE, Aug 29, 2008 (AFP) – Czech cyclist Ondrej Sosenka, who holds the men’s one-hour world record, has tested positive and has been suspended, the CTK press agency reported on [...]

• World Cycling Chief Pat McQuaid Wants Support, Not Criticism
  August 11th, 2008
  

  World cycling chief Pat McQuaid has called for more support from the World Anti Doping Agency following comments by WADA president John Fahey which placed doubt on cycling’s future at [...]

• Coni Bans Bastianelli and Sella From All Competitions
  August 7th, 2008
  

  ROMA, Aug 7, 2008 (AFP) – Italian cyclists Marta Bastianelli and Emanuele Sella, who have both recently failed drugs tests, were banned from all competitions by the Italian Olympic Committee [...]

• Riccardo Ricco Mans Up And Admits To Using EPO
  July 30th, 2008
  

  ROME, July 30, 2008 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco admitted to using banned blood booster EPO when interviewed by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday about his positive [...]

• Marta Bastianelli To Face Coni On August 5
  July 30th, 2008
  

  ROME, July 30, 2008 (AFP) – World champion cyclist Marta Bastianelli is to face an Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) hearing on August 5 after failing a dope test this month. [...]

• Dmitri Fofonov Fails Doping Test, Says Team Credit Agricole
  July 27th, 2008
  

  PARIS, July 27, 2008 (AFP) – Kazakhstan’s Dmitri Fofonov has tested positive for a banned stimulant, his Credit Agricole team said on the final day of the Tour de France [...]

• Tour’s Anti-Doping Chief Regrets Lack Of UCI Help
  July 26th, 2008
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• Team Astana Terminates Vladimir Gusev Contract
  July 26th, 2008
  

  Astana Cycling Team management has terminated the contract of Russian cyclist Vladimir Gusev due to irregular values. The values were gathered during internal out-of-competition control tests, under the supervision of [...]

• Rasmussen Appeals Compensation Decision
  July 25th, 2008
  

  Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen said Friday he will appeal the decision of a Utrecht court which awarded him 665,000 euros (one million dollars) against his former Rabobank team for the [...]

• Moises Duenas Denies Taking Banned Substances
  July 24th, 2008
  

  MADRID, July 24, 2008 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Moises Duenas, who was kicked out of the Tour de France after failing a drugs test, Thursday denied knowingly taking any banned [...]

• Riccardo Ricco To Face Coni At Month’s End
  July 23rd, 2008
  

  ROME, July 23, 2008 (AFP) – Disgraced Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco is to be interviewed by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) at the end of the month, Italian news agency [...]

• Riccardo Ricco Caught By Secret Doping Molecule
  July 22nd, 2008
  

  SYDNEY, July 23, 2008 (AFP) – The world doping agency said Wednesday Italian rider Riccardo Ricco tested positive at the Tour de France after a secret molecule was planted in [...]

• Saunier Duval Team Set To Be Excluded From The Tour of Germany
  July 22nd, 2008
  

  BERLIN, July 22, 2008 (AFP) – The Saunier Duval cycling team look set to be excluded from the Tour of Germany because of doping, race organizers revealed on Tuesday. The [...]

• Moises Duenas Blames Spanish Doctor For Positive Dope Test
  July 19th, 2008
  

  MADRID, July 19, 2008 (AFP) – Spanish rider Moises Duenas, kicked out of the Tour de France, has blamed a Spanish doctor for his positive test for the blood booster [...]

• Ricco Remanded After Doping Scandal
  July 18th, 2008
  

  FOIX, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) – Italian racer Riccardo Ricco, kicked off the Tour de France for doping, was Friday remanded in custody for “using a poisonous substance,” the [...]

• A Prognostication We Hoped We’d Be Wrong About
  July 18th, 2008
  

  A Prognostication We Hoped We’d Be Wrong About Sometimes The Labs Confirm What Our Noses Already Sensed… As the Tour headed into the Pyrenees in recent days we wrote that [...]

• Ricco Swears Innocence, But Sacked Along With Piepoli
  July 18th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NIMES, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) – Spanish cycling team Saunier Duval have sacked Italian star Riccardo Ricco following his positive doping control for EPO (erythropoietin) at [...]

• Ricco Positive A Blow For Italian Cycling, Says Stefano Zanatta
  July 18th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NARBONNE, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) – Liquigas manager Stefano Zanatta has admitted the latest doping scandal to hit the Tour de France is also a major [...]

• Christian Prudhomme Cast Suspicious Eye At Saunier Duval Team
  July 17th, 2008
  

  NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme left the future of Saunier Duval in the balance after declaring he doubted the integrity of the [...]

• Cadel Evans Takes A Swipe At “Un-Tested” Sports
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Cadel Evans has called on cycling’s detractors to take a long hard look at what is being done in [...]

• Barloworld Can Stay For Now, Says Tour Official Patrice Clerc
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Top Tour de France official Patrice Clerc said Barloworld would remain in the race unless new evidence from a police [...]

• Tour de France – Ricco Test Positive Video by Versus
  July 17th, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net video is supplied by our friends at Versus.com Ricco, Doping Take Center Stage By Bob Roll The theme of doping reared its ugly head once again in the [...]

• Tour Chief Prudhomme, Riders, and Teams Support Snaring Cheats
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme has warned cyclists, their teams and sponsors who pour millions into the sport that [...]

• The Dopers and Cheats Won’t Stop Cavendish From Winning Stages
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish was forced to hold back his anger and frustration here at the Tour de France Thursday on [...]

• 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 [...]

• Give Dopers and Cheats A Lifetime Ban, says Stuart O’Grady
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis LAVELANET, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Australian Stuart O’Grady has called for dope cheats to be handed life bans following the latest scandal to hit the [...]

• Riccardo Ricco Fails Drug Test At The Tour de France
  July 17th, 2008
  

  LAVELANET, 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 [...]

• Stash of Banned Doping Products Found Among Duenas’ Belongings
  July 17th, 2008
  

  TOULOUSE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – A stash of medical material and a banned substance were among items seized by police from the room of Spanish cyclist Moises Duenas [...]

• Spanish Rider Moises Duenas of BarloWorld Tests Positive In Tour de France
  July 16th, 2008
  

  LANNEMEZAN, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – Spanish rider Moises Duenas of the Barloworld team has tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO) during the Tour de France [...]

• Riccardo Ricco Loves Pantani, But Not The Doping Rumors
  July 13th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE, France, July 13, 2008 (AFP) – Italian Riccardo Ricco has pleaded to be left alone following days of reports which claim he could be among several [...]

• Vino, Mayo and Moreni To Face Criminal Charges
  July 12th, 2008
  

  PAU, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) – Former Astana team leader Alexandre Vinokourov is among three riders set to face criminal charges following the discovery of drugs at last year’s [...]

• Tour de France President Patrice Clerc Calls For Calm After First Doping Case
  July 12th, 2008
  

  TOULOUSE, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France president Patrice Clerc has backed the news of the first positive doping test at this year’s race, and said it [...]

• Liquigas Team Now At Risk Of Tour Expulsion As Beltran Tests Positive
  July 11th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• AFLD Shhots Down Doping Report At Tour de France
  July 11th, 2008
  

  AURILLAC, 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 [...]

• Ten Years Later, Festina Doping Affair Still Not Forgotten
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – The Tour de France kicks off here Saturday for what organisers pray will be a scandal-free three weeks of racing. [...]

• Doping Expert Skeptical Over Actually Cathcing Cheats At Tour de France
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – Hopes of an entirely clean peloton contesting this year’s Tour de France should not be taken too seriously, if the [...]

• Tour de France Anti-Doping Facts
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  BREST, 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 [...]

• Judge Rules Team Rabobank Must Pay Rasmussen 1.1 Million
  July 2nd, 2008
  

  THE HAGUE, July 2, 2008 (AFP) – Dutch team Rabobank must pay Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen nearly 700,000 euros (1,1 million dollars) for the way it kicked him off its [...]

• In Honor of The Tour de France – Screw The Dopers
  July 1st, 2008
  

  Well Done!

• Floyd Landis Loses Appeal Over His 2006 Tour de France Doping Case
  June 30th, 2008
  

  Landis loses appeal over Tour de France doping case LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 30, 2008 (AFP) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday dismissed US cyclist Floyd Landis’ [...]

• Top Australian Cyclist Nathan O’Neill Banned For Doping
  June 17th, 2008
  

  SYDNEY, June 17, 2008 (AFP) – Top Australian cyclist Nathan O’Neill has been banned from competition for 15 months for a doping violation, officials said Tuesday. The Commonwealth Games gold [...]

• CAS Suspends Alessandro Petacchi Until The End of August
  May 6th, 2008
  

  GENEVA, May 6, 2008 (AFP) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled Tuesday that Italian cycling sprint king Alessandro Petacchi will be ineligible to compete in competitions until [...]

• Scientific American: Game Theory, Doping and Cyclists
  April 9th, 2008
  

  Game theory helps to explain the pervasive abuse of drugs in cycling, baseball and other sports, says an article from the latest issue of Scientific American. In The Doping Dilemma, [...]

• Italy’s Eddy Mazzoleni ‘Oil for Drug’ Affair BAN – Two Years
  April 8th, 2008
  

  ROME, April 8, 2008 (AFP) – Eddy Mazzoleni, third in last year’s Tour of Italy (Giro d’Italia), has been handed a two-year ban by the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) for [...]

• Operation Puerto affair reopened
  February 14th, 2008
  

  MADRID, Feb 14, 2008 (AFP) – The Operation Puerto blood-doping affair involving about 60 cyclists and which erupted in May 2006, has been reopened, Madrid prosecutors’ said on Thursday. A [...]

• Fired Lotto doctor, Dr. Sam Vermeire defends himself
  December 21st, 2007
  

  Fired Lotto doctor, Dr. Sam Vermeire defends himself Dr. Sam Vermeire, who was fired from the Predictor-Lotto squad this week as he was blamed for Björn Leukemans’ positive anti-doping test [...]

• Danilo Di Luca to appeal his three-month suspension
  December 16th, 2007
  

  The 2007Giro d’Italia winner, Danilo Di Luca has appealed his three-month suspension in the Oil for Drugs investigation. The 31 year old Italian from Abruzzo, is accused of using the [...]

• Telekom (T-Mobile) doctors falsified riders records
  December 14th, 2007
  

  Telekom doctors falsified patient records By Susan Westemeyer @ CylingNews.com Former Team Telekom/T-Mobile doctors apparently faked patient data in connection with their doping activities involving the team’s riders, the Freiburg [...]

• The Inside Dope on Sports Testing
  December 12th, 2007
  

  I found this article in the Wall Street Journal and I thought it was an interesting read. It is really written as a The Inside Dope on Sports Testing By [...]

• Liquigas is again visited by UCI doping controllers again
  December 11th, 2007
  

  Team Liquigas was visited for the second time during its off-season training camps by International Cycling Union (UCI) anti-doping controllers. The Italian ProTour team – in Benicásim, Spain, from December [...]

• High Road signs with ACE for anti-doping program
  December 10th, 2007
  

  Team High Road’s anti-doping programme for 2008 will be run by the Agency for Cycling Ethics (ACE), which also runs the program for the American Professional Continental Team Slipstream. High [...]

• Doping Deja Vu – A Call for Amnesty
  May 30th, 2007
  

  The LA Times‘ Patrick Brady catches up with Bicycle.net reader Josh who wrote here Cycling Needs An Amnesty? – Doping No More – What Do You Say? days ago, showing [...]