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US Prosecutors End Lance Armstrong Probe With No Charges

February 3rd, 2012| Features, Road | No Comments

US Prosecutors End Lance Armstrong Probe With No Charges

LOS ANGELES, Feb 3, 2012 – US prosecutors said Friday they had dropped their investigation into seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and other cyclists without bringing criminal charges. [...]

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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 [...]