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• 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 [...]

• Inquiry Opened Into Longo Doping Affair
  September 16th, 2011
  

  GRENOBLE, France, Sept 16, 2011 (AFP) – An inquiry has been opened by a court in the southeastern city of Grenoble into claims that the husband and coach of French [...]

• Longo’s Husband Ciprelli Bought EPO Says Papp
  September 13th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Sept 13, 2011 (AFP) – The husband and coach of French cycling legend Jeannie Longo, who is under the spotlight for missing three drugs tests, has been accused of [...]

• Investigation Reveals Ricco Self-Transfusion
  September 5th, 2011
  

  ROME, Sept 5, 2011 (AFP) – An investigation into banned Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco concluded that he did perform a blood transfusion on himself, the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper reported [...]

• 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 [...]

• Ricco Suspended By Italian Olympic Committee
  June 10th, 2011
  

  ROME, June 10, 2011 (AFP) – Controversial Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco was on Friday suspended by his country’s national Olympic committee’s (CONI) anti-doping body, a source said. The ban applies [...]

• 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 [...]

• Armstrong’s Attorneys Seek Apology From CBS
  June 1st, 2011
  

  LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2011 (AFP) – Lance Armstrong’s lawyers asked for an apology from US television network CBS on Wednesday for a report looking into doping allegations against the [...]

• Swiss Lab Will Cooperate In Armstrong Doping Probe
  May 27th, 2011
  

  WASHINGTON, May 27, 2011 – Swiss drug-testing laboratory director Martial Saugy has agreed to cooperate with a US federal investigation into Lance Armstrong and doping in cycling, the Washington Post [...]

• 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 [...]

• Hamilton Claims He Saw Armstorng Inject EPO
  May 19th, 2011
  

  LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2011 -Lance Armstrong’s former teammate Tyler Hamilton claims he saw the embattled seven-time Tour de France winner use EPO the first year he won the race [...]

• Vinokourov, Mayo, Moreni Cleared by French Judge
  May 5th, 2011
  

  PAU, France, May 5, 2011 (AFP) – Top cyclists Alexandre Vinokourov, Iban Mayo and Cristian Moreni have escaped criminal charges in relation to breaking doping laws during the 2007 Tour [...]

• 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, [...]

• 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 [...]

• Ricco – The Film
  February 8th, 2011
  

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

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

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

• UCI Gives Di Luca Green Light To Race
  February 6th, 2011
  

  PARIS – World cycling chiefs have given former Tour of Italy champion Danilo Di Luca the green light to start competing again after the Italian paid a fine relating to [...]

• 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 [...]

• Valverde Ban Upheld By Swiss Supreme Court
  January 10th, 2011
  

  GENEVA – The Swiss supreme court said Monday that it had thrown out Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde’s final attempt to overturn a worldwide anti-doping ban that was based on evidence [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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, [...]

• 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) [...]

• 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 [...]

• Da Pena Suspended After Second Tour of Spain Positive Doping Test
  October 6th, 2010
  

  GENEVA – Spanish cyclist David Garcia Da Pena has been suspended after he failed a second anti-doping test during the Tour of Spain, world cycling’s ruling body the International Cycling [...]

• 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 [...]

• French Rider Larpe Gets A Two Year Doping Ban
  September 14th, 2010
  

  PARIS – French rider Mickael Larpe has been handed a two-year ban by the French cycling federation after testing positive for banned blood booster EPO, L’Equipe sports daily reported Tuesday. [...]

• Sentjens Admits Doping, Announces Retirement
  September 11th, 2010
  

  BRUSSELS – Belgian cyclist Roy Sentjens announced his retirement from the sport on Saturday after admitting taking the banned blood booster EPO. The Milram team rider’s decision follows the provisional [...]

• 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 [...]

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

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

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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. [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Spanish Rider Valverde Banned Until End of 2011
  May 31st, 2010
  

  Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde on Monday received a two-year ban from world sport’s top court, the CAS, over his implication in the Operation Puerto drugs scandal which erupted in 2006. [...]

• 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, [...]

• 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. [...]

• 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 [...]

• Mickael Larpe Indicted In Angouleme
  May 6th, 2010
  

  ANGOULEME, May 6, 2010 – The professional cyclist Mickael Larpe, of team-Roubaix Lille Metropole, has been indicted on Thursday for false prescriptions, fraud, theft and sale or use of drugs, [...]

• League Not Yet Involved In Larpe Proceedings
  May 5th, 2010
  

  PARIS, May 4, 2010 – The National League of Cycling said yesterday that they are not involved in the proceedings following the positive drug test of rider Mickael Larpe (Roubaix-Lille [...]

• Bosisio Gets Two-Year Doping Ban From Coni
  April 28th, 2010
  

  ROME, April 28, 2010 – Italian Gabriele Bosisio was on Wednesday hit with a two-year doping ban by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) after testing positive for the banned blood-booster [...]

• BMC Racing Team: Statement Regarding Thomas Frei
  April 27th, 2010
  

  After Thomas Frei was officially informed by Antidoping Switzerland that he was tested A-positive regarding the use of EPO, Thomas Frei confessed his doping violation to the team management. Thomas [...]

• ‘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 [...]

• Manuel Vazquez Tests Positive For EPO
  April 26th, 2010
  

  Spanish rider Manuel Vazquez has tested positive for EPO during an out of competition doping exam on March 20th, 2010. It is being reported by the International Cycling Union (UCI). [...]

• 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 [...]

• BMC Racing Team: Statement Regarding Thomas Frei
  April 21st, 2010
  

  Press Release from Team BMC on the positive ‘A’ sample of Thomas Frei for EPO. The statement below is from Jim Ochowicz who is the President of team BMC. It [...]

• Vania Rossi ‘B’ Sample Negative For EPO
  April 2nd, 2010
  

  ROME, April 2, 2010 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Vania Rossi, the partner of Riccardo Ricco, thrown off the 2008 Tour de France for doping, has seen a B test for [...]

• 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 [...]

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

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

• Vania Rossi Positive For CERA
  January 29th, 2010
  

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

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

  World sport’s top court CAS on Monday rejected an appeal by disgraced German cyclist Stefan Schumacher against a two-year ban for doping, related to offences at the 2008 Tour de [...]

• WADA Mourns Death of EPO Test Pioneer De Ceaurriz
  January 5th, 2010
  

  PARIS, Jan 5, 2010 (AFP) – World Anti-Doping Agency chiefs offered their condolences Tuesday following the death of Jacques de Ceaurriz, a leading light in the fight against doping in [...]

• A Discussion About EPO
  January 2nd, 2010
  

  A Discussion about EPO with Award Winning Renal Specialist Dr JohnHarty: Dr John Harty is a Consultant nephrologist at Daisy Hill Hospital in Ireland. He is a renal (Kidney) specialist, [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

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

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

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Mikel Astarloza Fails Doping Test
  July 31st, 2009
  

  GENEVA, July 31, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Mikel Astarloza, who won the 16th stage of the Tour de France, has been suspended after he failed an out of competition [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Italian Ploice Arrest Failed Pro Aleksandar Nikacevic In Doping Ring
  July 16th, 2009
  

  Written by: Myles McCorry As the eyes of the world are on cycling, it happens again. As the non-bikers tune in for their annual cheer for the yellow jersey- yet [...]

• 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 [...]

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

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

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

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

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

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

  by Justin Davis PARIS, June 10, 2009 (AFP) – Potential drugs cheats at the 2009 Tour de France will face the biggest anti-doping army ever seen at a major sports [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Valverde To Take Legal Action Against CONI Prosecutor
  May 6th, 2009
  

  MADRID, May 6, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde announced on Wednesday that he is bringing a lawsuit against Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri. “Mr Torri [...]

• 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 [...]

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

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

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

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

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

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

  The International Cycling Union (UCI) and the French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD) reached an agreement on Friday over drug-testing measures in the Paris-Nice stage race, which starts on Sunday. This new [...]

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

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

• AFLD Drug Chief Pierre Bordry Targeting Tour de France Blood Dopers
  October 8th, 2008
  

  BERLIN, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) – French national anti-doping agency (AFLD) chief Pierre Bordry on Wednesday said there was “considerable evidence” of doping irregularities from blood transfusions taken at this [...]

• IOC Planing To Retest Beijing Olympic Blood Samples
  October 8th, 2008
  

  PARIS, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) – Blood samples taken at the Beijing Olympics are to be reanalyzed for the banned blood booster EPO using a new detection system developed for [...]

• 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 [...]

• UCI ‘Disgusted’ At Spanish Rider Moreno Positive Doping Test At Olympics
  August 11th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 11, 2008 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) expressed disgust Monday after a Spanish rider became the first athlete to fail a drugs test [...]

• Emanuele Sella Admits Doping At CONI Hearing
  August 8th, 2008
  

  ROME, Aug 8, 2008 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Emanuele Sella admitted to taking the banned blood booster EPO at an Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) hearing here on Friday. After the [...]

• 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 [...]

• Leonardo Piepoli Denies Doping At Coni Hearing
  July 31st, 2008
  

  ROME, July 31, 2008 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Leonardo Piepoli said he had “denied everything” following his doping hearing with the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Thursday. Piepoli was heard [...]

• 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 [...]

• Danish Olympic Cyclist Fails Doping Test
  July 28th, 2008
  

  COPENHAGEN, July 28, 2008 (AFP) – Denmark’s cross-country mountain bike champion Peter Riis Andersen, who was to compete in the Beijing Olympics, has failed a drugs test, the Danish sporting [...]

• 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 [...]

• Riccardo Ricco Denies EPO Use As Doping Chief Backs Controls
  July 22nd, 2008
  

  JAUSIERS, France, July 22, 2008 (AFP) – The threat of being caught cheating at this year’s Tour de France has proved a major deterrent, according to the chief of France’s [...]

• Barloworld Positive, But Slam Drugs Cheat Duenas
  July 19th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis DIGNES-LES-BAINS, France, July 19, 2008 (AFP) – Kenyan-born Briton Chris Froome hit out at Barloworld teammate Moises Duenas here on Saturday after the Spaniard’s positive doping control [...]

• 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 [...]

• Basso Worth A Second Chance, Says Liquigas Chief
  July 18th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NARBONNE, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) – Disgraced Italian cycling star Ivan Basso deserves a second chance of resurrecting his career, the Italian’s future manager at the [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 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 [...]

• Beltran Tests Positive – Reaction Video by Versus
  July 12th, 2008
  

  This Bicycle.net video is supplied by our friends at Versus.com Beltran Caught, Expelled By Bob Roll Stage 8 of the 2008 Tour de France will be marked as the great [...]

• 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 [...]

• David Millar Has High Hopes For Tour de France Glory In 2008
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – This time last year David Millar came back to the Tour de France with the air of a debutant trying [...]

• 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 [...]

• Study: Olympic and Tour de France Enhanced Performance Drug Testing Flawed
  June 26th, 2008
  

  International Herald Tribune: Study shows problems with Olympic-style tests Athletes who want to cheat by injecting themselves with a performance-enhancing drug that boosts their blood cell count can do so [...]

• 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 [...]