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• Cycling Has Clean Bill Of Health, Says Pat McQuaid
  September 25th, 2011
  

  by Justin Davis COPENHAGEN, Sept 24, 2011 (AFP) – World cycling president Pat McQuaid believes the sport has turned a corner and has ushered in a new era in which [...]

• UCI Extends Tour Down Under License
  August 3rd, 2011
  

  GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug 3, 2011 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) has agreed to extend the Tour Down Under’s WorldTour licence until 2015, it was announced on Wednesday. The [...]

• Embattled Cycling Chiefs Strongly Deny Armstrong Doping Cover-Up
  May 23rd, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS, May 22, 2011 – World cycling chiefs have vehemently denied covering up a positive drugs test by retired cycling champion Lance Armstrong, following claims by [...]

• 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). [...]

• Peloton And The UCI On Collision Course Over Radio Ban
  March 18th, 2011
  

  The International Cycling Union (UCI) dug its heels in Friday as the elite peloton continued its defiance in the wake of a radio-earpiece ban which threatens to scupper the start [...]

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

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

• 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 [...]

• Caucchioli First Rider To Challenge The Biological Passport To CAS
  October 26th, 2010
  

  Italian cyclist Pietro Caucchioli, suspended for two years for a doping positive, will be the first cyclist to challenge the biological passport before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), [...]

• Hoy Laments UCI’s Attitude To Track
  September 23rd, 2010
  

  LONDON – Beijing Olympic hero Sir Chris Hoy has hit out at the International Cycling Union (UCI), claiming the world ruling body is “set on destroying the sport”. Hoy, a [...]

• Team RadioShack Gets Lombardy Green Light
  September 14th, 2010
  

  PARIS – Lance Armstrong’s RadioShack team were invited to race in the Tour of Lombardy on Tuesday, just days after threatening to take the organizers to arbitration in an attempt [...]

• 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 [...]

• Leipheimer Probably Doped At 2005 Tour, Says Ex-Boss
  August 5th, 2010
  

  PARIS – A former team manager of cycling star Levi Leipheimer has claimed the American narrowly escaped a positive test for blood doping during the 2005 Tour de France. Leipheimer, [...]

• New US Colorado Race Set and Armstrong Might Race
  August 4th, 2010
  

  DENVER, Colorado, Aug 4, 2010 (AFP) – Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong helped reveal a new US cycling stage race to debut in 2011 and the American star [...]

• UCI – Tour de France Bikes To Be Scanned For Motors
  June 18th, 2010
  

  PARIS, June 18, 2010 – Bikes used at the Tour de France will be scanned to make sure they do not contain illegal motors, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced [...]

• 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. [...]

• 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, [...]

• UCI Asks For Probes On Cyclists Accused By Landis
  May 26th, 2010
  

  GENEVA, May 26, 2010 – Cycling’s governing body UCI said Wednesday that it has asked for probes to be carried out on four riders who have been accused by disgraced [...]

• 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, [...]

• 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). [...]

• UCI In Fresh Spat With French Anti-Doping Agency
  October 29th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Oct 30, 2009 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Thursday reopened a war of words with the French anti-doping agency AFLD in blasting an AFLD report which [...]

• UCI In Fresh Spat With French Anti-Doping Agency
  October 29th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Oct 30, 2009 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Thursday reopened a war of words with the French anti-doping agency AFLD in blasting an AFLD report which [...]

• Contador, Spain Dominate Cycling World Rankings
  October 19th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Oct 19, 2009 (AFP) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador finished the official cycling season as the top ranked rider in the International Cycling Union (UCI) world calendar [...]

• ‘End of the Pro Tour’ As Top Teams Ditch License
  July 15th, 2008
  

  PAU, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) – Seventeen of the world’s top cycling teams said on Tuesday they would not be seeking a Pro Tour license for 2009, according to [...]

• 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 [...]

• Tour de France Is Wrong To Break Away From UCI, McQuaid Says
  July 2nd, 2008
  

  by Jean Montois PARIS, July 1, 2008 (AFP) – Top cycling official Pat McQuaid has expressed his wish for a trouble-free Tour de France but says that it was a [...]