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• 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 [...]

• Wiggins and Romero Lose Out In Cycling Shake-Up
  December 11th, 2009
  

  LONDON, Dec 10, 2009 (AFP) – British cyclists Bradley Wiggins and Rebecca Romero will not be able to defend their titles at the 2012 Games in London after changes to [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• IOC Anti-Doping Chief Arne Ljungqvist Backs Up Cycling At Olympic Games
  August 15th, 2008
  

  BEIJING, Aug 15, 2008 (AFP) – Professor Arne Ljungqvist, head of the International Olympic Committee’s medical commission, has brushed off a suggestion that the troubled sport of cycling should be [...]

• 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 [...]

• Scientist Donald Barry: Anti-Doping Tests Do Not Pass Statistical muster
  August 6th, 2008
  

  PARIS Aug 6, 2008 (AFP) – Anti-doping tests used at the Olympics and other major sporting events are too often based on faulty science and statistical methods that can yield [...]

• Masked US Cyclists Apologize To Beijing Olympic Organizers (with Video)
  August 6th, 2008
  

  by Jim Slater BEIJING, Aug 6, 2008 (AFP) – Four US cyclists who wore masks over their nose and mouths over pollution fears when arriving in Beijing apologized Wednesday to [...]

• 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 [...]