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• 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 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 [...]

• UCI To Take Legal Action Against Landis
  May 4th, 2011
  

  GENEVA, May 4, 2011 – World cycling chief Pat McQuaid has taken legal action against disgraced former Tour de France winner Floyd Landis for libel, the governing body said on [...]

• McQuaid “UCI Had No Choice Over Contador Appeal”
  March 24th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis APELDOORN, Netherlands, March 24, 2011 – International Cycling Union chief Pat McQuaid said Thursday the UCI had been left with no choice but to appeal the [...]

• 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 [...]

• UCI, WADA, Mull Over Contador Appeal
  March 5th, 2011
  

  Cycling’s governing body will decide later this month whether to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the decision by Spanish authorities not to press charges against [...]

• Teams Want UCI Discussion On Race Radio Dispute
  February 25th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Feb 25, 2011 – Professional cycling teams have called for a round table discussion with the International Cycling Union (UCI) over a two-way radio dispute which threatens to disrupt [...]

• McQuaid Wants Contador Case Resolved Before Tour
  February 16th, 2011
  

  MUSCAT, Feb 16, 2011 – World cycling chief Pat McQuaid insisted Wednesday that he wants a definitive decision on the doping case of Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador before the start [...]

• Drugs and Engines Mar Cycling’s 2010 Season
  December 16th, 2010
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS – The scourge of doping blighted cycling once more in 2010, where the most gripping Tour de France duel in years was marred by the [...]

• Landis Doubts Contador, Says UCI “Protected” Riders
  November 28th, 2010
  

  BERLIN – Disgraced cyclist Floyd Landis has placed doubt on reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador’s claims that a positive test for clenbuterol was down to contaminated meat. And [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• BALCO Probe Did Little Good, Says Pat McQuaid
  July 10th, 2010
  

  LES ROUSSES, France – A federal investigation which led to a prison term for disgraced athletics queen Marion Jones did little good to the fight against doping in sport, UCI [...]

• UCI Gives Armstrong No Favors During Probe
  July 10th, 2010
  

  LES ROUSSES, France – World cycling chief Pat McQuaid declared that Lance Armstrong will benefit from no preferential treatment as a doping probe into the American cycling icon appears to [...]

• UCI Claims ‘No Conflict Of Interest’ In Armstrong Donation
  May 25th, 2010
  

  PLAN DE CORONES, Italy, May 25, 2010 (AFP) – World cycling chief Pat McQuaid rejected claims there was a conflict of interest in the sport’s governing body accepting a 100,000 [...]

• Pat McQuaid: “In our view, the AFLD has no credibility”
  May 10th, 2010
  

  MONTREAL, May 10, 2010 (AFP) – Pat McQuaid, president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), said that “the French Agency (AFLD) has no more credibility in the fight against doping, [...]

• 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 [...]

• Pat McQuaid Not Worried By French Anti-Doping Snub
  March 6th, 2010
  

  PARIS, March 6, 2010 (AFP) – Cycling boss Pat McQuaid said Saturday he was not surprised by the French anti-doping agency’s (AFLD) announcement they would not be cooperating with the [...]

• Armstrong-Contador Row “Good For Sport” Says UCI Chief
  January 23rd, 2010
  

  ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 23, 2010 (AFP) – Lance Armstrong’s simmering row with Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is “healthy” for cycling and better than the usual doping controversies, the [...]

• UCI Ponders Football Style Transfers
  January 23rd, 2010
  

  ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 23, 2010 (AFP) – Cycling is set to clamp down on transfers of riders between teams after high-profile swoops by Britain’s rich new Sky outfit, the sport’s [...]

• UCI Powerless To Stop Valverde From Racing At Worlds
  September 26th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis MENDRISIO, Switzerland, Sept 26, 2009 (AFP) – World cycling chief Pat McQuaid said the International Cycling Union (UCI) could do nothing to stop Alejandro Valverde from racing [...]

• UCI Reports That Astana License Hangs In The Balance
  September 26th, 2009
  

  The cycling future of the Astana team, whose star rider is Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, could be in doubt, UCI chief Pat McQuaid said Saturday. Astana are currently [...]

• Olympic Track Cycling Set For Overhaul
  September 26th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis MENDRISIO, Switzerland, Sept 26, 2009 (AFP) – Female track cyclists could be among the biggest winners at the London Olympics after it emerged Saturday that world cycling [...]

• Pat McQuaid Is Re-Elected At UCI
  September 25th, 2009
  

  International Cycling Union (UCI) chief Pat McQuaid was re-elected for another four-year mandate Friday following a UCI congress on the fringes of the world road race championships. The 60-year-old Irishman [...]

• French Minister Says UCI Must Not Waver
  July 16th, 2009
  

  VITTEL, France, July 16, 2009 (AFP) – French Minister for Sport Roselyne Bachelot hit out Thursday at cycling’s world ruling body, calling for a more stringent approach to carrying out [...]

• Decision On Tour Race Radios On Thursday – UCI
  July 15th, 2009
  

  Cycling’s world governing body, the UCI, appears set to make a u-turn on the controversial banning of race radios for stage 13 of the Tour de France on Friday. However, [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Tom Boonen To Be Given A Chance To Race At Tour de France
  June 10th, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 10, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian star Tom Boonen has been given a chance to compete in next month’s Tour de France despite a recent, second positive test for [...]

• 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, [...]

• Open Letter To Mr. Pat Mc Quaid, President of the UCI.
  April 18th, 2009
  

  Written by: Myles McCorry of BikePure.org Firstly, may I congratulate the UCI on the evolving efforts to rid our wonderful sport of the cheats and their suppliers who continue to [...]

• Pat McQuaid Defends Armstrong Over ‘Showergate’
  April 11th, 2009
  

  France’s anti-doping authority (AFLD) was criticized Friday by cycling chief Pat McQuaid over its handling of the Lance Armstrong ‘shower’ case. On Thursday the AFLD announced it was pursuing the [...]

• UCI Chief Heralds The Impact Of Anti-Doping Passport Program
  February 19th, 2009
  

  Pat McQuaid, president of world cycling’s governing body UCI, says the biological passport programme introduced in January last year will help bring an end to doping problems in the sport. [...]

• Pat McQuaid Welcomed Decision To Reopen Operation Puerto Inquiry
  January 21st, 2009
  

  PARIS, Jan 21, 2009 (AFP) – Cycling chief Pat McQuaid on Wednesday welcomed a Spanish judge’s decision to reopen the Operation Puerto inquiry into blood doping. Operation Puerto, Spain’s most [...]

• UCI Chief Pat McQuaid Announces End To Chaotic Cycling Feud
  August 17th, 2008
  

  BEIJING, Aug 18, 2008 (AFP) – World cycling chief Pat McQuaid said Monday a long-running feud that has “split the cycling family” is nearing its end, as he announced the [...]

• 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 [...]

• UCI Chief Pat McQuaid Calls For Spanish To Clean Up Cycling
  July 16th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis FOIX, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – World cycling chief Pat McQuaid has called on the Spanish authorities to increase their efforts in the fight against doping [...]

• 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 [...]

• Teams request changes to Paris-Nice contract
  May 2nd, 2008
  

  PARIS, Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) – Cyclists due to compete in the Paris-Nice stage race have asked organisers to make amendments to a proposed teams’ contract, which in midweek prompted [...]

• UCI boss slams colluding ASO and French sports ministry
  March 7th, 2008
  

  PARIS, March 7, 2008 (AFP) – World cycling chief Pat McQuaid on Friday stoked the feud with race organisers Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO), accusing them of colluding to form a [...]

• Paris-Nice Row Deepens As UCI Warns Of ‘Consequences’
  March 1st, 2008
  

  Paris-Nice row deepens as UCI warns of ‘consequences’ PARIS, March 1, 2008 (AFP) – Cyclists due to compete in the Paris-Nice event should ensure they respect the world governing body’s [...]

• Hamilton, Rock Racing Fighting Mad Over Rider Exclusions
  February 19th, 2008
  

  Ahead of stage one of the Tour of California, the Rock Racing team was still up in arms about the exclusion of its three GC stars, Santiago Botero, Oscar Sevilla, [...]