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 bring cycling into disrepute. With major scientific advances in drug-testing procedures, coupled with the mainstream global desire for a new start, we can visualize an era of clean, real cycle … [Read more...]
Pat McQuaid Defends Armstrong Over ‘Showergate’
April 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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 seven-time Tour de France champion for unprofessional behavior, claiming the Texan had violated strict dope-testing rules. Their beef with Armstrong relates to an out-of-competition test last … [Read more...]
UCI Chief Heralds The Impact Of Anti-Doping Passport Program
February 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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. Years of high-profile drug scandals moved UCI to introduce the passports, which contain a personal record of each cyclist's drug-testing history, to 850 pro riders. "I genuinely and honestly think we … [Read more...]
Pat McQuaid Welcomed Decision To Reopen Operation Puerto Inquiry
January 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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 far-reaching doping investigation, was put on ice last September but a Madrid court ordered it to be restarted this month. Public prosecutors, the Spanish Sports Council, the Spanish Cycling … [Read more...]
UCI Chief Pat McQuaid Announces End To Chaotic Cycling Feud
August 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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 creation of a new world cycling calendar. International Cycling Union (UCI) president McQuaid has been fighting resistance from major race organisers, including the Tour de France, in recent years following disagreements … [Read more...]
IOC Anti-Doping Chief Arne Ljungqvist Backs Up Cycling At Olympic Games
August 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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 barred from the Games. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chief John Fahey said last week that sports tarnished by doping, including cycling and weightlifting, risked being expelled from the … [Read more...]
World Cycling Chief Pat McQuaid Wants Support, Not Criticism
August 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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 the Olympics. WADA chief Fahey said Monday that cycling was among several sports, including weightlifting, that risked their Olympic futures if they continued to be plagued by doping. McQuaid, speaking a … [Read more...]
UCI ‘Disgusted’ At Spanish Rider Moreno Positive Doping Test At Olympics
August 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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 at the Olympics, blasting the country's "lax attitude" to doping. Maria Isobel Moreno produced tested positive for blood-booster EPO after being tested on July 31, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) … [Read more...]
UCI Chief Pat McQuaid Calls For Spanish To Clean Up Cycling
July 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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 after the latest doping affair at the Tour de France. Moises Duenas of the Barloworld team became the second Spaniard to leave the race under a cloud Wednesday after being told he had tested positive for the … [Read more...]
Tour de France Is Wrong To Break Away From UCI, McQuaid Says
July 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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 mistake for the event to have broken away from the International Cycling Union (UCI). The Irishman says he regrets that the Tour is going ahead outside the scope of the UCI. "I am saddened by this, but it is the decision of the … [Read more...]