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Pat McQuaid Not Worried By French Anti-Doping Snub
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 International Cycling Union (UCI) at next week’s Paris-Nice race.
“For the UCI it’s an accepted fact that the AFLD will [...]
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- USA Cycling Names UCI BMX Supercross Team
March 4th, 2010Eight riders named to funded team for UCI BMX Supercross World Cup opener in Madrid
Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 4, 2010) – USA Cycling announced today the eight athletes it will send to round one of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Madrid, Spain, March 26-27. The Madrid Supercross is the fifth event that factors [...] - Anne Gripper Steps Down At UCI
March 3rd, 2010Mr Jean-Pierre Strebel, whose appointment as Director General of the International Cycling Union was recently confirmed after a period in this role ad interim, has officially announced the departure of Ms Anne Gripper, Manager of the UCI’s Anti-doping Service since October 2006, and her replacement by Ms Francesca Rossi.
Anne Gripper led several extremely important actions [...] - UCI Officially Denies Pro License to Rock Racing
March 3rd, 2010The UCI has officially denied Rock Racing a professional license after the team has failed to meet the criteria for approval. Rock Racing was first denied a Pro Continetal license by the UCI back in January, and thus they tried to get just a Continental license, but were denied that also.
Michael Ball [...] - India To stage Tour de Mumbai Pro-Cycle Race
February 17th, 2010Written by: Phil Hazlewood
MUMBAI, Feb 17, 2010 (AFP) – India hosts its first professional cycling race sanctioned by the sport’s world governing body this weekend, with hopes it will showcase home-grown talent and boost public interest in two-wheel transport.
The 100-kilometer (62-mile) criterium event in Mumbai on [...] - 2010 USA Cycling Pro Tour Calendar Unveiled
February 5th, 2010Colorado Springs, Colo. (February 5, 2010)— USA Cycling announced today the fourth edition of the USA Cycling Professional Tour, which is highlighted by an expanded calendar and two first-time UCI events.
While Garmin-Transitions’ Dave Zabriskie captured the individual title in 2009, the powerful Columbia-HTC team edged fellow U.S. based Pro Tour squad, Garmin for the [...] - Disgraced Di Luca Handed Handed Fine And Two-Year Ban
February 1st, 2010ROME, 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, the 2007 Tour of Italy champion, finished second to Russia’s Denis Menchov in a thrilling finish to [...] - Greipel Leads UCI Ranking, So Does HTC-Columbia
January 26th, 2010André Greipel (Team HTC-Columbia) is the first rider in 2010 to top the UCI World Rankings following his impressive overall GC win at the Tour Town Under.
Individual Standings:
* Andre Greipel (HTC-Columbia) – 119 points
* Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Caisse d’Epargne) – 86 points
* Greg Henderson (Team Sky) – 79 points
Nation Standings:
* Australia – [...] - CAS Dismisses Schumacher’s Appeal
January 25th, 2010World 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 France.
Schumacher tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO CERA both at the Tour de France and Olympic Games in [...] - Armstrong-Contador Row “Good For Sport” Says UCI Chief
January 23rd, 2010ADELAIDE, 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 sport’s chief said on Saturday.
Pat McQuaid, president of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) said the verbal hostilities since last [...] - UCI Ponders Football Style Transfers
January 23rd, 2010ADELAIDE, 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 chief said on Saturday,
UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) president Pat McQuaid said criticism of Team Sky’s tactics had prompted a [...] - Valverde Doping Decision Delayed Until March
January 14th, 2010GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan 14, 2010 (AFP) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday was unable to rule on demands to impose a two-yearinternational ban on cyclist Alejandro Valverde.
The Spanish rider is already serving a two-year suspension in Italy for alleged links to the
now famous Operation Puerto doping scandal.
[...] - BMC Racing Team Awarded UCI Wild Card For 2010
January 12th, 2010The BMC Racing Team learned Monday it has been granted Wild Card status for the 2010 season by the International Cycling Union (UCI).
The decision by the UCI’s license committee earns the U.S.-registered professional continental team the right to be invited to races on both the UCI ProTour schedule and the Historic Monuments of [...] - Australian Team Named For World Cup Track Classic
January 11th, 2010The Australian team named on Monday for the Beijing UCI Track World Cup Classic from January 22 to 24:
Australia Roster -
Alex Bird, Luke Durbridge, Michael Hepburn, Leigh Howard, Peter Lewis, Travis Meyer, Shane Perkins, Glenn O’Shea, Ashlee Ankudinoff, Megan Dunn, Sarah Kent, Anna Meares, Emily Rosemond, Josephine Tomic.
Team Jayco – Daniel Ellis, Jason Niblett, Scott [...] - Fleeman To Publish Blood Results
January 6th, 2010TEAM RALEIGH’S FLEEMAN TO PUBLISH BLOOD RESULTS ON BIKEPURE.ORG
Team Raleigh rider Dan Fleeman has announced that he will be publishing his blood profile results exclusively on the BikePure.org website this coming season. Fleeman, who recently signed a contract with the new Raleigh continental professional team rode for ProTour team Cérvelo for the 2009 season.
Fleeman previously [...] - Rosters For Continetal Teams For 2010
December 23rd, 2009Rosters announced for eleven Continental teams registered for 2010 racing season
Colorado Springs, Colo. (December 23, 2009)— USA Cycling has announced the 11 squads that have been registered as UCI Continental teams in the United States for the 2010 racing season, as well as their respective rosters.
Along with the previously announced UCI Pro Continental squad (BMC [...] - Clearidium and Team Saxo Bank Part Ways
December 19th, 2009Rasmus’ company Clearidium will work directly for the UCI next year and it is therefore not possible for Rasmus to continue the private programs he initiated.
Autumn 2006 Bjarne Riis and Rasmus Damsgaard started the first private anti-doping program based on information and the 12-4-4 concept – 12 blood profiles, 4 steroid profiles and 4 EPO [...] - 20 Teams Apply For Wild Card Pro Continental Status
December 18th, 2009The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced today that 20 Professional Continetal Teams have submitted applications to be granted “Wild Card” status in the 2010 season. If they are awarded “Wild Card” status they will have the ability to receive invites to any race on the UCI ProTour race calender.
To receive a “Wild Card” status [...] - Bosberg Banning Sparks Debate
December 18th, 2009If you didn’t see the press conference earlier, view it here first. Very upsetting news from the UCI regarding the Bosberg being “aesthetic doping.”
We still haven’t heard any official word from the UCI yet regarding the Bosberg “being too good looking” for professional competition. But it seems their unusual move to set a limit not [...] - Verbruggen and Pound Close War Of Words
December 17th, 2009GENEVA, Dec 17, 2009 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) and former World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Dick Pound said Thursday that they had settled a lawsuit over allegedly injurious comments by Pound.
The ICU, its former president Hein Verbruggen and Pound released a joint statement closing the litigation [...] - UCI Bans the Bosberg
December 16th, 2009Submitted by: Ritte Racing
Well this is pretty upsetting. In an unprecedented move, the UCI bans the Bosberg from competition based on the way it looks. They could have discussed their issues with us directly, but instead they just let us hear the lame news through the grapevine. Frankly this isn’t surprising given their unreasonable stance [...] - UCI Bans the Bosberg
December 16th, 2009Well this is pretty upsetting. In an unprecedented move, the UCI bans the Bosberg from competition based on the way it looks. They could have discussed their issues with us directly, but instead they just let us hear the lame news through the grapevine. Frankly this isn’t surprising given their unreasonable stance against progress. The [...]
- 2009 Was “My Best Year Ever” Says Contador
December 15th, 2009Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador said Monday that 2009 has been his best year ever, as he received the award from the International Cycling Union (UCI) as the 2009 season’s top rider.
“I think this has been my best year ever, in terms of results rather than [...] - Wiggins and Romero Lose Out In Cycling Shake-Up
December 11th, 2009LONDON, 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 the Olympic track program were announced on Thursday.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved the changes proposed by cycling’s world governing body, the International Cycling [...] - Registration of the UCI Professional Continental Teams for the 2010 Season
December 2nd, 2009Based on the document presented to the UCI and following the reports given by the auditor Ernst&Young, the International Cycling Union has approved the registration of the following 19 UCI Professional Continental Teams for the 2010 season:
Acqua & Sapone (ITA)
Andalucia Cajasur (ESP)
Bbox Bouygues Telecom (FRA)
BMC Racing Team (USA)
Carmiooro – NGC (GBR)
CCC Polsat Polkowice (POL)
Ceramica Flaminia [...] - Rebellin To Be Stripped Of Olympic Silver Medal
November 17th, 2009PARIS, 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 of his road race silver medal the sport’s governing body the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced on Tuesday.
The UCI confirmed that the International Olympic [...] - CAS Postpones Hearing In Valverde Doping Case
November 9th, 2009GENEVA, Nov 9, 2009 (AFP) – The Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) said on Monday that it had postponed a hearing into Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde’s appeal against a doping ban that sidelined him from this year’s Tour de France.
The hearing into the two year suspension on Italian soil imposed by the Italian [...] - Spanish Rider Provisionally Suspended For Doping
November 6th, 2009GENEVA, 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 doping test.
“The decision to provisionally suspend this rider was made in response to a report from the WADA accredited laboratory in Lausanne indicating an [...] - Spanish Rider Provisionally Suspended For Doping
November 5th, 2009GENEVA, 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 doping test.
“The decision to provisionally suspend this rider was made in response to a report from the WADA accredited [...] - Contador Mulling Over Astana Decision
October 30th, 2009MADRID, Oct 29, 2009 (AFP) – Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador revealed on Thursday that he is yet to choose which team he will ride for next season but is likely to remain with his current outfit Astana.
“I’m in the process of evaluating the Astana team, with [...] - UCI In Fresh Spat With French Anti-Doping Agency
October 29th, 2009PARIS, 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 suggested the Union had favored the Astana team in the Tour de France.
The French earlier this month released a [...] - UCI In Fresh Spat With French Anti-Doping Agency
October 29th, 2009PARIS, 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 suggested the Union had favored the Astana team in the Tour de France.
The French earlier this month released a critical report suggesting the UCI [...] - Contador Eyes Spanish Team In 2010
October 24th, 2009MADRID, Oct 24, 2009 (AFP) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador would like to race with a Spanish team next year but refused to rule out staying with Astana until his contract with the Kazakh-funded outfit runs out in 2010.
Astana has not yet been granted a ProTour license [...] - Team Saxo Bank Application Approved
October 23rd, 2009[23.10 15:13] Team Saxo Bank and Riis Cycling have now received written confirmation that all documents are in order for the requirements concerning the 2010 UCI license.
Media reports earlier today speculated that the team’s application was not meeting the requirements relevant for the application. UCI has now confirmed this is not the case. - Aurelien Duval Suspended After Failing A Doping Test
October 23rd, 2009PARIS, Oct 23, 2009 (AFP) – French rider Aurelien Duval of the Francaise des Jeux team was provisionally suspended on Friday by the International Cycling Union (UCI) after failing a drugs test.
Duval tested positive for the banned stimulant norfenfluramine in a urine sample collected during the Circuit Franco-Belge race on October [...] - Astana Hopeful Of Keeping Contador
October 23rd, 2009Kazakh cycling team Astana, still awaiting their ProTour license, insisted Friday they are hopeful of keeping Tour de France champion Alberto Contador among their riders.
Astana and four other teams – Caisse d’Epargne, Euskaltel, Saxo Bank and Sky – were on Thursday found lacking by the International Cycling Union (UCI) in their [...] - Contador, Spain Dominate Cycling World Rankings
October 19th, 2009PARIS, 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 released on Monday.
In an all-Spanish podium Contador, who rides for Astana, finished top on 527 points, ahead of second [...] - Team Radio Shack Awarded A Four-Year Pro Tour License
October 17th, 2009Radio Shack, the new team which will be spearheaded by cycling icon Lance Armstrong as of 2010, is guaranteed entry to all major races after being granted a Pro Tour license.
“Following examination of the request received, the License Commission has awarded a four-year UCI ProTour license for the period 2010 [...] - Contador, Astana Say They Have Nothing To Hide
October 14th, 2009PARIS, Oct 14, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador played down the threat of a drugs probe that was launched a day before the presentation of next year’s race.
Paris prosecutors on Tuesday revealed they had launched an investigation after the discovery of suspicious medical [...] - UCI Responds To AFLD Attack
October 7th, 2009A doping inspector with the International Cycling Union (UCI) has backed the body’s claims that Lance Armstrong’s team were not given special treatment by UCI anti-doping inspectors at the 2009 Tour de France.
Doctors from France’s national anti-doping agency (AFLD) carried out most of the drug testing at July’s three-week epic, won by [...] - AFLD Chief Slams The UCI and Astana
October 7th, 2009French anti-doping chiefs (AFLD) said Wednesday they were surprised at the lack of positive doping tests at this year’s Tour de France and said they won’t collaborate with world cycling’s ruling body next year.
And the AFLD maintained its claims that the Astana team of Lance Armstrong and eventual winner Alberto Contador [...] - Team Astana And Contador Had Easy Ride On Dope Tests Claims Newspaper Le Monde
October 5th, 2009The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Monday rejected accusations by the French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD) that they showed the Astana team preferential treatment over drug tests at the Tour de France.
French newspapers Le Monde and Le Figaro alleged that the team of race winner Alberto Contador and third-placed Lance [...] - Team Silence Sack Dope Cheat Dekker, And Change Team Name
October 1st, 2009BRUSSELS, 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 claimed two Tour de France runner-up places in three years thanks to Austrlian Cadel Evans, also announced they will change [...] - Dekker B-Sample Comes Back Positive
September 30th, 2009The 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 findings and is awaiting his sanction, ANP reported.
The 24-year-old Silence rider risks a four-year ban.
The sample was [...] - UCI Decides No ProTour License For Bouygues and Cofidis
September 29th, 2009French cycling teams Bougyues Telecom and Cofidis will not race on the ProTour circuit next season after the UCI, world cycling’s governing body, refused to renew their licenses.
The license commission “has decided not to award a UCI ProTour license to the French teams Cofidis… and Bbox Bouygues Telecom”, UCI said, [...] - UCI Powerless To Stop Valverde From Racing At Worlds
September 26th, 2009by 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 the world championships road race on Sunday.
Valverde is currently serving a two-year ban in Italy handed down [...] - UCI Reports That Astana License Hangs In The Balance
September 26th, 2009The 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 hoping to impress the UCI Pro Tour license commission sufficiently to gain a new four-year license and thus be able to continue racing [...] - Olympic Track Cycling Set For Overhaul
September 26th, 2009by 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 chiefs want “gender parity” at the 2012 Games.
Currently, there are 10 track cycling finals at the Olympics.
[...] - Pat McQuaid Is Re-Elected At UCI
September 25th, 2009International 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 was the only candidate for the post, which he took over from Dutchman Hein Verbruggen in 2005.
A former professional racer [...] - Cycling Chiefs Vote On Controversial Race Radio ban
September 24th, 2009MENDRISIO, Switzerland, Sept 24, 2009 (AFP) – World cycling chiefs have voted to ban the two-way radios which most professional teams rely on to help dictate tactics and to aid with security during races.
The International Cycling Union (UCI) management committee, meeting here at the world road race championships which [...] - UCI Grants Pro Tour Status To AG2R And Team Sky
September 18th, 2009PARIS, Sept 18, 2009 (AFP) – New British cycling outfit Team Sky and French team AG2R were on Friday granted Pro Tour licenses, allowing them to compete in all of the sport’s big races as of next season, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced Friday.
The UCI said in a [...] - UCI Suspends Biondo – Tour of Denmark Runner-Up For Doping
September 14th, 2009PARIS, 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 blood booster EPO (erythropoietin).
Biondo won the time trial at last month’s Tour of Denmark, where he finished second overall.
A [...] - World Mountain Bike Championship Results
September 6th, 2009CANBERRA, Sept 6, 2009 (AFP) – World mountain bike championship results here on Sunday:
Downhill
Men’s final:
1. Steve Peat (GBR) 48.735 seconds
2. Greg Minnaar (RSA) [...] - Peat and Ragot Wins Downhill Finals At MTB Worlds
September 6th, 2009CANBERRA, Sept 6, 2009 (AFP) – British veteran Steve Peat overcame a second-place jinx to win the elite men’s downhill event on the final day at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships at Stromlo Forest Park here on Sunday.
Peat, 35, has four times been a runner-up in the time [...] - Astarloza Denies Doping Allegations
August 4th, 2009SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Aug 4, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Mikel Astarloza, who was suspended after he failed an out-of-competition doping test, said Tuesday he is certain he will be cleared of the allegations.
“I received a call from the UCI and I thought it was a joke. I was [...] - Contador To Miss San Sebastian Classic
August 1st, 2009MADRID, July 31, 2009 (AFP) – Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will not compete in the San Sebastian classic, one of the top one-day events on the UCI ProTour, which takes place on Saturday in northern Spain.
The Spaniard’s name was not on the list of the Astana team [...] - Mikel Astarloza Fails Doping Test
July 31st, 2009GENEVA, 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 doping test, international cycling’s governing body said Friday.
The International Cycling Union (UCI) said it had informed Astarloza of the [...] - UCI ‘Rejects’ Rasmussen’s Stance On Anti-Doping Costs
July 23rd, 2009GENEVA, July 23, 2009 (AFP) – World cycling’s governing body said Thursday that it “strongly rejects” banned rider Michael Rasmussen’s refusal to contribute to the costs of anti-doping procedures, shortly before a planned comeback.
The International Cycling Union said that while it would not oppose Rasmussen’s decision to return to [...] - Di Luca Suspended After Failing Drug Tests At Tour of Italy
July 22nd, 2009LE 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 tests for EPO CERA during the Tour of Italy.
The 33-year-old LPR team leader, who is not competing in the [...] - French Minister Says UCI Must Not Waver
July 16th, 2009VITTEL, 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 the doping controls on the race.
An incident involving the Astana team of race favourites Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong [...] - UCI Lifts Ban On Tour Race Radios
July 16th, 2009GENEVA, July 16, 2009 (AFP) – Cycling’s world governing body, the UCI, on Thursday reversed its controversial decision to ban race radios for stage 13 of the Tour de France on Friday.
“To put an end to the controversy which is compromising the running of the Tour de France, the [...] - Decision On Tour Race Radios On Thursday – UCI
July 15th, 2009Cycling’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, UCI chief Pat McQuaid said no decision will be made by the UCI’s management committee until Thursday.
“The Tour organizers [...] - Teams Going Crazy Over Race Radio Ban, But Tour Chiefs Stand Firm
July 13th, 2009The 10th stage of the Tour de France will start under a cloud after 14 rebel teams and race organizers reached a stalemate Monday in the row over the banning of radio communication.
So far 14 of the 20 teams on the Tour have signed a petition protesting against [...] - Pesky Doping Controls Start To ‘Suck’ For Armstrong
July 11th, 2009Lance Armstrong admitted Saturday that constant anti-doping controls are starting to get on his nerves after being tested twice in one day.
The 37-year-old is third in the general classification after Friday’s 176.5km eighth stage from Andorra to Saint Girons as he bids to win an eighth yellow jersey [...] - Angry Teams To Petition Tour Bosses Over Radio Ban
July 11th, 2009by Ryland James
SAINT GIRONS, France, July 11, 2009 (AFP) – Top Tour de France teams will protest plans to ban radio contact between riders and their team managers on two of next week’s stages.
Johan Bruyneel, the team manager of Astana which includes yellow jersey favorites Lance [...] - New Test Detects Hidden Drug Synacthene
July 9th, 2009Anti-doping authorities have perfected a new test capable of detecting the drug Synacthene and it is currently being used by doping controllers at the Tour de France, sources have told Bicycle.net.
The substance, a synthetic hormone also known as ACTH, has up to now proved virtually impossible to detect and [...] - Thomas Dekker Tests Positive For EPO And Is Out Of 2009 Tour de France
July 1st, 2009BRUSSELS, 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 blood-booster EPO, his Silence team announced Wednesday.
The sample was originally taken on December 24, 2007, but Silence said that [...] - Ritchey Design Time Trial Handlebars Compliant with International Cycling Union “3:1″ Component Regulation
June 20th, 2009Ritchey Design shares the bicycle industry’s concerns about UCI regulations that could limit future innovation in bicycle equipment design
SAN CARLOS, Calif. – June 18, 2009 – Ritchey Design announced today that its time trial handlebars, the WCS Carbon Hammerhead and WCS Carbon Interval, comply with the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) “3:1″ bicycle design regulation that [...] - Boonen Banned From Tour, But UCI Takes No Action
June 18th, 2009PARIS, June 18, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen has been banned from competing in the Tour de France following his positive drug test for cocaine, organizers ASO (Amaury Sport Organization) announced on Thursday.
The 28-year-old Quick Step rider tested positive for cocaine in April, less than a [...] - Even though UCI Snares Five Cheats Vast Majority Are Clean
June 18th, 2009by Stephanie Pertuiset
PARIS, June 18, 2009 (AFP) – World cycling’s anti-doping chief Anne Gripper said the vast majority of the elite peloton appear to be riding clean after months-long analysis of tell-tale blood parameters.
Gripper was speaking at a press conference here Wednesday where it was announced [...] - Boonen “Didn’t Ingest Cocaine” – Experts Say
June 18th, 2009BRUSSELS, June 18, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian star Tom Boonen seemingly did not ingest cocaine, the substance for which he tested positive six weeks ago for the second time in a year, Belgian media Thursday quoted a panel of independent experts as saying.
The panel based their conclusion on the [...] - Biological Passport Doping Cheats Suspended By Teams
June 17th, 2009Two of the Italian cyclists identified in cyclings new rigorous anti-doping biological passport program have been suspended by their teams, officials said on Wednesday.
The decision concerning the two riders, Pietro Caucchioli (Lampre) and Francesco de Bonis (Diquigiovanni), was taken on a provisional basis following the announcement by the [...] - Blood Passport Program – Judgement Day
June 17th, 2009Written by: Myles McCorry
Ag2R/La Mondiale team doctor Eric Bouvat was very angry last week when convicted doper, turned informer, Bernard Kohl, allegedly accused many other riders of using performance-enhancing substances.
“In doping himself, he put a terrible pressure on clean riders, who represent 95 percent of the peloton,” Mr Bouvat said in an interview with L’Equipe. [...] - The UCI Catch Five Doping Cheats With The Biological Passports
June 17th, 2009The UCI announced on today (Wednesday) that five professional cyclists would face doping charges based solely on the irregularities found in blood samples from their biological passports.
Igor Astarloa of Spain, the former world road race champion, is among the three Spaniards and two Italians who are facing [...] - Self-Injecting Blood Cheats Keep UCI On Their Toes
June 11th, 2009by Justin Davis
PARIS, June 11, 2009 (AFP) – Pledges to take the battle to the drugs cheats at next month’s Tour de France are likely to be kept in check by a painful reality: the lack of a detection test for autologous blood doping.
After years of [...] - Cycling Chiefs To Name Latest Cheats, Threaten Sanctions
June 10th, 2009by 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 subsequently face sanctions.
UCI chief Pat McQuaid, here Wednesday to announce plans for the fight against doping at [...] - Tour de France 2009 Peloton To Face An Anti-Doping Army
June 10th, 2009by 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 event next month, UCI chief Pat McQuaid has warned.
McQuaid, the president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), [...] - Tom Boonen To Be Given A Chance To Race At Tour de France
June 10th, 2009PARIS, 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 cocaine.
Quick Step star Boonen, the winner of major one-day classics and Tour de France stages, sparked controversy last month [...] - Antonio Colom Of Katusha Test Positive For EPO
June 9th, 2009Colom 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 Cycling Union (UCI) revealed on Tuesday.
Colom had been scheduled to race for the Katusha team in the Tour de France, which begins [...] - Astana Pays Up, And Secures Spot In Tour de France
June 9th, 2009Lance Armstrong will be able to compete for his eighth Tour de France title this summer after his Astana team announced on Monday that they have resolved their financial problems.
Unpaid bank guarantees meant the Kazakh team, who also boast Spain’s 2007 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, had been threatened with [...] - Astana Cash Still Not Delivered Says Johan Bruyneel
June 5th, 2009PARIS, June 5, 2009 (AFP) – Astana, the team of seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and Spanish star Alberto Contador, have yet to pay a bank guarantee on which their racing future depends, manager Johan Bruyneel said Friday.
“The problem has not yet been sorted,” Bruyneel told AFP [...] - Astana Makes Good On Financial Obligations, UCI Now Happy
June 3rd, 2009Astana, the team of seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador, and Levi Leipheimer, have provided financial guarantees to the International Cycling Union (UCI) allowing them to retain their license, the sport’s governing body said on Wednesday.
The UCI had threatened to rescind the team’s Pro-Tour competition license [...] - Boonen Could Still Make Tour de France, Says UCI’s Pat McQuaid
May 27th, 2009BRUSSELS, 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, president of the International Cycling Union (UCI).
“There is no reason to ban Tom Boonen from the Tour. From the [...] - New Jersey, And No Sponsor On Armstrong’s Angry Team Kit
May 15th, 2009American Lance Armstrong’s Astana team admitted Friday they have been forced into desperate measures in a bid to publicize a never-ending financial dispute with their key sponsors.
Seven-time Tour de France winner Armstrong and his Astana teammates started the Tour of Italy’s seventh stage Friday with new jerseys and [...] - Belgians Blast The UCI Decision To Sanction Tom Boonen Over Cocaine
May 14th, 2009BRUSSELS, May 14, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cycling federation president Laurent De Backer has hit out at the president of world cycling, Pat McQuaid, following the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) decision to sanction Tom Boonen.
Belgian star Boonen, who recently claimed a third victory in the prestigious Paris-Roubaix one-day classic, [...] - Armstrong Angry Over Astana Financial Crisis On Eve Of Giro
May 7th, 2009By ANDREW DAMPF,
AP Sports Writer
May 6, 7:22 pm EDT
VENICE, Italy (AP)—Lance Armstrong lashed out Wednesday at Kazakh officials who let his Astana team fall into a financial crisis on the eve of his first Giro d’Italia.
“I don’t know them, I don’t have a personal relationship with them, but I get frustrated,” said the seven-time [...] - Amgen Tour of California Moving To May In 2010
May 6th, 2009For the last two years it was almost impossible not to hear a rumor about the Amgen Tour of California moving the race date to May or June. Well, it seems that the rumors have been more than just rumors, with the Amgen Tour of California now going to take place in [...]
- Cycling’s Top Organizations Partner to Move the Sport Forward
April 26th, 2009April 24, 2009 – Liege, Belgium – Today, for the first time in four years, presidents and top representatives from Association International Groupe Cycliste Professionelle (AIGCP), Union Cycliste International (UCI), and the Association of Race Organizers (AIOCC) met in Liege, Belgium, to discuss how the three organizations can work together to unify cycling. The meeting, [...]
- Open Letter To Mr. Pat Mc Quaid, President of the UCI.
April 18th, 2009Written 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 [...] - Armstrong Criticized For Drug-Test Attitude
April 6th, 2009PARIS, April 6, 2009 (AFP) – A report has been complied on the behavior of American cycling legend Lance Armstrong during a recent out of competition drug test, the French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD) announced on Monday.
AFLD president Pierre Bordry revealed that he had sent the report to the International [...] - Thirty-Six Teams Listed For The UCI Biological Passport Program
March 14th, 2009PARIS, March 13, 2009 (AFP) – Thirty-six teams have been listed in the biological passport programme, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Friday, with all having paid their financial contribution.
“To be included in the programme for biological passports, the teams must fulfill two obligations – they must [...] - UCI Makes Schumacher’s Ban International
March 6th, 2009PARIS, March 6, 2009 (AFP) – German cyclist Stefan Schumacher was on Friday banned from racing anywhere in the world by the sport’s governing body, the UCI.
Last month Schumacher was suspended by French anti-doping agency AFLD from racing in France for failing a Tour de France dope test in [...] - UCI and AFLD Reach AN Anti-Doping Collaboration
March 6th, 2009The 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 agreement will strengthen the anti-doping stance that professional cycling has worked very hard to create.
“There was a strong [...] - So Can Your Kid By A Cycling Champion
February 28th, 2009Parents, who’d have them?
Sometimes I get asked by a parent if I can make their ‘little treasure’ a champion, I never know if this is a serious question. But in case you’re thinking of asking, the answer is simple, it’s a no. The only people who can make you a champion are you [...] - CONI Summons Alejandro Valverde On Doping Suspicions
February 11th, 2009The Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday summoned Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde to face charges of doping or attempting to dope in relation to the infamous ‘Operation Puerto’ affair.
The Caisse D’Epargne rider has been asked to appear before Coni at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico on Monday.
Coni said [...] - Teams’ Passport To Major Tours Under Threat
February 10th, 2009PARIS, Feb 10, 2009 (AFP) – Cycling teams Agritubel, Acqua e Sapone, LPR and Xacobeo have not received the wild card label needed which allows riders access to their biological passport and hence the sport’s major tours.
None of these teams figures among the 13 from the Continental Pro [...] - FIRST EIGHT TEAMS ANNOUNCED FOR 2009 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA
December 18th, 2008World-Class, Accomplished Teams to Compete in February 14-22 Stage Race
‘Best Field Ever to Compete on U.S. Soil Anticipated For Nine Day Stage Race’
LOS ANGELES, December 18, 2008 – The 2009 Amgen Tour of California will once again bring together a world-class field of cycling teams from multiple nations, including eight of the sport’s top-rated ProTour [...] - USA CYCLING ANNOUNCES 13 UCI CONTINENTAL TEAMS FOR 2009 RACING SEASON
December 9th, 2008One Pro Continental and Two Pro Tour Teams Bring U.S. Total to 16
Colorado Springs, Colo. (December 8, 2008)— USA Cycling announced today the 13 squads that have been registered as UCI Continental teams in the United States for the 2009 racing season, as well as their respective rosters.
Along with the previously announced UCI Pro Continental [...] - Italian Riders Demanding Life Time Bans For Drug Cheats
October 24th, 2008PARIS, Oct 23, 2008 (AFP) – Italian cyclists on Thursday demanded life bans be introduced for drug cheats.
The Association of Italian racing cyclists (ACCPI) which represents more than 250 professional riders want the International Cycling Union (UCI) to press for more severe sanctions.
Rocked by recent drug [...] - UCI Slammed For Lance Armstrong ‘Favors’
October 10th, 2008The International Cycling Union (UCI) has come in for some harsh criticism after bending its own rules to allow American star Lance Armstrong to return to professional cycling at the Tour Down Under.
Armstrong’s plan to break his three-year hiatus at the Australian race from January 20-25 appeared compromised last [...] - New Tour de France Chief Jean-Etienne Amaury Says Doping Battle Continues
October 4th, 2008PARIS, Oct 3, 2008 (AFP) – The battle against doping will remain a priority for the organizers of the Tour de France, according to Jean-Etienne Amaury, the new president of the race’s parent company Amaury Sports Organization (ASO).
Amaury, the son of the deceased founder of the multi-sport events company [...] - Peace Between Tour de France and The UCI
September 26th, 2008VARESE, Italy, Sept 26, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme has welcomed an end to a four-year long conflict with cycling’s world ruling body the UCI (International Cycling Union).
However the Frenchman said Friday the world’s biggest race would reserve the right to enforce strict anti-doping rules.
[...] - New Era For Cycling Announced by UCI and Tour de France
September 25th, 2008Cycling’s world governing body, the UCI, and Tour de France organizers heralded a new era in the sport on Thursday by announcing an end to their four years of conflict.
The end to the conflict also concerns organizers of the other two major tours, the Tour of Italy and [...] - World Road Race Time Trial Championships Results
September 25th, 2008Results from the world road race
cycling championships on Thursday:Men Time trial (43.7km)
1. Bert Grabsch (GER) 52 minutes 01 seconds, 2. Svein Tuft (CAN) at 42sec,
3. David Zabriskie (USA) 52, 4. Levi Leipheimer (USA) 1:05, 5. Gustav Larsson
(SWE) 1:05, 6. Stijn Devolder (BEL) 1:15, 7. Tony Martin (GER) 1:16, 8. [...] - German Bert Grabsch Wins Men’s World Time Trial Gold
September 25th, 2008VARESE, Italy, Sept 25, 2008 (AFP) – Germany’s Bert Grabsch upstaged a
handful of more fancied contenders to claim a maiden time trial gold at the
world road race championships here on Thursday.
Grabsch, the national champion in the race against the clock, took full
advantage of the absence of two-time defending champion Fabian Cancellara [...] - Kim Kirchen Pulls Out of World Championships
September 24th, 2008LUXEMBOURG, Sept 24, 2008 (AFP) – Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen has pulled out
of the world road race championships after citing a lack of form.
Kirchen would have been a medal contender in the blue ribbon event of the
men’s road race to be held this Sunday but said he was in no condition to
compete.
[...] - STETINA SIXTH IN U23 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TIME TRIAL
September 23rd, 2008National Development Team Athlete Ties for Best U.S. Finish in Five Years; Van Garderen 42nd
Varese, Italy (September 23, 2008)-The 2008 UCI Road World Championships began with the U23 time trial on Tuesday as Peter Stetina (Boulder, Colo.) placed sixth to give the United States its best finish in the event since 2003.
Stetina recorded a time [...] - UCI Chief Pat McQuaid Announces End To Chaotic Cycling Feud
August 17th, 2008BEIJING, 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 [...] - IOC Anti-Doping Chief Arne Ljungqvist Backs Up Cycling At Olympic Games
August 15th, 2008BEIJING, 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 [...] - World Cycling Chief Pat McQuaid Wants Support, Not Criticism
August 11th, 2008World 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 [...] - UCI ‘Disgusted’ At Spanish Rider Moreno Positive Doping Test At Olympics
August 11th, 2008by 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 [...] - UCI Give Aussies Second Beijing Olympic Games Slot Amid Cadel Evans Fitness Battle
August 2nd, 2008PARIS, Aug 2, 2008 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Saturday confirmed it has granted Australia a second starting place in the men’s Olympic road time trial with Cycling Australia saying it had gratefully accepted following discussions with the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC).
Cadel Evans was originally [...] - BBC Claims Keirin Cash Ensured Olympics Slot
July 28th, 2008LONDON, July 28, 2008 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) has been put under the spotlight by a report which claims the world cycling body was paid to help get track cycling’s keirin event on the Olympic programme in 1996.
The BBC reported on its website that it possesses [...] - Tour’s Anti-Doping Chief Regrets Lack Of UCI Help
July 26th, 2008PARIS, July 26, 2008 (AFP) – The chief of anti-doping operations at this year’s Tour de France has hit out at the International Cycling Union (UCI) over a lack of co-operation prior to this year’s race.
Following a feud between world cycling’s governing body and major race organizers, this year’s [...] - Cadel Evans Takes A Swipe At “Un-Tested” Sports
July 17th, 2008by Justin Davis
NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Cadel Evans has called on cycling’s detractors to take a long hard look at what is being done in the sport to clean up its image.
For the second consecutive day the Tour de France was rocked [...] - UCI Chief Pat McQuaid Calls For Spanish To Clean Up Cycling
July 16th, 2008by 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 [...] - ‘End of the Pro Tour’ As Top Teams Ditch License
July 15th, 2008PAU, 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 a statement released here at the Tour de France.
The Pro Tour was launched by the International Cycling Union (UCI) in [...] - AFLD Shhots Down Doping Report At Tour de France
July 11th, 2008AURILLAC, 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 about to be issued warnings for “suspect” blood samples.
A report in Le Monde newspaper suggested that the riders were [...] - What They Are Saying Ahead Of The Tour de France
July 4th, 2008BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) – A selection of what they’re saying ahead of this year’s Tour de France, which begins here Saturday and ends on July 27:
“If they had to take the fight against doping any further, they’d have to come and live in my house! I’ve [...] - Tour de France Anti-Doping Facts
July 3rd, 2008BREST, 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 a rupture between the International Cycling Union (UCI) and the company which runs the Tour, ASO, the race [...] - Tour de France Chief Convinced That The Cheats Are On Their Way Out
July 2nd, 2008by Jean Montois
BREST, France, July 2, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme is convinced this year’s race can take place without the numerous drug-tainted scandals that have left the event fighting for its credibility.
The 95th edition of the world’s biggest bike race begins [...] - Tour de France Is Wrong To Break Away From UCI, McQuaid Says
July 2nd, 2008by 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 [...] - Denmark’s Michael Rasmussen Banned For Two Years
July 1st, 2008PARIS, July 1, 2008 (AFP) – Denmark’s Michael Rasmussen, who was thrown out while leading the 2007 Tour de France for lying about his whereabouts, has been banned for two years by the Monaco cycling federation (FMC), the sport’s world governing body UCI said on Tuesday.
Rasmussen was thrown [...] - UCI Officially Adopts Biological Passports Into Rulebook
June 13th, 2008PARIS, June 13, 2008 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Friday said the biological passport system to check cyclists’ blood-levels
will be formally introduced into its anti-doping rulebook next season.
The system, which records and charts blood and urine levels, is seen as a new and [...] - World Cycling Chiefs Suspend French Federation
June 12th, 2008PARIS, June 12, 2008 (AFP) – World cycling chiefs on Thursday announced the suspension of the French cycling federation (FFC) for the remainder of 2008 for lacking “loyalty”.
The decision follows months of tit-for-tat feuding between the International Cycling Union (UCI) and major race organizers such as the Tour de [...] - UCI Inks Pro Tour Race In Russia
June 11th, 2008strong>UCI ink Pro Tour race for Sochi
SAINT-PAUL-EN-JAREZ, France, June 11, 2008 (AFP) – World cycling’s ruling body offically announced Wednesday the creation of a UCI-backed race in Russia.
It will be held as a Pro Tour race for the first time in the region of Sochi, the venue for the [...] - Top Pro Rider Facing Doping Charge, Thanks To Blood Passport Program
May 2nd, 2008PARIS, May 2, 2008 (AFP) – At least one top cyclist is to face doping charges after thousands of blood samples were analyzed as part of the International Cycling Union’s blood passport program, the UCI said Friday.
The UCI did not reveal the identity of the cyclist concerned, but said [...] - UCI boss slams colluding ASO and French sports ministry
March 7th, 2008PARIS, 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 private league with the backing of the
French sports ministry.
International Cycling Union (UCI) president McQuaid made his accusations in
a column in French daily Le Monde just two days [...] - Tom Boonen opts for Italian stage race over Paris-Nice
February 29th, 2008BRUSSELS, Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) – Belgium’s former world champion Tom Boonen has opted to race at the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race instead of Paris-Nice, his Quick Step team said Friday.
Boonen, a one-day specialist who would use either race as preparation for the upcoming classics season, says the profile of the French ‘Race to the [...] - Biological Passports Open New Frontiers of Fear
February 25th, 2008Biological passports open new frontiers of fear
by Francoise ChaptalPARIS, Feb 26, 2008 (AFP) – For Belgian cyclist Maxime Montfort, and many others, the drug testers who come calling are ‘vampires’, but such is the climate of fear gripping his dope-tainted sport, he goes to extraordinary measures [...]
- Tour of California Organizers, UCI Consider Pro Tour Status for 2009 and Beyond
February 22nd, 2008As another successful Tour of California rolls through the golden state, race organizers are already considering the status of the race for 2008 and beyond. Jim Birrell, race director for the TOC, sees a bright future for the early season stage race, but also recognizes that there are some logistics to consider before initiating the [...]
- Hamilton, Rock Racing Fighting Mad Over Rider Exclusions
February 19th, 2008Ahead 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, and Tyler Hamilton. In particular, the American Hamilton had plenty to say about his exclusion from the eight day stage race. “AEG still owes me [...]
- PRESS-RELEASE: MORE THAN 400 ELITE TRACK CYCLISTS COMPETE THIS WEEKEND AT THE HOME DEPOT CENTER
January 15th, 2008MORE THAN 400 ELITE TRACK CYCLISTS COMPETE THIS WEEKEND AT THE HOME DEPOT CENTER
Record Number of Competitors Likely to Alter Event Schedule
Carson, Calif. (January 15, 2007)–The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Track Cycling World Cup Classics return to the United States Jan. 18-20, 2008 at the ADT Event Center at The Home Depot Center in Carson, [...] - Spanish fedERATION WILL NOT sanction Mayo
December 21st, 2007panish cycling’s secretary general Eugenio Bermudez has refused to sanction Iban Mayo, the Saunier Duval rider whose positive test for the banned blood boosting hormone EPO raised questions about the UCI’s testing procedures. Mayo’s ‘A-sample’ from the second rest day of the 2007 Tour de France was found to be positive for EPO by [...]
- Michael Rasmussen to sue Rabobank – Does anyone really care
December 18th, 2007Michael Rasmussen is apparently planning to take Team Rabobank to court to contest his withdrawal from the Tour de France and his dismissal from the team this summer. The 33 year-old Dane has hired Dutch lawyers, who have confirmed to the Belga press agency that they have been engaged.
Rasmussen was fired from Rabobank this summer [...] - UCI ProTour – 2008 Teams Announced
December 11th, 200718 teams registered by the UCI Pro Tour Council
The UCI ProTour Council (CUPT) has made a decision on the 19 registration requests submitted by UCI ProTeams before the statutory deadline (20 November). Every year, teams that hold a UCI ProTour licence must submit a registration renewal application to the UCI. This procedure helps the UCI [...] - Liquigas is again visited by UCI doping controllers again
December 11th, 2007Team Liquigas was visited for the second time during its off-season training camps by International Cycling Union (UCI) anti-doping controllers. The Italian ProTour team – in Benicásim, Spain, from December 10 to 18 – was subjected to blood checks according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. The UCI had previously visited the team during its Italian [...]
- High Road signs with ACE for anti-doping program
December 10th, 2007Team High Road’s anti-doping programme for 2008 will be run by the Agency for Cycling Ethics (ACE), which also runs the program for the American Professional Continental Team Slipstream. High Road manager Bob Stapleton called it “the most comprehensive program out there. It is what the team needs and what the sport needs.”
According to the [...]
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