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• CAS Will Delay The Contador Never Ending Doping Verdict
  January 16th, 2012
  

  PARIS, 16 Jan 2012 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) expects to announce their verdict on three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador’s doping case “during the week [...]

• All-Rounders Tipped To Reign Down Under
  January 15th, 2012
  

  by Justin Davis ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 15, 2012 (AFP) – All-rounders are tipped to prevail over the sprint specialists when the Tour Down Under clicks into gear Tuesday, with course [...]

• 2012 UCI Masters Cyclo-cross World Championships set to take off in Louisville
  January 12th, 2012
  

  2012 UCI Masters Cyclo-cross World Championships set to take off in Louisville January 11, 2012 (Louisville, Kentucky) — Masters cyclists from across the world will put their wheels to the [...]

• South American Racers Return Positive Tests
  January 4th, 2012
  

  PARIS, Jan 3, 2012 (AFP) – Seven Latin American cyclists have returned positive dope tests and have been handed provisional suspensions pending disciplinary hearings, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said [...]

• Alberto Contador Doping Decision Due Mid January By CAS
  December 21st, 2011
  

  PARIS, Dec 21, 2011 – Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will find out “between January 15 and 20″ whether he is to be handed a doping ban from [...]

• Longo To Face No Doping Charges
  December 15th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Nov 22, 2011 (AFP) – French anti-doping chiefs have confirmed that national cycling icon Jeannie Longo will face no charges despite missing three random doping tests in the space [...]

• SRAM Tour of the Gila added to 2012 UCI America Tour
  December 14th, 2011
  

  Colorado Springs, Colo. (Dec. 13, 2011) — USA Cycling is pleased to announce that the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) approved the addition of the SRAM Tour of the Gila located [...]

• Aussie Outfit Gets Green Light From UCI
  December 5th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Dec 5, 2011 (AFP) – New Australian cycling outfit GreenEdge and American team RadioShack were given First Division licenses by the sport’s governing body the International Cycling Union on [...]

• UCI imposes doping ban on Australia’s Locke
  November 23rd, 2011
  

  GENEVA, Nov 23, 2011 (AFP) – Cycling’s governing body UCI said Wednesday that it has temporarily banned Australian rider Deon Locke from the sport after he failed a doping test [...]

• Wheels Come Off Europcar’s Elite Cycling Status As UCI Decides Winners & Losers
  November 21st, 2011
  

  PARIS, Nov 21, 2011 (AFP) – Europcar the team of Thomas Voeckler the long-time leader of this year’s Tour de France was demoted from the elite list of professional cycling [...]

• Team Type 1 – SANOFI finalizes 2012 UCI registration as a Professional Continental squad
  November 8th, 2011
  

  ATLANTA, Nov 8 – Team Type 1 – SANOFI has completed its annual registry with cycling’s international administrative body in Switzerland and will compete in 2012 as a Professional Continental [...]

• Battenkill Added To The UCI America Tour
  November 8th, 2011
  

  Colorado Springs, Colo. (Nov. 7, 2011) – USA Cycling is pleased to announce that the Tour of the Battenkill will once again be a part of the UCI America Tour [...]

• BMC Racing Team Renewed As UCI ProTeam
  November 3rd, 2011
  

  The BMC Racing Team is pleased to have had its ProTeam status renewed for the 2012 season by the International Cycling Union (UCI), President/General Manager Jim Ochowicz said Wednesday. Top [...]

• Award Ceremony for Philippe Gilbert As WorldTour Winner
  October 27th, 2011
  

  Winner of UCI World Tour 2011 & Champion for Peace by Peace and Sport Monaco, Thursday October 27, 2011, During the 5th Peace and Sport International Forum, the cyclist Philippe [...]

• Tour of Spain Peloton Comes Up Clean
  October 26th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Oct 26, 2011 (AFP) – International Cycling Union (UCI) chiefs announced Wednesday that no doping positives have emerged from the Tour of Spain after samples from the entire peloton [...]

• World’s Elite Head For Inaugural Tour of Beijing
  October 4th, 2011
  

  BEIJING, Oct 4, 2011 (AFP) – The cream of cycling head for the Chinese capital this week for the inaugural Tour of Beijing, a five-day stage race, which will include [...]

• 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 [...]

• USA To Host The 2015 World Road Championships
  September 21st, 2011
  

  RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept 21, 2011 – The International Cycling Union (UCI) selected Richmond, Virginia, as host of the 2015 road cycling world championships on Wednesday, the first US site for [...]

• UCI MTB World Championships Danny Hart RUN
  September 8th, 2011
  

• Team Leopard-Trek and Team RadioShack Merge
  September 5th, 2011
  

  LUXEMBOURG-BASED TEAM LEOPARD-TREK IS PROUD TO WELCOME RADIOSHACK AND NISSAN AS NEW MAIN SPONSORS. Leopard announces that RadioShack and Nissan are joining the Leopard-Trek World Tour Team as sponsors for [...]

• UCI Confirm World’s Top 18 Teams For Beijing Event
  September 3rd, 2011
  

  PARIS, Sept 3, 2011 (AFP) – World cycling chiefs confirmed Saturday the 18 WorldTour leading teams will compete at the inaugural Tour of Beijing in October after a “truce” had [...]

• USA Cycling Announces 2011 Road World Championships Squad
  September 3rd, 2011
  

  Colorado Springs, Colo. (September 2, 2011) – USA Cycling announced today the roster of elite, U23 and junior athletes that will represent the United States at the 2011 UCI Road [...]

• UCI Adds Belgian Race To World Tour
  August 31st, 2011
  

  GENEVA, Aug 31, 2011 (AFP) – The world’s cycling governing body has granted a World Tour license to the Belgian E3 Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke race, until now part of the UCI [...]

• 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 [...]

• UCI Firess Back At Criticism Over Passport Programme
  August 11th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Aug 11, 2011 (AFP) – World cycling’s ruling body has angrily hit back at suggestions by Cervelo co-founder Gerard Vroomen that the International Cycling Union (UCI) has lacked bite [...]

• O’Grady Confirms That He Has Signed With Team GreenEdge
  August 8th, 2011
  

  Experienced campaigner Stuart O’Grady has signed a two-year contract with GreenEdge, the nascent Australian team which is aiming for a UCI WorldTour license starting in 2012. O’Grady, a former winner [...]

• 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 [...]

• CAS Postpones Contador Hearing For Second Time
  July 27th, 2011
  

  GENEVA, July 27, 2011 (AFP) – World sport’s top court said on Tuesday it has agreed to postpone a doping hearing concerning Spanish three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, [...]

• The Contador CAS Case to Be Heard In November
  July 26th, 2011
  

  Lausanne, 26 July 2011 – In the arbitration between the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and Alberto Contador (RFEC), the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has [...]

• Kolobnev’s “B” Sample Tests Positive
  July 20th, 2011
  

  PARIS, July 20, 2011 (AFP) – Katusha’s Russian rider Alexandr Kolobnev faces the sack and a substantial financial penalty after his ‘B’ sample also tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic. [...]

• UCI To Study Reasons of Crash-Plagued Tour
  July 12th, 2011
  

  carmaux, France, July 12, 2011 (AFP) – World cycling’s ruling body is set to look into the reasons behind a raft of crashes which have decimated the field during the [...]

• Tour chief Prudhomme Applauds Fight To Beat The Cheats
  June 30th, 2011
  

  by Justin Davis (AFP) LES HERBIERS, France, June 30, 2011- Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme has applauded efforts to weed out the cheats, even if it means unsavory doping [...]

• UCI Says More Passport Doping Positives Could Be On The Way
  June 25th, 2011
  

  PARIS, June 23, 2011 – World cycling’s governing body warned on Thursday that several blood samples are undergoing expert scrutiny to determine whether blood doping or manipulation has taken place. [...]

• UCI Calls For Understanding On Contador Controversy
  June 18th, 2011
  

  PARIS, June 16, 2011 (AFP) – World cycling chiefs have backed calls for Alberto Contador to be presumed innocent of doping until proven guilty, as the Spaniard prepares to embark [...]

• No More Jobs In Cycling For Doping Violators, Says UCI
  June 17th, 2011
  

  PARIS, June 17, 2011 – World cycling chiefs have adopted measures that would prevent anyone who has violated the sport’s anti-doping regulations to be employed in the sport. The International [...]

• SCOTT New Windham World Cup Title Sponsor
  June 9th, 2011
  

  Sun Valley, ID, June 6th, 2011 — SCOTT Sports announced today that they would become the Title Sponsor of the 2011 Windham UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Downhill event. Windham [...]

• Contador Hearing At CAS Set After Tour de France
  May 31st, 2011
  

  PARIS, May 31, 2011 – Spain’s controversial three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador edged closer to taking part in the Tour de France after his doping hearing before 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Ex Armstrong Teammate Lashes Out Again
  May 22nd, 2011
  

  LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2011 – Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong was part of a sophisticated doping program according to a former teammate who testified before a grand [...]

• CAS Has Set Date For Contador Appeal
  May 20th, 2011
  

  LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 20, 2011 – The doping case concerning three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will be heard before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over three [...]

• WADA Prepares To Probe UCI Document Leak
  May 15th, 2011
  

  MONTREAL, May 15, 2011 (AFP) – World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) officials will investigate the leak of an International Cycling Union (UCI) document that ranked riders at the 2010 Tour de [...]

• 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). [...]

• 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 [...]

• UCI Signs Agreement With The Framebuilders’ Collective (TFC)
  May 3rd, 2011
  

  The International Cycling Union (UCI) has signed an agreement with The Framebuilders’ Collective (TFC) which will facilitate and reduce the costs to small manufacturers of the approval procedure for frames [...]

• UCI Wants Doping Ban For Mosquera
  April 29th, 2011
  

  PARIS, April 29, 2011 – World cycling chiefs on Friday called on the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) to open disciplinary proceedings against Tour of Spain runner-up Ezequiel Mosquera. Mosquera tested [...]

• Contador Supported By Cosmopolitan Mix For Giro
  April 27th, 2011
  

  PARIS, April 26, 2011 (AFP) – Spain’s controversial three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will be supported by riders of six different nationalities when he tries to win the [...]

• Police Raid Katusha Over Doping Suspicions
  April 14th, 2011
  

  ROME, April 14, 2011 – Italian police raided the racing headquarters of Russian pro cycling outfit Katusha at Lonato in northern Italy on Thursday, seizing five biological passports, the team [...]

• UCI Indoor Cycling Championships To Go On At Kagoshima
  April 13th, 2011
  

  World cycling body UCI said Wednesday that the 2011 indoor cycling world championships will go ahead at southern Japan’s Kagoshima, despite a nuclear disaster in the north-east of the country. [...]

• Elite Peloton Set For Tour of Beijing Opening
  April 6th, 2011
  

  PARIS, April 6, 2011 (AFP) – Cycling’s elite peloton are set to significantly boost their air miles tally by competing in the inaugural Tour of Beijing in October, following an [...]

• UCI Says Chile’s Arriagada Failed Doping Test
  April 4th, 2011
  

  GENEVA, April 4, 2011 – Chile’s top cyclist Marco Arriagada, his compatriot Jose Medina Andrade as well as Argentina’s Alfredo Lucero have tested positive for doping, world cycling body UCI [...]

• Paris-Nice A Big Doping Negative
  March 31st, 2011
  

  All of the doping controls that were performed at Paris-Nice in early March, came back with 100% of them with a negative result, it was reported by official sources on [...]

• WADA Is To Appeal The Contador Doping Acquittal
  March 30th, 2011
  

  MADRID, March 30, 2011 – The World Anti-Doping Agency said it has joined world’s cycling’s governing body in appealing the Spanish federation’s decision to acquit three-time Tour de France winner [...]

• Muscles Crying To Eat The Lycra That Jail Them
  March 25th, 2011
  

  Written by: Myles McCorry (BikePure.org) In the 100k-train journey from the airport, the first two hills I have encountered in the Netherlands, sit either end of the cycling track in [...]

• Contador Lawyer -UCI ‘Hesitated’ Over Case
  March 25th, 2011
  

  MADRID, March 25, 2011 – World cycling’s governing body “hesitated” before deciding to appeal against the acquittal of three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador over a doping case, his [...]

• 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 [...]

• UCI To Appeal The Contador Doping Acquital
  March 24th, 2011
  

  MADRID, March 24, 2011 – Cycling’s governing body on Thursday revived a doping case against three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador by announcing it would appeal the Spanish federation’s [...]

• USA Cycling Back Pedals On Race Radios
  March 22nd, 2011
  

  USA Cycling repeals decision to allow race radios in National Racing Calendar events Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 22, 2011) — Based on concerns raised by cycling’s international federation, the Union [...]

• 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 [...]

• Sinkewitz Gets The Sink Thrown At Him By The UCI
  March 18th, 2011
  

  GENEVA, March 18, 2011 – World cycling governing body UCI on Friday banned German cyclist Patrik Sinkewitz after finding doping traces in a blood sample collected during a race in [...]

• Nineteen Elite Teams Announced For Tour of California
  March 17th, 2011
  

  LOS ANGELES (March 17, 2011) – A world-class field of professional cycling teams, rivaling every other stage race in 2011, has once again been assembled for the upcoming Amgen Tour [...]

• 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 [...]

• Five New Professional Cycling Teams Confirmed to Compete in the 2011 Quiznos Pro Challenge
  March 15th, 2011
  

  10 International Cycling Teams Set their Sights on America’s Most Demanding Professional Bike Race March 15, 2011, Denver – The Quiznos Pro Challenge™ today announced five new teams confirmed to [...]

• 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 [...]

• Contador Vows To Fight Any Doping Ban
  March 2nd, 2011
  

  MADRID, Feb 16, 2011 – Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador vowed to fight any attempt to re-impose doping sanctions, in an interview published Wednesday. Contador tested positive for [...]

• 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 [...]

• Contador Wins Another Battle, But War Far From Over
  February 15th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS, Feb 15, 2011 (AFP) – Cleared of using a banned substance by the Spanish cycling authorities, Alberto Contador will be a relieved man after months [...]

• Contador Cleared Of All Doping Charges
  February 15th, 2011
  

  Written by: Daniel Silva MADRID, Feb 15, 2011 – Spain’s cycling federation cleared three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of knowingly using a banned substance, his spokesman said Tuesday, [...]

• Contador To Be Cleared Of Doping Charges
  February 15th, 2011
  

  Written by: Denholm Barnetson MADRID, Feb 15, 2011 (AFP) – Spain’s cycling federation was expected to issue a decision Tuesday clearing three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of using [...]

• Contador Likely Cleared Of Doping Charges
  February 14th, 2011
  

  MADRID, Feb 14, 2011 – Spain’s cycling federation, the RFEC, may clear three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of using performance-enhancing drugs, when its issues its final decision on [...]

• UCI Expects “Composed” Decision On Contador
  February 11th, 2011
  

  MADRID, Feb 11, 2011 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) said Friday it expects the Spanish cycling federation to make any decision on sanctioning doping suspect Alberto Contador in [...]

• Prudhomme wants Fast Decison On Contador Verdict
  February 11th, 2011
  

  BARCELONA, Spain, Feb 10, 2011 – Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme said Thursday he hopes a swift verdict will be reached in the case of reigning champion Alberto Contador, [...]

• Contador Refuses Call To Accept One-Year Ban
  February 7th, 2011
  

  MADRID – Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, who is facing a one-year ban for taking performance enhancing drugs, on Monday rejected calls that he accept the ban instead [...]

• Farrar Wins As Peloton’s Radio Protest Gains Strength
  February 6th, 2011
  

  PALMA DE MAJORCA, Spain, Feb 6, 2011 (AFP) – A controversial decision to ban two-way radios in professional cycling was met with defiance Sunday as several teams and riders turned [...]

• UCI Gives Di Luca Green Light To Race
  February 6th, 2011
  

  PARIS – World cycling chiefs have given former Tour of Italy champion Danilo Di Luca the green light to start competing again after the Italian paid a fine relating to [...]

• Armstrong Not Racing Tour of California, But He Could
  February 2nd, 2011
  

  LOS ANGELES – Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has not entered the Tour of California, but changes in the event’s drug test program revealed Wednesday open the door [...]

• Contador Vows To Defend Innocence To The End
  January 28th, 2011
  

  Written by: Gabriel Rubio PUIGPUNYENT, Spain – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, on the edge of tears, Friday denied taking performance enhancing drugs and vowed to appeal a one-year [...]

• Contador Feels “Unfairly Punished”
  January 27th, 2011
  

  PALMA DE MAJORCA, Spain – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador feels he has been “unfairly punished” by the sport’s ruling body, which has suspended him for one year for [...]

• Contador Is Now Starting To Feel The Heat
  January 27th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS- Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was Thursday facing a minimum one-year ban from competition in what was another hammer blow to the reputation [...]

• Contador Informed Of Cycling Fate, One Year Ban
  January 26th, 2011
  

  MADRID – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has been told of his punishment for his positive drugs test from the 2010 race, the Spanish cycling federation announced on Wednesday. [...]

• Contador Could Find Himself On Sidelines For One Year
  January 25th, 2011
  

  MADRID – Triple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador may be suspended for one year over his positive doping test at last year’s event, Spanish newspapers said Tuesday. The disciplinary [...]

• Cameron Meyer Leader Of Cycling WorldTour
  January 24th, 2011
  

  Australian cyclist Cameron Meyer, the winner Sunday of the 2011 Santos Tour Down Under, took the lead in the WorldTour rankings, which were published Monday by the International Cycling Union [...]

• French Federation In Support Of The UCI Radio Debate
  January 22nd, 2011
  

  PARIS – The French Cycling Federation (FFC) declared on Friday “total solidarity” with the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in its decision to ban headphones in most professional bicycle races. The [...]

• Cyclists Split As UCI Radio Dispute Rages
  January 18th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis ADELAIDE, Australia – Plans by world cycling’s ruling body to ban all radio contact between riders and their teams during World Tour races have evoked mixed [...]

• New Aussie Elite Team Promises “No Poaching”
  January 17th, 2011
  

  ADELAIDE, Australia- The man spearheading a new Australian elite cycling project insisted Monday he would not resort to poaching riders illegally from other teams. Shayne Bannan, the former head of [...]

• Aussies Outline Plans For Elite Superteam
  January 17th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis (AFP) ADELAIDE, Australia – Plans for an all-Australian Pro Tour cycling team were outlined on Monday, boosting the country’s hopes of securing a maiden Tour de [...]

• Amstrong Strongly Denies Doping Claims Again
  January 15th, 2011
  

  ADELAIDE, Australia – Lance Armstrong said Saturday he was losing no sleep despite the threat of a federal investigation into alleged doping practices casting a cloud over his stunning career. [...]

• Valverde Ban Upheld By Swiss Supreme Court
  January 10th, 2011
  

  GENEVA – The Swiss supreme court said Monday that it had thrown out Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde’s final attempt to overturn a worldwide anti-doping ban that was based on evidence [...]

• Spanish To Consult WADA and UCI On Contador
  January 10th, 2011
  

  MADRID – The Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) will consult the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Cycling Union (UCI) as it grapples with the case of triple Tour de [...]

• Enovos Sponsors Luxemburg’s New International Professional Cycling Team
  January 6th, 2011
  

  Enovos supports Luxemburg’s new international professional cycling team with full energy Enovos is delighted to have closed a new sponsorship deal: as part of a three-year sponsorship agreement due to [...]

• Rasmussen’s New Team Gets UCI License
  January 5th, 2011
  

  COPENHAGEN – The International Cycling Union (UCI) have issued a license to the new team of former Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen, who has just purged a two-year doping ban, the [...]

• UCI Denies Pegasus Sports Pro Continental License
  December 20th, 2010
  

  Brisbane: The International Cycling Union (UCI) today announced that Pegasus Sports will not receive a UCI Professional Continental license for 2011. The team’s status was in doubt after its major [...]

• Pegasus Sports Looking For New Sponsor by December 15th
  December 12th, 2010
  

  Brisbane: Pegasus Sports was notified by its principal financial backer that financial support for the Pegasus Sports Professional Cycling project had been retracted. As a result of these changed circumstances, [...]

• Twenty Three Teams Given UCI Continental Pro Status
  December 10th, 2010
  

  PARIS – Twenty-three teams have been approved by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to integrate into the second division (Pro Continental) in 2011, with the Australian Team Pegasus Sports still [...]

• Astarloa Banned For Two Years For Doping
  December 1st, 2010
  

  GENEVA, Dec 1, 2010 (AFP) – Spain’s 2003 world road race champion Igor Astarloa has been banned from cycling for two years and fined 35,000 euros for doping, the International [...]

• 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 [...]

• Contador Hopes For Speedy End To Doping Case
  November 26th, 2010
  

  MADRID – Triple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador said on Thursday that he was hoping his doping case would be concluded before the end of the year. “I have [...]

• UCI ProTeam Selections
  November 23rd, 2010
  

  Below is the18 teams that UCI choose to have ProTeam status: U.S.: Garmin Cervélo, RadioShack, HTC Belgium: Omega Pharma, Quick Step Spain: Euskaltel, Movistar Italy: Lampre, Liquigas Netherlands: Rabobank, Vacansoleil [...]

• BMC Racing Team Earns ProTeam Status
  November 22nd, 2010
  

  The International Cycling Union (UCI) granted the BMC Racing Team ProTeam status for 2011 on Monday, fulfilling another one of the team’s long-term goals, said cycling visionary and team owner [...]

• Beef Producers Want Probe Into Contador Affair
  November 22nd, 2010
  

  MADRID – Spain’s main association of beef cattle producers (ASOPROVAC) on Monday called for an investigation into claims by Alberto Contador that contaminated meat was behind his positive doping test [...]

• Tour Down Under To Start 2011 UCI WorldTour
  November 17th, 2010
  

  SYDNEY – Australia’s Tour Down Under will be the first race on the new UCI WorldTour next year, organizers said on Thursday. World cycling’s governing body UCI has combined the [...]

• WADA Rejects Contador Clenbuterol Doping Defense
  November 17th, 2010
  

  MADRID – A study by the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) has found no evidence to support Alberto Contador’s claim that contaminated meat was responsible for his positive doping test, a [...]

• Contador Is Happy As His Doping Case Moves Forward
  November 10th, 2010
  

  MADRID – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, who is provisionally suspended following a positive test for clenbuterol, said Wednesday he was happy his case is finally being handled by [...]

• No Contador Decision For Two Months Says RFEC
  November 10th, 2010
  

  MADRID – Spain’s cycling federation (RFEC) said it will take at least two months to decide whether to sanction Tour de France winner Alberto Contador for alleged doping violations, a [...]

• Spanish Cycling Federation Hoping For Happy Outcome For Contador
  November 9th, 2010
  

  MADRID – Spanish cycling federation (RFEC) chief Juan Carlos Castano said Tuesday he was hoping for a happy resolution to disciplinary proceedings being taken against Tour de France winner Alberto [...]

• UCI Ask Spanish To Take Action In Contador Doping Case
  November 8th, 2010
  

  PARIS: World cycling’s governing body UCI confirmed Monday they have requested that the Spanish cycling federation (RFEC) open disciplinary proceedings against Tour de France winner Alberto Contador who failed a [...]

• Pegasus Sports Professional Continental Team for 2011
  November 2nd, 2010
  

  Brisbane, Australia: The Australian Pegasus Sports professional cycling team has missed out on a ProTeam license and will register as a UCI Professional Continental team for 2011. Pegasus Sports is [...]

• UCI Announces 4 ProTeams and 13 Professional Continental Teams For 2011
  November 2nd, 2010
  

  The International Cycling Union (UCI) has just announced four of the 18 teams that are competiting for “ProTeam Status”. The UCI also announced 13 of the teams that will make [...]

• French Anti-Doping Outlaws Called Back To The Fold
  November 2nd, 2010
  

  PARIS, Nov 2, 2010 (AFP) – France’s national anti-doping agency (AFLD) said it is once again ready to help play a role beating the drugs cheats on the Tour de [...]

• 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 [...]

• UCI Fines Armstrong’s Team For Tour Black Jersey
  October 29th, 2010
  

  PARIS – World cycling chiefs have slapped a ban and a fine on RadioShack manager Johan Bruyneel after jersey-swapping antics designed to promote Lance Armstrong’s fight against cancer at the [...]

• Tour de France Doping Suspects Face Overnight Tests
  October 28th, 2010
  

  PARIS – Tour de France riders suspected of doping may face more intrusive testing from next year that could include night-time checks, independent observers for the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) [...]

• 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), [...]

• Pellizotti Acquitted of Doping For Insufficient Evidence
  October 21st, 2010
  

  Italian cyclist Franco Pellizotti, third in the 2009 Tour of Italy, was on Thursday cleared of any wrongdoing in a case of suspected doping. The Liquigas rider was suspended by [...]

• 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 [...]

• Rodriguez Ends 2010 Season As The Worlds Number One
  October 18th, 2010
  

  PARIS – Spaniard Joaquin Rodriguez has ended the cycling season as the world number one, according to rankings released by the International Cycling Union (UCI) on Monday. Countryman Alberto Contador, [...]

• Da Pena Suspended After Second Tour of Spain Positive Doping Test
  October 6th, 2010
  

  GENEVA – Spanish cyclist David Garcia Da Pena has been suspended after he failed a second anti-doping test during the Tour of Spain, world cycling’s ruling body the International Cycling [...]

• Contador Claims Blood Transfusion Allegation “Unfounded”
  October 6th, 2010
  

  MADRID – Allegations that three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador may have received a blood transfusion during this year’s race were “unfounded”, the Spanish rider’s spokesman said Wednesday. “This [...]

• No New Sponsor Spells The End For Milram
  October 5th, 2010
  

  BERLIN – There will be no professional cycling team based in Germany for the 2011 season after Milram announced Tuesday they had failed to find a new main sponsor. “We [...]

• 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 [...]

• UCI Hoping To Clear Contador Doping Case Up “Quickly”
  October 2nd, 2010
  

  GEELONG, Australia – World cycling chiefs said Saturday they would look to resolve “as quickly as possible” the doping controversy surrounding Tour de France champion Alberto Contador. Contador has been [...]

• 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 [...]

• Landis Attacks Organisers Over Conference Sanction
  September 20th, 2010
  

  SYDNEY – Disgraced American cyclist Floyd Landis has slammed world road championships organizers in Australia after they withdrew their support for a conference he is listed to attend. Landis was [...]

• Sevilla Pleads Innocence In Latest Doping Positive
  September 18th, 2010
  

  BOGOTA – Spanish rider Oscar Sevilla insisted on Saturday he was innocent of any wrongdoing after being suspended by cycling’s world ruling body for testing positive for a banned substance. [...]

• UCI Appeals To CAS Over Valjavec Non-Ban
  September 17th, 2010
  

  : PARIS, Sept 17, 2010 (AFP) – Cycling’s world ruling body lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Friday in a bid to overturn a decision [...]

• Sevilla Banned By UCI For Doping Positive
  September 16th, 2010
  

  Spanish cyclist Oscar Sevilla has been provisionally suspended by cycling’s world ruling body after testing positive for a banned substance. A statement from the International Cycling Union (UCI) said a [...]

• Sentjens Admits Doping, Announces Retirement
  September 11th, 2010
  

  BRUSSELS – Belgian cyclist Roy Sentjens announced his retirement from the sport on Saturday after admitting taking the banned blood booster EPO. The Milram team rider’s decision follows the provisional [...]

• 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 [...]

• Evans Leads Australia At World Road Championships
  August 24th, 2010
  

  MELBOURNE, Aug 24, 2010 (AFP) – Reigning road world champion Cadel Evans will spearhead Australia for this year’s event in Melbourne, officials said Tuesday, as veteran Robbie McEwen was left [...]

• 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 [...]

• Lobato Suspended Using The Biological Passport For Two Years
  July 27th, 2010
  

  Spanish rider Ruben Lobato has been banned for two years for doping by his national federation based on irregular readings on his biological passport, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said [...]

• RadioShack Face Disciplinary Hearing Over Jersey Change
  July 26th, 2010
  

  PARIS, July 26, 2010 (AFP) – Lance Armstrong’s American team RadioShack must go before a disciplinary hearing for “breaking the rules on riders’ uniforms” in the Tour de France, cycling’s [...]

• Contador Heads World Rankings
  July 26th, 2010
  

  Alberto Contador is the new world number one, according to the rankings released on Monday by cycling’s governing body the UCI, a day after the Spaniard’s third Tour de France [...]

• Two-year doping ban for Portugal’s Ribeiro
  July 24th, 2010
  

  Portuguese racer Nuno Ribeiro, winner of last year’s Tour of Portugal, has been handed a two-year ban after testing positive for EPO-Cera during a race, his country’s cycling federation said [...]

• Armstrong To Cooperate, Unless It Becomes A ‘Witch Hunt’
  July 14th, 2010
  

  GAP, France – Lance Armstrong said Wednesday he was prepared to cooperate in a federal investigation into alleged doping fraud by his former team US Postal — as long as [...]

• 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 [...]

• WADA Rejects French Testers’ Tour de France Request
  June 23rd, 2010
  

  PARIS, June 23, 2010 – The World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) on Wednesday turned down a request from the French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD), who wanted to carry out their own drug [...]

• WADA To Watch Tour de France Drug Testing
  June 23rd, 2010
  

  MONTREAL, June 22, 2010 (AFP) – The World Anti-Doping Agency says it plans to monitor doping controls at next month’s Tour de France. The International Cycling Union signed the deal [...]

• UCI World Rankings
  June 21st, 2010
  

  American Lance Armstrong, second Sunday in the Tour of Switzerland, scored his first points in world rankings published Monday by the International Cycling Union (UCI). Armstrong occupies the 41st place [...]

• 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 [...]

• UCI World Rankings
  June 14th, 2010
  

  Spaniard Alberto Contador has risen to fourth place in the world ranking published Monday by the International Cycling Union (UCI) after his two stage success and his second in the [...]

• Team Astana Ranked 1st By UCI
  June 14th, 2010
  

  The Astana Cycling Team is placed as leader of the UCI world ranking team, with 624 points ahead of training Katusha, 575 points. The Kazakh team counts two of its [...]

• UCI Reject Doping Ban Reduction For Valverde
  June 13th, 2010
  

  PARIS, June 13, 2010 (AFP) – Spanish ace Alejandro Valverde has no chance of seeing a lengthy doping ban reduced by the International Cycling Union (UCI) if he admits to [...]

• Evans To Replace Valverde At Top Of World Ranking
  June 2nd, 2010
  

  Australian Cadel Evans will replace Alejandro Valverde to lead the world rankings released Tuesday by the International Cycling Union (UCI) after the disqualification of the Spaniard for his results 2010. [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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, [...]

• Tour Down Under Set for January 16-23
  May 13th, 2010
  

  SYDNEY, May 14, 2010 (AFP) – Next year’s Tour Down Under, the southern hemisphere’s biggest cycling race, will take place from January 16 to 23, organizers said on Friday. Race [...]

• AFLD To Ask For Additional Tour Tests
  May 12th, 2010
  

  PARIS, May 12, 2010 – The French anti-doping agency (AFLD) will ask the International Cycling Union and the World Anti-Doping Agency to be able to conduct their own additional anti-doping [...]

• 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, [...]

• Pellizotti Out Of Giro On Doping Suspicion
  May 3rd, 2010
  

  ROME, May 3, 2010 – Italian rider Franco Pellizotti of Liquigas, rated as one of the favourites for the Tour of Italy, will be unable to compete in the event [...]

• Tour of California Out To Catch The Cheats
  May 1st, 2010
  

  ADDITIONAL ANTI-DOPING TESTING PROTOCOLS ANNOUNCED FOR 2010 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES (April 30, 2010) – AEG, with the support of Amgen and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), today [...]

• Cyclo-Cross Promoter Summit Attendees Discuss Booming Discipline
  April 27th, 2010
  

  Colorado Springs, Colo. (April 27, 2010) — USA Cycling hosted its first annual Cyclo-cross Promoter Summit at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs on April 23-25. The summit [...]

• UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
  April 26th, 2010
  

  American women place two on podium at season’s first UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Yorkshire, Great Britain (April 25, 2010) – The 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup season got [...]

• Philippe Gilbert Heads The World Rankings
  April 26th, 2010
  

  PARIS, April 26, 2010 (AFP) – Belgian Philippe Gilbert now leads the world rankings released on Monday by the International Cycling Union (UCI), following the finish of the Liege-Bastogne-Liège race. [...]

• 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 World Rankings
  April 19th, 2010
  

  Belgian Philippe Gilbert has gained third place in the world ranking published Monday by the International Cycling Union (UCI), following his victory in the Amstel Gold Race. Gilbert, who won [...]

• ASO Responds About Valverde Case
  April 19th, 2010
  

  ASO, organizer of the Fleche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege, argued Monday that the compliance procedures that are in place for the Spaniard Alejandro Valverde, who is currently suspended for doping in [...]

• UCI World Rankings
  April 12th, 2010
  

  International Cycling Union (UCI) world rankings released on Monday: Rankings: 1. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 222pts 2. Tom Boonen (BEL/QST) 216 3. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 208 4. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/GCE) [...]

• UCI Approves Lampre For Pro Tour
  April 1st, 2010
  

  PARIS, April 1, 2010 (AFP) – Italian cycling outfit Lampre, the home of former Giro d’Italia winner Damiano Cunego, has been given Pro Tour status by cycling’s world ruling body, [...]

• UCI Warns Track Giants Over Illegal Technology
  March 27th, 2010
  

  by Justin Davis COPENHAGEN, March 27, 2010 (AFP) – Britain and fellow track powers Germany and Australia were warned on Saturday that attempts to leave weaker nations behind thanks to [...]

• 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 [...]

• UCI Demand Ullrich Investigation Is Reopened
  March 25th, 2010
  

  BERLIN, March 25, 2010 (AFP) – Ex-Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich could still face legal proceedings over the 2006 doping scandal which led to his retirement from cycling, the [...]

• UCI Track World Championships To Be Webcast
  March 22nd, 2010
  

  On Demand Webcast Starts This Wednesday from Copenhagen Los Angeles, Calif., March 22, 2010 – Universal Sports, along with the International Cycling Union (UCI), presents on-demand webcast coverage of the [...]

• UCI World Rankings
  March 22nd, 2010
  

  International Cycling Union (UCI) world rankings released on Monday: Rankings: 1. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 158 points 2. Andre Greipel (GER/THR) 119 3. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 116 4. Stefano Garzelli [...]

• 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 [...]

• USA Cycling Names UCI BMX Supercross Team
  March 4th, 2010
  

  Eight 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 [...]

• Anne Gripper Steps Down At UCI
  March 3rd, 2010
  

  Mr 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 [...]

• UCI Officially Denies Pro License to Rock Racing
  March 3rd, 2010
  

  The 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 [...]

• India To stage Tour de Mumbai Pro-Cycle Race
  February 17th, 2010
  

  Written 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 [...]

• 2010 USA Cycling Pro Tour Calendar Unveiled
  February 5th, 2010
  

  Colorado 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 [...]

• Disgraced Di Luca Handed Handed Fine And Two-Year Ban
  February 1st, 2010
  

  ROME, 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, [...]

• Greipel Leads UCI Ranking, So Does HTC-Columbia
  January 26th, 2010
  

  André 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: * [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Valverde Doping Decision Delayed Until March
  January 14th, 2010
  

  GENEVA, 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 [...]

• BMC Racing Team Awarded UCI Wild Card For 2010
  January 12th, 2010
  

  The 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 [...]

• Australian Team Named For World Cup Track Classic
  January 11th, 2010
  

  The 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, [...]

• Fleeman To Publish Blood Results
  January 6th, 2010
  

  TEAM 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 [...]

• Rosters For Continetal Teams For 2010
  December 23rd, 2009
  

  Rosters 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 [...]

• Clearidium and Team Saxo Bank Part Ways
  December 19th, 2009
  

  Rasmus’ 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 [...]

• 20 Teams Apply For Wild Card Pro Continental Status
  December 18th, 2009
  

  The 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 [...]

• Bosberg Banning Sparks Debate
  December 18th, 2009
  

  If 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 [...]

• Verbruggen and Pound Close War Of Words
  December 17th, 2009
  

  GENEVA, 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 [...]

• UCI Bans the Bosberg
  December 16th, 2009
  

  Submitted 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 [...]

• UCI Bans the Bosberg
  December 16th, 2009
  

  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 [...]

• 2009 Was “My Best Year Ever” Says Contador
  December 15th, 2009
  

  Two-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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Registration of the UCI Professional Continental Teams for the 2010 Season
  December 2nd, 2009
  

  Based 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• CAS Postpones Hearing In Valverde Doping Case
  November 9th, 2009
  

  GENEVA, 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 [...]

• Spanish Rider Provisionally Suspended For Doping
  November 6th, 2009
  

  GENEVA, 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 [...]

• Spanish Rider Provisionally Suspended For Doping
  November 5th, 2009
  

  GENEVA, 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 [...]

• Contador Mulling Over Astana Decision
  October 30th, 2009
  

  MADRID, 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 [...]

• 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 Eyes Spanish Team In 2010
  October 24th, 2009
  

  MADRID, 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Aurelien Duval Suspended After Failing A Doping Test
  October 23rd, 2009
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• Astana Hopeful Of Keeping Contador
  October 23rd, 2009
  

  Kazakh 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Team Radio Shack Awarded A Four-Year Pro Tour License
  October 17th, 2009
  

  Radio 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 [...]

• Contador, Astana Say They Have Nothing To Hide
  October 14th, 2009
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• UCI Responds To AFLD Attack
  October 7th, 2009
  

  A 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 [...]

• AFLD Chief Slams The UCI and Astana
  October 7th, 2009
  

  French 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 [...]

• Team Astana And Contador Had Easy Ride On Dope Tests Claims Newspaper Le Monde
  October 5th, 2009
  

  The 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 [...]

• Team Silence Sack Dope Cheat Dekker, And Change Team Name
  October 1st, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, 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 [...]

• Dekker B-Sample Comes Back Positive
  September 30th, 2009
  

  The 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 [...]

• UCI Decides No ProTour License For Bouygues and Cofidis
  September 29th, 2009
  

  French 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Cycling Chiefs Vote On Controversial Race Radio ban
  September 24th, 2009
  

  MENDRISIO, 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 [...]

• UCI Grants Pro Tour Status To AG2R And Team Sky
  September 18th, 2009
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• UCI Suspends Biondo – Tour of Denmark Runner-Up For Doping
  September 14th, 2009
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• World Mountain Bike Championship Results
  September 6th, 2009
  

  CANBERRA, 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) at 0.05 3. [...]

• Peat and Ragot Wins Downhill Finals At MTB Worlds
  September 6th, 2009
  

  CANBERRA, 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 [...]

• Astarloza Denies Doping Allegations
  August 4th, 2009
  

  SAN 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 [...]

• Contador To Miss San Sebastian Classic
  August 1st, 2009
  

  MADRID, 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, [...]

• Mikel Astarloza Fails Doping Test
  July 31st, 2009
  

  GENEVA, 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 [...]

• UCI ‘Rejects’ Rasmussen’s Stance On Anti-Doping Costs
  July 23rd, 2009
  

  GENEVA, 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 [...]

• Di Luca Suspended After Failing Drug Tests At Tour of Italy
  July 22nd, 2009
  

  LE 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• UCI Lifts Ban On Tour Race Radios
  July 16th, 2009
  

  GENEVA, 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 [...]

• 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, [...]

• Teams Going Crazy Over Race Radio Ban, But Tour Chiefs Stand Firm
  July 13th, 2009
  

  The 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 [...]

• Pesky Doping Controls Start To ‘Suck’ For Armstrong
  July 11th, 2009
  

  Lance 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 [...]

• Angry Teams To Petition Tour Bosses Over Radio Ban
  July 11th, 2009
  

  by 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 [...]

• New Test Detects Hidden Drug Synacthene
  July 9th, 2009
  

  Anti-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 [...]

• Thomas Dekker Tests Positive For EPO And Is Out Of 2009 Tour de France
  July 1st, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, 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 [...]

• Ritchey Design Time Trial Handlebars Compliant with International Cycling Union “3:1″ Component Regulation
  June 20th, 2009
  

  Ritchey 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 [...]

• Boonen Banned From Tour, But UCI Takes No Action
  June 18th, 2009
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• Even though UCI Snares Five Cheats Vast Majority Are Clean
  June 18th, 2009
  

  by 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 [...]

• Boonen “Didn’t Ingest Cocaine” – Experts Say
  June 18th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, 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 [...]

• Biological Passport Doping Cheats Suspended By Teams
  June 17th, 2009
  

  Two 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, [...]

• Blood Passport Program – Judgement Day
  June 17th, 2009
  

  Written 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 [...]

• The UCI Catch Five Doping Cheats With The Biological Passports
  June 17th, 2009
  

  The 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 [...]

• Self-Injecting Blood Cheats Keep UCI On Their Toes
  June 11th, 2009
  

  by 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Antonio Colom Of Katusha Test Positive For EPO
  June 9th, 2009
  

  Colom 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 [...]

• Astana Pays Up, And Secures Spot In Tour de France
  June 9th, 2009
  

  Lance 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. [...]

• Astana Cash Still Not Delivered Says Johan Bruyneel
  June 5th, 2009
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• Astana Makes Good On Financial Obligations, UCI Now Happy
  June 3rd, 2009
  

  Astana, 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 [...]

• 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, [...]

• New Jersey, And No Sponsor On Armstrong’s Angry Team Kit
  May 15th, 2009
  

  American 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 [...]

• Belgians Blast The UCI Decision To Sanction Tom Boonen Over Cocaine
  May 14th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, 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) [...]

• Armstrong Angry Over Astana Financial Crisis On Eve Of Giro
  May 7th, 2009
  

  By 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 [...]

• Amgen Tour of California Moving To May In 2010
  May 6th, 2009
  

  For 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 [...]

• Cycling’s Top Organizations Partner to Move the Sport Forward
  April 26th, 2009
  

  April 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), [...]

• 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 [...]

• Armstrong Criticized For Drug-Test Attitude
  April 6th, 2009
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• Thirty-Six Teams Listed For The UCI Biological Passport Program
  March 14th, 2009
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• UCI Makes Schumacher’s Ban International
  March 6th, 2009
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• UCI and AFLD Reach AN Anti-Doping Collaboration
  March 6th, 2009
  

  The 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 [...]

• So Can Your Kid By A Cycling Champion
  February 28th, 2009
  

  Parents, 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 [...]

• CONI Summons Alejandro Valverde On Doping Suspicions
  February 11th, 2009
  

  The 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 [...]

• Teams’ Passport To Major Tours Under Threat
  February 10th, 2009
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• FIRST EIGHT TEAMS ANNOUNCED FOR 2009 AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA
  December 18th, 2008
  

  World-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 – [...]

• USA CYCLING ANNOUNCES 13 UCI CONTINENTAL TEAMS FOR 2009 RACING SEASON
  December 9th, 2008
  

  One 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 [...]

• Italian Riders Demanding Life Time Bans For Drug Cheats
  October 24th, 2008
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• UCI Slammed For Lance Armstrong ‘Favors’
  October 10th, 2008
  

  The 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 [...]

• New Tour de France Chief Jean-Etienne Amaury Says Doping Battle Continues
  October 4th, 2008
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• Peace Between Tour de France and The UCI
  September 26th, 2008
  

  VARESE, 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 [...]

• New Era For Cycling Announced by UCI and Tour de France
  September 25th, 2008
  

  Cycling’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. [...]

• World Road Race Time Trial Championships Results
  September 25th, 2008
  

  Results 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 [...]

• German Bert Grabsch Wins Men’s World Time Trial Gold
  September 25th, 2008
  

  VARESE, 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 [...]

• Kim Kirchen Pulls Out of World Championships
  September 24th, 2008
  

  LUXEMBOURG, 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 [...]

• STETINA SIXTH IN U23 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TIME TRIAL
  September 23rd, 2008
  

  National 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 [...]

• 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 Give Aussies Second Beijing Olympic Games Slot Amid Cadel Evans Fitness Battle
  August 2nd, 2008
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• BBC Claims Keirin Cash Ensured Olympics Slot
  July 28th, 2008
  

  LONDON, 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 [...]

• Tour’s Anti-Doping Chief Regrets Lack Of UCI Help
  July 26th, 2008
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• Cadel Evans Takes A Swipe At “Un-Tested” Sports
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• ‘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 [...]

• AFLD Shhots Down Doping Report At Tour de France
  July 11th, 2008
  

  AURILLAC, 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 [...]

• What They Are Saying Ahead Of The Tour de France
  July 4th, 2008
  

  BREST, 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Tour de France Chief Convinced That The Cheats Are On Their Way Out
  July 2nd, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Denmark’s Michael Rasmussen Banned For Two Years
  July 1st, 2008
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• UCI Officially Adopts Biological Passports Into Rulebook
  June 13th, 2008
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• World Cycling Chiefs Suspend French Federation
  June 12th, 2008
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• UCI Inks Pro Tour Race In Russia
  June 11th, 2008
  

  strong>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 [...]

• Top Pro Rider Facing Doping Charge, Thanks To Blood Passport Program
  May 2nd, 2008
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Tom Boonen opts for Italian stage race over Paris-Nice
  February 29th, 2008
  

  BRUSSELS, 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. [...]

• Biological Passports Open New Frontiers of Fear
  February 25th, 2008
  

  Biological passports open new frontiers of fear by Francoise Chaptal PARIS, Feb 26, 2008 (AFP) – For Belgian cyclist Maxime Montfort, and many others, the drug testers who come calling [...]

• Tour of California Organizers, UCI Consider Pro Tour Status for 2009 and Beyond
  February 22nd, 2008
  

  As 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 [...]

• 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, [...]

• PRESS-RELEASE: MORE THAN 400 ELITE TRACK CYCLISTS COMPETE THIS WEEKEND AT THE HOME DEPOT CENTER
  January 15th, 2008
  

  MORE 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 [...]

• Spanish fedERATION WILL NOT sanction Mayo
  December 21st, 2007
  

  panish 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 [...]

• Michael Rasmussen to sue Rabobank – Does anyone really care
  December 18th, 2007
  

  Michael 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 [...]

• UCI ProTour – 2008 Teams Announced
  December 11th, 2007
  

  18 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 [...]

• Liquigas is again visited by UCI doping controllers again
  December 11th, 2007
  

  Team 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 [...]

• High Road signs with ACE for anti-doping program
  December 10th, 2007
  

  Team 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 [...]