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Top Pro Rider Facing Doping Charge, Thanks To Blood Passport Program
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 blood passport program, the UCI said Friday.
The UCI did not reveal the identity of the cyclist concerned, but said [...]
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- 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 [...]
