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WADA Comment On Current Anti-Doping Strategies
The World Ant-Doping Agency (WADA) have stated today that greater collaboration with drug companies could be one of the biggest weapons in combating cheating in sport. WADA Director General David Howman said “I think this year will provide further results in that area.” Riders who were using the new blood booster CERA, thought that the [...]
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- 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.
[...] - WADA Mourns Death of EPO Test Pioneer De Ceaurriz
January 5th, 2010PARIS, Jan 5, 2010 (AFP) – World Anti-Doping Agency chiefs offered their condolences Tuesday following the death of Jacques de Ceaurriz, a leading light in the fight against doping in sport.
The head of the Chatenay-Malabry laboratory near Paris, De Ceaurriz’s death at the age of 60 on Tuesday was [...] - 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 [...] - 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, 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 [...] - 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 [...] - WADA Labs Corrupted By Disgraced Austrian, Claims Kohl
August 14th, 2009VIENNA, Aug 14, 2009 (AFP) – Disgraced Tour de France cyclist Bernard Kohl said Friday that scientists working in laboratories accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) were bribed by his former manager, the alleged head of a doping network.
Austrian Stefan Matschiner, who managed the careers of several top [...] - BISSELL Pro Cycling Removes Kirk O’Bee from Team for Contract Violation
August 1st, 2009GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 31, 2009 – BISSELL Pro Cycling has removed Kirk O’Bee from the team today, immediately after learning that the rider has violated its no-tolerance policy agreed to under his contract. The rider’s actions are an isolated incident that occurred independently and without the knowledge of both team management [...]
- WADA Seeks Lifetime Ban On Drugs Cheat Hamilton
July 16th, 2009GENEVA, July 16, 2009 (AFP) – The World Anti-Doping Agency has appealed against an eight-year doping suspension US authorities imposed on one-time Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton, demanding a lifetime ban instead.
The international Court of Arbitration of Sport said in a statement on Thursday that WADA was asking it [...] - 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 [...] - Alejandro Valverde Fighting His Italian Doping Ban
May 26th, 2009Spain’s Alejandro Valverde said Tuesday he has filed a court complaint for “irregular conduct” against the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as part of his fight against an Italian doping ban.
Earlier this month CONI’s anti-doping tribunal suspended the 29-year-old Caisse d’Epargne rider from competing [...] - Valverde Rails At ‘Injustice’ After Catalonia Win
May 24th, 2009MADRID, May 24, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s Alejandro Valverde vowed to put his doping worries behind him after winning the 89th edition of the Tour of Catalonia on Sunday.
The 29-year-old Caisse d’Epargne rider was recently banned from competing in Italy for two years by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) [...] - ‘Thanks, but no thanks’, Danes tell Valverde
May 14th, 2009COPENHAGEN, May 14, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde, who has been banned from racing in Italy after being implicated in the Operation Puerto doping scandal, was on Thursday told that he was also not welcome in Denmark.
Valverde “will not be welcome on the Tour of Denmark if [...] - Valverde Banned From Racing In Italy For Two Years
May 11th, 2009ROME, May 11, 2009 (AFP) – T- The anti-doping tribunal of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) on Monday suspended Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde from competing on Italian soil for two years, the Ansa news agency announced.
Valverde, who was not present at the hearing, was punished for his role in [...] - Valverde To Take Legal Action Against CONI Prosecutor
May 6th, 2009MADRID, May 6, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde announced on Wednesday that he is bringing a lawsuit against Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri.
“Mr Torri acts, in a repeatedly obstinate manner, with total disregard for the Spanish legal authorities, refusing to submit to the decision [...] - Anti Doping Chief John Fahey Praises Armstrong Comeback
February 24th, 2009GENEVA, Feb 24, 2009 (AFP) – World Anti-Doping Agency president John Fahey on Tuesday praised Lance Armstrong’s comeback and the “phenomenal” interest the US cyclist generated for cycling and the campaign against cancer.
Fahey, who was operated on for lung cancer in 2001, applauded Armstrong’s own personal struggle against cancer [...] - 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 [...] - IOC Planing To Retest Beijing Olympic Blood Samples
October 8th, 2008PARIS, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) – Blood samples taken at the Beijing Olympics are to be reanalyzed for the banned blood booster EPO using a new detection system developed for the Tour de France, the IOC announced Wednesday.
The retroactive controls are designed to seek out the presence of the [...] - 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 [...] - 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 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 [...] - Study: Olympic and Tour de France Enhanced Performance Drug Testing Flawed
June 26th, 2008International Herald Tribune: Study shows problems with Olympic-style tests
Athletes who want to cheat by injecting themselves with a performance-enhancing drug that boosts their blood cell count can do so with little risk of getting caught, a new study indicates, possibly exposing another flaw in what is regarded as the world’s toughest anti-doping program.
A urine [...] - 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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