US Attorney’s office to weigh up request to pass over evidence in Armstrong/USPS investigation
NPR suggests federal agents felt they were close to indictments After both USADA and WADA made it clear in recent days that they were seeking access to the evidence gathered in the US Postal Service/Lance Armstrong investigation, the office of […]
Analysis: How UCI’s Licence Commission could strip Saxo Bank of its ProTeam licence
Contador’s team may be demoted after today’s CAS ruling The decision last year by Bjarne Riis to put so many eggs in the Alberto Contador basket may yet prove costly for the team, with the UCI warning today that the […]
Saxo Bank regrets Contador CAS verdict, WADA welcomes it
Reactions continue to today’s sanctioning of Spanish rider Saxo Bank team owner Bjarne Riis has responded to today’s news that Alberto Contador has been suspended and lost several big race results, saying that he regretted the outcome. Contador has been […]
Brother: Alberto Contador will not retire after doping suspension imposed
Sastre, Delgado, Pereiro and RFEC chief respond Fran Contador, the brother and agent of Alberto Contador, has made clear that the suspended rider will not retire from the sport. The Spaniard had originally said that if he was sanctioned for […]
Contador case: Schleck says he is ‘not happy’ to be the winner of the 2010 Tour de France
Insists he wants to win on the road, not in court Although his main rival Alberto Contador has been stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title, Andy Schleck has insisted that he is not pleased to be named the […]
Confirmed: Contador handed two year doping ban, loses 2010 Tour title
CAS rules against Spaniard, says contaminated supplement caused Clenbuterol postive Triple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has today lost one of those titles, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne stripping him of his 2010 victory plus […]
Ill Will Clarke aiming to recover for Tour of Oman
Santos Tour Down Under stage winner unable to start in Qatar The Champion System squad will start today’s team time trial at the Tour of Qatar missing one of its strongest riders, with Will Clarke being a non-starter on the […]
Coppel surprised to take overall classification in Étoile de Besseges
Frenchman didn’t believe he would overhaul Rolland Sitting twenty seconds behind race leader Pierre Rolland (Europcar) heading into the concluding time trial, former world under 23 championship bronze medallist Jerome Coppel used his skill against the clock to overcome his […]
David Howman Interview: WADA’s director general speaks about Armstrong/USPS investigation
“There should be no impediment to evidence being handed over relatively quickly” The director general of the World Anti Doping Agency David Howman has said that he believes the evidence gathered thus far in the US Postal Service/Lance Armstrong federal […]
WADA president says he expects US investigators to hand over US Postal files to USADA
“Evidence gathered is likely to be highly pertinent to doping’ Responding to yesterday’s news that the federal investigation into Lance Armstrong and the US Postal Service team had been called off, the World Anti-Doping Agency has indicated that it expects […]
