Doping

Australian anti-doping expert calls on other bio passport scientists to verify if they assessed suspicious Tour data The tension apparent between the UCI and one of its former biological passport experts Michael Ashenden has continued with a release of statements […]

Asian race sending the message of clean cycling with anti-doping movement The organisers of Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) have announced that the race will be run in partnership with the Bike Pure organisation for a fourth straight year. The […]

Eight day block on competition to be enforced after use Cycling’s governing body the UCI has adopted the policy previously agreed to by the members of the Mouvement Pour un Cyclisme Crédible (MPCC), which saw signatory teams agree to impose […]

Gazzetta dello Sport repeats claims sprinter underwent prolonged doping regime with Fuentes In July 2002 Mario Cipollini did something that nobody expected: he retired. He’d had one of the best seasons of his career, finally winning Milan-Sanremo at 35 years […]

Tygart: ‘We understand that he does want to be part of the solution, to assist to clean up the sport of cycling’

World Anti Doping Agency moves to toughen up stance and introduce four year sanctions from 2015 Looking to ramp up the penalties against those who are guilty of breaking its rules, the World Anti Doping Agency is moving closer to […]

Texan back in hot water; SCA Promotions also confirms it will launch case today against former pro US Attorney for Southern California Andre Birotte’s statement yesterday that Lance Armstrong would not face criminal investigation has been contradicted by an anonymous […]

Says he stands by his original decision to suspend federal investigation Just over one year after he unexpectedly called off the federal investigation into Lance Armstrong, United States Attorney André Birotte has ended his silence on the matter and said […]

Defence fund pays for first batch of expenses in relation to Verbruggen/McQuaid action Three months after he lodged a criminal complaint with the public prosecutor in Vevey in Switzerland, Paul Kimmage is waiting to learn whether or not that case […]

Australian says winter testing is crucial to nab riders withdrawing blood Responding to yesterday’s UCI statement saying that the drop in biological passport testing in 2010 and 2011 had no detrimental effect on the ability of the programme to pinpoint […]

Spekenbrink states some Argos Shimano riders were only tested twice out of competition last season Responding to last week’s release of minutes from the UCI’s Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (‘CADF’) meeting in June 2010 plus the statement by Michael Ashenden that […]

Far better window of detection available The practice of microdosing tiny amounts of EPO in order to evade detection could be stamped out by a new process which has been developed by researchers, with the MAIIA test showing much greater […]

No racing for rider due to implication in Operación Puerto He’s been one of the team’s top performers in recent years but the Blanco Pro Cycling enquiry into reported links between Luis Leon Sanchez and Operación Puerto have now led […]

UCI president says he wants WADA to ‘sit down with us in a spirit of cooperation and partnership’ Feeling pressure in the year where he will once again face election for his current role as UCI president, Pat McQuaid has […]