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Doping

Armstrong officially stripped of seven Tour de France wins

Greg LeMond now the only American winner of cycling’s biggest event Bringing an end to a saga which has polluted cycling, the sport’s governing body the UCI has confirmed that it will fully accept the sanction handed down to Lance […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

UCI’s anti-doping ruling on Armstrong is imminent

Will USADA’s stripping of seven Tour titles be endorsed or appealed? What could be the final judgement on Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France record could be passed in the next few minutes, with the UCI due to indicate whether or […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Johny Schleck wants his sons Andy and Frank to quit cycling

“This is not a life” Despite his sons’ podium finish in the 2011 Tour de France, Andy Schleck’s win in the 2010 edition and the other successes they have clocked during their careers, the events of 2012 have prompted Johny […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Contador says the sport must look to the future

Vuelta champ speaks out on Armstrong saga Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) has spoken out about the Lance Armstrong doping revelations saying the sport needs to look to the future and not the past. The Spaniard who returned from a […]

Author: Xylon van Eyck Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Lab director says Armstrong had suspicious test result in 2002

Saugy denies the Texan tested positive at Tour of Switzerland Martial Saugy, the chief of the Lausanne laboratory that conducted the suspicious Lance Armstrong test from the 2001 Tour of Switzerland, says that was not the only questionable test result […]

Author: Xylon van Eyck Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Phil Liggett says Verbruggen must leave the sport

Says he had no reason not to believe Armstrong Cycling commentator Phil Liggett has been a vocal supporter of Lance Armstrong’s for some time, but now concedes that the proof is too strong against the American. The veteran commentator of […]

Author: Xylon van Eyck Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Ashenden states the UCI’s anti-doping fight doesn’t have the same impetus as before

Anti-doping scientist warns that more needs to be done Previously part of the UCI’s biological passport expert panel, Michael Ashenden has criticised the governing body for what he said is a loss of momentum of late. The Australian anti-doping researcher […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Gilbert says cycling is not the only sport with doping problems

World Champ says evidence against Armstrong should have come out sooner World Champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) has told Euronews that he considers it a shame the doping allegations and evidence during the Lance Armstrong era was not made […]

Author: Xylon van Eyck Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Bassons misses post-race test and is handed one year ban

Rider had withdrawn before end of race, states he was not told in time that his name was randomly selected Thirteen years after he spoke out against doping in the 1999 Tour de France, earning the ire of Lance Armstrong […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

No confession from Armstrong during Livestrong speech

Texan: “I’ve been better, but I’ve also been worse.” Lance Armstrong made his first public speech on Friday night since evidence of his doping past was sent to the UCI and made public by the US Anti-Doping Agency. The Texan […]

Author: Xylon van Eyck Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

USA Cycling drops Lance Armstrong’s name from junior road race series

Oakley acknowledges strength of evidence against Armstrong but won’t act yet In what is yet another example of cycling entities pulling back from the under-fire Texan, USA Cycling has announced that it has renamed the Lance Armstrong Junior Race Series […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

SKINS chairman Fuller calls on McQuaid to act decisively over doping scandal or resign

Industry figure says UCI is ‘at the precipice of universal disgrace’ In what is an all-guns-blazing open letter directed at Pat McQuaid, the chairman of one of the companies backing several cycling teams and federations has called on him to […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Lotto and Belisol companies reiterate support for cycling and pushing for a clean sport

“Sponsors who believe in the future should not look back on yesterday” Reacting to today’s news that the Rabobank company is withdrawing its title sponsorship from the eponymous cycling team due to the Lance Armstrong/US Postal Service case, two backers […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

UCI confirms Armstrong/USADA decision will be announced on Monday

Quick decision reached on whether or not case will be appealed to CAS Cycling’s governing body the UCI has come to a relatively quick decision in relation to the Lance Armstrong doping case, revealing that it will announce its intention […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Rabobank stuns cycling with sudden withdrawal from the sport

Seventeen years of sponsorship come to an abrupt end In what is a major shock for the world of cycling, one of the sport’s longest-running sponsors Rabobank has abruptly announced that it will quit its backing of both its men’s […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

UCI launches biological passport proceedings against Carlos Barredo

Spaniard under investigation for suspected blood doping Sidelined since June because of doubts about his biological passport, Carlos Barredo has been informed by the UCI that a disciplinary procedure has been opened against him on the grounds of suspected blood […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Bruyneel remains set for arbitration hearing despite complaints about USADA evidence ‘leaks’

Belgian claims he will give a ‘balanced account’ at some future point Giving an update one day after Lance Armstrong lost several big sponsors over the USADA investigation, Johan Bruyneel has today indicated that he currently has no plans to […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Rabobank states it did what it could to screen Barredo

Dutch team insists it is committed to the biological passport Its rider today was confirmed as being the latest biological passport case in cycling, but Rabobank has said that it did what it could to ensure that Carlos Barredo had […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

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