No reassignment of Lance Armstrong’s stripped victories, says Christian Prudhomme Tour de France director general Christian Prudhomme would like to see the Tour de France roll of honour left blank between the years 1999 and 2005, according to l’Equipe. Those […]
“It was under Verbruggen’s presidency that it was at its worst, yet there were all these denials from the UCI” Following on from this week’s publishing of USADA’s explosive files on Lance Armstrong and the US Postal Service team, which […]
Company paid a total of $12 million to US Postal Service rider in relation to Tour victories As the dust continues to settle after the upheaval caused by the USADA report into Lance Armstrong’s doping, a Texan insurance company which […]
‘I do think what Lance has done is completely unacceptable’ Alex Dowsett has clarified his comments expressed in an earlier BBC report, suggesting that the remarks were taken out of context. In that initial exchange the Team Sky rider referred […]
Sky’s Alex Dowsett says Armstrong is a ‘legend of the sport’ Former pro and current Team Sky directeur sportif Sean Yates has insisted that he saw nothing at all that was suspicious during his time working alongside Lance Armstrong, either […]
Omega Pharma Quick Step puts rider on non-active status after USADA testimony Following yesterday’s release of documents by USADA which included an admission by Levi Leipheimer that he used banned products for much of his career, his former Rabobank team […]
Details and rider testimonies available in USADA’s reasoned decision In the wake of today’s synopsis of the evidence issued by the US Anti Doping Agency plus statements by several riders admitting doping and saying that they testified in the US […]
Governing body “will endeavour to provide a timely response” to thousand-page dossier Having expressed frustration at perceived delays in the production of a “reasoned decision” into its sanctioning of Lance Armstrong – and five others – in the “USPS Conspiracy, […]
American hopes that next generation of riders won’t be faced with the sam choices Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) is one of four former teammates of Lance Armstrong, named in the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) “reasoned decision” into its […]
Danielson, Vande Velde and Zabriskie admit past doping and commitment to clean racing at Slipstream Sports Of the eleven former teammates of Lance Armstrong named in today’s US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) “reasoned decision” behind its application of a life ban […]
Canadian states he competed clean for past six years The retiring pro rider Michael Barry has joined his former US Postal Service team-mate George Hincapie today in admitting for the first time that he doped during a phase of his […]
Texan’s right hand man speaks about ‘widespread use of performance enhancing drugs by cyclists’ George Hincapie, the only rider to have ridden all seven of the Tours where Lance Armstrong reached Paris in yellow, has today admitted to doping during […]
Data gathered includes 26 witnesses, including Hincapie, Leipheimer, Danielson and Vande Velde Citing ‘overwhelming evidence’ which amounts to over 1000 pages in length, the US Anti-Doping Agency has confirmed that it is today sending its reasoned decision to the UCI […]
AG2R La Mondiale removes rider from competition and trusts in anti-doping proces AG2R La Mondiale manager Vincent Lavenu has reacted with sadness and anger at the news that his rider, Steve Houanard, has returned a non-negative sample for EPO. The […]
AG2R La Mondiale rider withdrawn from Tour of Beijing after September out of competition test result announced AG2R La Mondiale’s Steve Houanard has been provisionally suspended after returning an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for EPO, the International Cycling Union (UCI) […]
Bio passport scientist expressed concerns to UCI in 2009, unsure if issue went further Anti-doping scientist Michael Ashenden has confirmed that he raised concerns about Lance Armstrong’s published blood values three years ago, while being part of the UCI’s biological […]
Anti-doping scientists both feel blood profile indicates likely blood doping Anti-doping researcher Michael Ashenden has echoed a recent statement by fellow scientist Robin Parisotto, saying that in his opinion, Lance Armstrong’s 2009 blood profiles are suggestive of blood doping. Both […]
Further information provided by sidelined rider Still sitting out from competition as he awaits a decision from the UCI in relation to his biopassport values, Carlos Barredo has provided further information to the governing body. “It was all by letter. […]
