Race starts in two week’s time For the third consecutive year, Le Tour de Langkawi and Bike Pure will seek to send out an anti-doping message through a partnership at the race. Wristbands will be handed out to race officials, […]
Two-year suspension for retired German rider; forfeits final Tour de France podium The Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) has ruled in favour of an appeal lodged by the International Cycling Union (UCI) against the acquittal of Jan Ullrich for […]
1997 Tour winner wants to get on with his life Speaking in advance of tomorrow’s CAS ruling, Jan Ullrich has said that he will feel relief whatever the outcome. “Tomorrow (Thursday) is a happy day for me. I am happy […]
Multiple French champion named as a witness, back under scrutiny The career of multiple world and French champion Jeannie Longo is once again under a shadow after her husband and coach Patrice Ciprelli was arrested this morning at their home […]
Team states rider wants to renew with Danish squad While Bjarne Riis today pledged his support to Alberto Contador during a press conference held in the rider’s hometown of Pinto, the Saxo Bank team has ended its contract with the […]
Another big decision for cycling in complicated week for the sport Continuing a few days where doping themes rather than race results have occupied many cycling headlines, the final verdict in the UCI’s appeal against Jan Ullrich will be announced […]
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 […]
Rasmussen and Van den Broeck react to yesterday’s sanction As the analysis and reaction continues after yesterday’s ruling against Alberto Contador by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, a Danish anti-doping official who has followed the case has said that […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lampre-ISD captain stands to inherit 2011 Giro d’Italia title after Spanish rider’s retrospective suspension One of those to benefit from Alberto Contador being handed a retrospective two year suspension for his clenbuterol positive at the 2010 Tour de France, is […]
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 […]
Belgian legend reacts to CAS verdict in Alberto Contador case Eddy Merckx has spoken about his disappointment about the fact that the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) has ruled that Alberto Contador should be suspended for two years. The […]
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 […]
How big a task is it for the UCI to remove suspended rider from the last two year’s rankings? With the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) having imposed a two-year suspension on Alberto Contador, with a forfeiture of all […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
