Colombian considering offer from British team Team Sky has been rumoured to be chasing the Colombian rider Rigoberto Uran and, according to his current Caisse d’Epargne team management, he is likely to go to the British project. “We are talking […]
Team Sky rider suggests rider’s entry should be blocked Simon Gerrans has become one of the first of the current batch of professionals to comment on Floyd Landis’s plans to come to Australia in order to speak at an anti-doping […]
Acknowledges his past mistakes, says he won’t discuss Armstrong or ongoing Federal investigation American rider Floyd Landis has said that he wants to be a catalyst for change in the sport, and that his participation in the upcoming New Pathways […]
Meets Novitzky, comments on Stephanie McIlvain recordings As the federal investigation into the US Postal team, Lance Armstrong and various others implicated by Floyd Landis continues to develop and grow, an increasing number of people have been contacted in relation […]
Statements on tape appear to contradict evidence given in 2005 hearings A recording made in 2004 between Greg LeMond and a woman who has been identified as Stephanie McIlvain has been obtained by Federal prosecutors. According to the LA Times, […]
Former Tour de France white jersey tests non-negative in Colombia Spanish rider Oscar Sevilla has been provisionally suspended by the International Cycling Union (UCI) after returning an Adverse Analytical Finding for the banned substance Hydroxyethyl at last month’s Vuelta a […]
Belgian rider will not ask for B-sample analysis In a long statement on his personal website Roy Sentjens (Milram) admitted using EPO; the Belgian returned a non-negative sample for the drug in a random control taken on August 16th. In […]
Petacchi continues to race Vuelta a España despite doping investigation in Italy The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) is widening its doping investigation of sprinter Alessandro Petacchi as he continues to race and win. Petacchi won the seventh stage of the […]
Controversial Italian returns to racing in Italy with new Dutch team Riccardo Riccò will race his first race with new Dutch team, Vacansoleil Sunday at the one-day race Giro della Romagna in Italy. Vacansoleil is the second team for Riccò […]
Novitsky gathering evidence for the Grand Jury Floyd Landis’s email to cycling officials claiming there was widespread doping in the US Postal Service team has prompted Food and Drug Administration agent Jeff Novitsky to look into seven-time Tour de France […]
Cycling and other sports stand to gain from successful research Four years’ research and almost a million dollars in funding from WADA has led to German scientists developing a test which has huge implications for safeguarding the future of clean […]
Recordings allegedly incriminate Oakley rep who denied hearing Armstrong admission in 1996 Lance Armstrong’s former team-mate Frankie Andreu and his wife, Betsy Andreu, have both spoken to federal agents investigating possible doping and fraud on the US Postal Service team. […]
Correspondence between two American cyclists likely examined as part of federal investigation Lance Armstrong could have tried to silence Floyd Landis prior his doping allegations this spring. That’s a claim that is likely to be investigated by US federal prosecutors, […]
Rumours of waived tests are dismissed by governing body The UCI has given reassurances following unconfirmed reports that no anti-doping testing will be done on today’s opening stage of the Vuelta España, saying that samples will indeed be taken. Rumours […]
Danish rider blames paperwork issue, might not originally have been in team’s long list Team Saxo Bank’s Michael Morkov has been prevented from starting the Vuelta a España due to unspecified documentation issues, thus meaning he will miss out on […]
CONI hear widens investigation of Petacchi and Bernucci following confession The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) is widening its doping investigation into Tour de France green jersey winner, Alessandro Petacchi. Its prosecutors heard Lampre’s sports director, Fabrizio Bontempi, and masseur, Paolo […]
Luis Garcia del Moral calls Landis’ claims ‘ridiculous’ Lance Armstrong’s former doctor from team US Postal said Floyd Landis’ allegations of an internal doping programme are untrue. Spanish doctor, Luis Garcia del Moral told Bloomberg that Landis’ claims are “ridiculous” […]
Italian sprinter could be blocked from Spanish tour if preliminary ban is issued Tour de France Maillot Vert Alessandro Petacchi faces an nervous wait to see if he will be able to take part in this year’s Vuelta a España, […]
