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Doping

Di Luca faces hearing over EPO positive in one week’s time

Lengthy ban likely for 37 year old rider, who previously served two bans It’s taken three months but Danilo di Luca’s case is finally moving forward. The three-time doping offender has a hearing in front of the Italian Olympic Committee […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Armstrong makes payout to Sunday Times, Texan faces other claims

Qui Tam lawsuit continues One year after the Sunday Times said that it was considering legal action against Lance Armstrong over the libel settlement the newspaper had made in the past, the Texan has made an undisclosed payment over the […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

UCI, Cycling Anti Doping Foundation gives tentative all clear to Tour de France doping samples

No positive tests from this year’s Tour, retrospective tests may still be carried out The UCI’s Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation stated on Tuesday that the samples analysed at this year’s Tour de France have shown no signs of the use of […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Klier admits usage of doping products during his pro career, loses results from 2005 onwards

Six month suspension for Garmin-Sharp director, can return in February Former German pro and current Garmin-Sharp director Andreas Klier has admitted using performance enhancing substances during part of his seventeen year career, with his confession coinciding with the announcement of […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

‘The Armstrong Lie’ documentary to make its debut at next month’s Toronto International Film Festival

Film will take viewers inside Armstrong’s return, rise and fall Just over two weeks after a title and distribution deal were announced for the upcoming Lance Armstrong documentary made by Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney, details have emerged about when and […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Kittel passes lie detector tests on subject of doping, expert concludes he’s most likely clean

“Kittel makes us believe in a pure generation of cyclists” The German sprinter Marcel Kittel has spoken out against doping on several occasions and has now acquired an additional credibility after he underwent a polygraph test on the subject and […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Retired doctor who threatened Tygart and faces five year prison sentence pleads not guilty

Verdict yet to be handed down, second individual who made threats will be heard in October One of the two men charged with threatening the life of USADA CEO Travis Tygart in connection with the Lance Armstrong investigation, Gerrit Keats, […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Tygart blasts UCI over refusal to let USADA do tests at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge and other top events

“They want to control the results. They want to control who is tested and they want to control what is tested for, so they don’t have any issues” USADA CEO Travis Tygart has spoken of his frustration with what he […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Canyon ends Zabel’s slots as brand ambassador and mentor to young riders, but will give him new role

“We condemn Erik’s actions, but we do not condemn the person. That is why we now want to find a new way of working together” As expected, Canyon has decided to end to Erik Zabel’s role working with the ‘Young […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Legeay clear that Astana must follow the rules and not engage Pellizotti until next May

Team to discuss regulation concerning new signing in coming days Following the news that the Astana team has signed Franco Pellizotti on a one year contract starting next season, the president of the Movement for a Credible Cycling (MPCC) Roger […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Canyon examining its collaboration with Zabel in light of doping confession

“The responsibility we have for our sport forbids us to accept or ignore doping” Bicycle manufacturer Canyon has confirmed today that it is assessing its relationship with multiple Maillot Vert winner Erik Zabel in light of his admission of long-term […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Katusha suspends sprint coach Erik Zabel after confession of doping throughout his career

Russian team insists questions about his past don’t have any connection to his role with team Responding to last week’s news that Erik Zabel had been one of the riders who tested positive for EPO in the 1998 Tour de […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Four riders each handed two year bans for use of GW501516

Tumour-causing black market substance sees south American riders sidelined Months after it was confirmed that they had returned positive A samples for the black market, highly toxic drug GW501516, the riders Paulo Vargas Barrantes, Pablo Mudarra Segura, Allan Jose Morales […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Moses joins list of candidates for WADA presidency

Double Olympic champion in the running for top anti-doping slot Two time Olympic gold medallist Edwin Moses has become the third candidate to enter the contest to become the next president of the World Anti Doping Agency, submitting his candidacy […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

NetApp Endura ends working relationship with Jens Heppner as a result of 1998 Tour de France positive

“Our new generation of riders should be able to focus on the season uninfluenced by other circumstances” Named last week in the French Senate Report as one of the riders who was positive for EPO in the retests carried out […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Erik Zabel resigns from Professional Cycling Council and Hamburg Cyclassics

Former German sprinter “no longer the right person” after doping admission Following the admission that, rather than trying EPO once in 1996, he in fact doped for the majority of his racing career, former German sprinter Erik Zabel has resigned […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling, Vattenfall Cyclassics,

Kittel says he wants lifetime bans and criminal charges for those who dope

German responds to Zabel confession, affirms he has never used banned substances Asked for his views on doping in the wake of the admission by Erik Zabel that he used banned products for much of his career, Marcel Kittel has […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Zabel admits to lying in 2007 about extent of his doping, now confirms eight-season period of use

German rider states he used EPO, cortisone and blood doping between 1996 and 2003 After making the questionable declaration in 2007 that he had only used EPO once in his career and then this week being confronted with evidence against […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

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