Team denies the allegations, says Landis has no credibility BMC Racing’s president Jim Ochowicz said the team will stand behind their sports director John Lelangue with respect to the investigation the UCI has launched to look into Floyd Landis’ claims […]
Youth found with doping products Two Kazakh riders, en route to the Tour de Franche-Comte on Friday, were arrested for possession of doping products illegal in France. The two riders were stopped in the Jura region of France by police, […]
Spaniard awaits CAS ruling Caisse d’Epargne’s embattled leader, Alejandro Valverde, continues to train hard in preparation for a full on go at the rapidly approaching Tour de France even as a final ruling on his potential worldwide ban looms. The […]
Nibali is the Italian for the future Ivan Basso’s storming victory yesterday on Monte Zoncolan, one of the toughest mountains in cycling, delighted his fans but also led to the inevitable raising of eyebrows by some. He served a doping […]
Beijing silver medalist in the Madison Spanish newspaper El País has reported that Toni Tauler tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO in an out of competition doping control this past March just before the track World Championships in Copenhagen, […]
LeMond views the positive of the situation Following his confession of doping earlier this week, Floyd Landis has apologized to three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond for events that transpired during his trial in 2007. LeMond was set to […]
Landis claims ex-wife present during exchanges Earlier this week the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) had been reported as one of two agencies looking into the Floyd Landis accusations of systematic doping leveled at seven-time Tour de France champion Lance […]
The RadioShack team of Lance Armstrong and Johan Bruyneel have released a statement today concerning the recent allegations by Floyd Landis that state that they, along with others involved in cycling, were involved with systematic doping. Landis raced on the […]
Brothers took silver and gold in Tabor The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced today that Polish cyclocross riders Kacper and Pawel Szczepaniak have been suspended for four and eight years respectively by their national federation. In addition, Kacper will […]
The Internation Cycling Union (UCI) has announced that Frenchman Mickael Larpe from the Roubaix-Lille Metropole team and Italian Alessandro Coló of ISD-Neri have been provisionally suspended following positive doping controls. Larpe tested positive for recombinant EPO in a blood sample […]
America’s first Tour de France winner chimes in Three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond spoke out about the recent allegations of Floyd Landis accusing Lance Armstrong and several others of systematic doping and condoning doping in the sport. “I […]
Floyd Landis has admitted to a doping past and accused other high profile cyclists of systematic doping practices. VeloNation recieved an email from a reliable source yesterday that is purportedly between the rider and a high-ranking US cycling official where […]
How should cycling deal with its past? Yesterday VeloNation received a copy of an email purportedly exchanged between Floyd Landis and a cycling official in which Landis admits doping and chronicles systematic doping practices over the years leading up to […]
Hopes that agreement will be reached soon The World Anti-Doping Agency plans to step up the fight against doping through co-operation with major pharmaceutical companies who produce EPO and other performance-enhancing substances. WADA is currently in talks with several big […]
Granted 15 days by prosecutor to assemble case Liquigas-Doimo rider Franco Pellizotti went before the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor today at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. He was questioned about the irregularities that the International Cycling Union (UCI) […]
Basque team believes he is innocent Spaniard Mikel Astarloza was suspended for two years by the International Cycling Union (UCI) last week following a positive test for the banned blood-booster EPO. He has maintained his innocence in the case and […]
Further clashes with the UCI? Although the UCI has said that it will no longer work with the AFLD, the French anti-doping agency has said that it wants to conduct additional tests of its own during this year’s Tour de […]
Tougher controls equal less success. Giro d’Italia director Angelo Zomegnan discussed the state of Italian cycling during the race’s rest day in Italy. He reasoned that the decline in the performance level coming out of his home country is the […]
