Former junior world champion and Beijing 2008 Olympian Mark French has won his defamation case against the Herald and Weekly Times, nearly six years after the Herald Sun newspaper published two articles labelling him a ‘disgraced drug cheat.’ The 25 […]
Five days after it was revealed that Thomas Frei had returned a positive A sample for EPO, his BMC Racing team has announced that he has confessed to using the banned drug and been fired from the squad. In a […]
During a press conference Tuesday in Olten, Switzerland, former BMC Racing rider Thomas Frei confessed that he had been actively doping for the past two years. With his admission, the Swiss rider waived his right to have his B-Sample tested. […]
The Swiss Court of Human Rights rejected the appeal of Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) to reverse the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) decision to uphold his ban on racing in Italy. The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) instituted Valverde’s […]
Team Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov has responded to negative reactions after his victory in Liege-Bastogne-Liege yesterday in an open letter to the cycling community. The Kazakh returned from a two-year doping suspension last year, and is hopeful about moving on from […]
Following a recent number of anti-doping non-negatives, another provisional suspension has been announced following the news that Andalucia-CajaSur rider Manuel Vazquez Hueso has provisionally tested positive for EPO. “The decision to provisionally suspend this rider was made in response to […]
Two months after the first sportsman was suspended for testing positive for human growth hormone, a more powerful test for hGH is moving ever-closer towards its official introduction. On Wednesday British doctors reported that a new method of screening has […]
Four years after the ‘Operazione Athena’ began, former Vuelta a España stage winner Luca Paolini and 28 others have been charged in relation to a doping network and will face trial in Bergamo, northern Italy. According to La Gazzetta dello […]
For almost four years now, Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde has been linked to Operación Puerto. The breaking up of a doping ring based in Madrid with links to Italy dominated the headlines from May 2006 onwards, and over time more […]
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has provisionally suspended RadioShack rider Fuyu Li following a report from the WADA accredited laboratory in Ghent indicating an Adverse Analytical Finding of Clenbuterol. The doping control was done during an in-competition test at the […]
Earlier today, the International Cycling Union (UCI) advised Mattia Gavazzi (Colnago-CSF Inox) that he has been provisionally suspended from racing. The decision was made after the WADA accredited laboratory in Lausanne reported an Adverse Analytical Finding of cocaine in a […]
BMC Racing has announced that Thomas Frei has tested positive for EPO. The team said that they are pulling him from competition immediately, so he won’t be on the start line for tomorrow’s stage of the Giro del Trentino in […]
Double Tour de France King of the Mountains Michael Rasmussen has been implicated in the Humanplasma investigation, both through leaked reports of the riders suspected of being involved, and also by the former Gerolsteiner professional Bernhard Kohl. However the Dane […]
Portuguese rider João Cabreira is facing a two year ban after the Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS ruled that he had committed a doping violation. Cabreira’s case has wide-reaching implications as he has been found guilty of manipulating a […]
The Amaury Sports Organization (ASO), organizers of the two remaining Ardennes Classics Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Flèche Wallonne, have said that they will not attempt to prevent Alejandro Valverde from taking the start in their events this week. “A process is underway […]
The Austrian National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has completed its investigation into the HumanPlasma blood bank in Vienna, acknowledging that the first cases against suspected dopers will begin soon. The case involves a doping ring revolving around Austrian Bernard Kohl’s manager […]
Dutch rider Johnny Hoogerland will be one of the outsiders aiming to do well in this Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race. The 26 year old Vacansoleil rider had his best-ever season last year, taking a stage plus the overall classification in […]
The Italian Professional Cyclists Association (ACCPI) has criticized the American BMC Racing team for suspending former Lampre riders Alessandro Ballan and Mauro Santambrogio in the wake of the “via col doping” investigation, which is currently underway in Padua, Italy. Current […]
