Riccardo Riccò is even more unwelcome in cycling than before following his split with partner Vania Rossi. He left her and their child Alberto after it was announced last month she tested positive for EPO-CERA. “Ricco – what a f–king […]
Italian cycling couple Riccardo Riccò and Vania Rossi have gone their separate ways after the events of the past couple weeks. Rossi tested positive for the third generation form of EPO, CERA, at a control that was taken following the […]
Moisés Dueñas is looking to a comeback in pro cycling after a doping ban sidelined him for a year. Dueñas cooperated with the investigators, which helped him to receive a shortening of his initial two-year ban. Spanish paper El Adelanto […]
Controversial rider Michael Rasmussen has been given a vote of confidence from the Miche Silver Cross team owner Marco Tozzi, who says that he is entitled to return to pro cycling. “I feel that Rasmussen has the right to have […]
The Rabobank Team has decided to publish the various anti-doping controls members of the team underwent during the 2009 season. In total, the thirty rider roster was tested 484 times with both blood and urine samples taken. The team is […]
German rider Jan Ullrich has had many of his more recent performances discredited due to his links with Operacion Puerto, but efforts to strip him of the gold and silver medals he achieved in the 2000 Olympics appear to be […]
This year the organizer of the Tour of Murcia, Paco Guzmán, has decided to boycott Italian teams from his race to show support for Spaniard Alejandro Valverde. Last year the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) banned Valverde from racing in Italy […]
This year the organizer of the Tour of Murcia, Paco Guzmán, has decided to boycott Italian teams from his race to show support for Spaniard Alejandro Valverde. Last year the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) banned Valverde from racing in Italy […]
In an effort to prove that the Liquigas team is acting ethically and with transparency, six journalists will oversee a two-week training camp being held by Ivan Basso, Roman Kreuziger, Vincenzo Nibali, Franco Pellizotti and Sylvester Szmyd. Departing tomorrow, the […]
As of January 1, 2010 the International Cycling Union (UCI) has taken another big step towards deterring cheating in cycling. Now new provisions of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules impose financial penalties on riders who are suspended by their National Federations. […]
Italian Danilo Di Luca was handed a two-year doping ban by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) on Monday, along with a large fine. Di Luca, who won the 2007 Giro di’Italia, came in a close second to Russian Denis Menchov […]
Riccardo Riccò has spoken to La Gazzetta dello Sport about his partner Vania Rossi’s positive doping result for CERA, a third generation EPO. The control was taken after she finished in second place at the Italian Cyclo-cross championships on January […]
Anti-doping expert Werner Franke celebrates his 70th birthday today. Some athletes may hope the German will retire soon, but this seems a remote possibility as long as Franke is as healthy as he is – he still works daily, including […]
After news of a positive doping control for the third generation form of EPO, CERA, double Italian cyclo-cross champion Vania Rossi has claimed that she is innocent. The control was taken at the National Cyclo-cross Championships on January 20th, where […]
American Tom Zirbel has reported on his blog that his B-sample analysis to verify a positive doping control for DHEA, an exogenous anabolic steroid, has come back positive. The controls were carried out after his second place finish at the […]
Double Italian cyclo-cross champion Vania Rossi has tested positive for the third generation form of EPO, CERA, according to Italian Olympic Committee CONI. “As a result of examinations performed by the Laboratory of Rome, a positive case was found,” it […]
Having lost his CAS appeal against a two year ban from cycling, German rider Stefan Schumacher has indicated that he is likely to fight on by taking a case in the Swiss civil court system. “I am a fighter,” he […]
In a press release today, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced that the Third Section of the Provincial Court of Almería, Spain, has rejected an appeal by Spanish rider Carlos Roman Golbano challenging the Whereabouts Information System instituted by the […]
