The Court of Arbitration in Sport on Monday rejected German cyclist Stefan Schumacher’s appeal against a two-year ban for a positive doping control at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Schumacher was among the six athletes that tested positive for […]
The doping controls during this year’s Tour de France will be implemented without the help of the French anti-doping agency (AFLD), said International Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat McQuaid Saturday. The two agencies had a falling out which erupted last […]
Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin was questioned by the Italian Olympic Committee’s (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor today after being stripped of his Olympic silver medal from the 2008 Beijing Games. The hearing took place in Rome at Olympic stadium. Afterwards Rebellin’s lawyer, […]
Team Liquigas-Doimo has decided to open its training camps up to the press in order to dispel any rumours over doping within the team, according to la Repubblica. The team, one of two Italian teams in the ProTour, includes riders […]
In what is thought to be the first major collaboration of its kind, the Bike Pure anti-doping movement and the Tour de Langkawi have announced a new partnership today. Bike Pure, a not-for-profit initiative, will sent specially-commissioned wristbands to the […]
Embattled Cassie d’Epargne rider Alejandro Valverde is currently racing in the Santos Tour Down Under in Australia, and while he is busy doing his work on the roads, his legal team is at home preparing a complaint against ex-teammate Jesús […]
Igor Astarloa is retiring after ten years as a professional, unable to find a new team for the 2010 season. The 2003 World Champion fell afoul with the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) blood passport program in May of 2009. He […]
Aurélien Duval’s contract with the French Française des Jeux team was prematurely ended after his B-sample confirmed the positive reading of norfenfluramine, Wielerflits reports. Duval was tested on October 1, during the Circuit Franco Belge. The French federation (FFC) will […]
David Kopp has signed with German Continental team Kuota-Indeland, according to Cyclismag. The German was suspended for doping until the beginning of this year and is now eligible to race again. Kopp started his career with Team Telekom, where he […]
As suggested the other day by Valverde’s lawyer after the first day of the hearing; the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) is unable to extend Alejandro Valverde’s Italian ban to be enforced worldwide. The hearing this week was an […]
Day two of the Alejandro Valverde CAS appeal in Lausanne saw the rider deny all suggestions of using banned substances, while former Kelme team-mate Jesus Manzano contradicted this when he confirmed that a systematic doping programme was in existence. Valverde […]
German rider Stefan Schumacher has expressed dissatisfaction with further delays to his appeal against a two-year ban for doping, according to French sports paper l’Equipe. The Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) was originally meant to have reached a decision […]
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today rejected any immediate possibility of extending the Italian Olympic Committee’s (CONI) sanction of Spanish rider Alberto Valverde beyond the borders of Italy. The Spaniard is currently banned from racing in Italy based […]
Alejandro Valverde’s career reaches an important crossroads tomorrow when a three day Court of Arbitration in Sport hearing begins in the Swiss city of Lausanne. The Spanish rider will not attend but he will be represented by his legal team. […]
Manolo Saiz, a central figure in cycling’s biggest doping scandal, says he would now like to return to the sport. He told Diario Vasco newspaper today that cycling “is my world, so it’s only natural to return.” Saiz was arrested […]
The date for Davide Rebellin’s appearance at CONI, the Italian National Olympic Committee, has been set for January 22, according to Wielermagazine. Rebellin tested positive for CERA just prior to the Olympic road race. Rebellin has already returned the medals […]
For 2007 World Champion Marta Bastianelli, 2008 should have been her best year in cycling, instead it turned out to be her worst. A positive test for banned substance fenfluromine – an amphetimine derivative, often used as a weight loss […]
New BMC Racing signing Alexander Kristoff will be prevented from taking the start of his first ever ProTour race by the International Cycling Union (UCI) because of having no data on his biological passport, according to feltet.dk. The 22-year-old Norwegian […]
