Andreas Klöden, soon to join up with Lance Armstrong’s new RadioShack team, has paid a 25,000 euro financial settlement to the Bonn prosecutor’s office in Germany, putting an end to an ongoing doping investigation against him. Klöden, who was being […]
The end of the cycling season hasn’t stopped Quick Step team manager Patrick Lefevere from winning, although today his battle was won in the courtroom rather than on the cobblestones of the Spring Classics. Lefevere was awarded 500,000 euros in compensation […]
Italian investigators suspect six or seven riders who competed in the 2008 Giro d’Italia of having used the third generation form of EPO, CERA, in the race, and are awaiting further confirmation. According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, the Padua […]
Stefan Schumacher is prepared to continue his legal battles to the highest courts. After the decision by the French Conseil d’Etat court to uphold his ban, the German is prepared to go all the way to the European Court of […]
The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Thursday reopened a war of words with the French anti-doping agency AFLD in blasting an AFLD report which suggested the Union had favoured the Astana team in the Tour de France. The French earlier […]
Marcos Maynar, professor or exercise physiology at the University of Extremadura in Cáceres, western Spain was banned by the Portuguese Cycling Federation last week from working with its riders for ten years. He was found guilty after being accused of […]
Born out of the frustration caused by the positive tests and scandals of recent years, the Bike Pure organisation was set up approximately a year ago in order to enable riders and fans to promote the anti-doping message. The Irish-based […]
Stefan Schumacher’s claim that he should be acquitted of charges of using CERA in the 2008 Tour de France was thrown out by the French Conseil d’Etat court today. The disgraced German rider recently claimed that the clearing of other […]
A court in Valencia has awarded Eufemiano Fuentes, the notorious doctor at the centre of the Spanish doping ring uncovered in Operación Puerto, damages amounting to 600,000 Euro. Fuentes was employed as team doctor for the Comunidad Valenciana team between […]
Following 26 second and third places in 2009 but just six wins, the Euskaltel Euskadi team knows that it has to target more victories in 2010. “You can not blame the riders’ attitude and aggression in bicycle races, but we […]
21-year-old Aurélien Duval of la Française des Jeux has been advised by the UCI that he has been provisionally suspended after returning a positive sample during the Circuit Franco-Belge stage race on October 1st. According to a UCI communication the […]
The UCI is allowing Riccardo Ricco to make his return to competition next year on March 18th. Ricco, nicknamed “the Cobra” for his deadly attacks, will make his comeback after a 20 month doping suspension for failing two doping tests […]
Based on an article in the Spanish magazine Interviu, El Pais reports that another doping network may have been uncovered in Spain that may involve some big name cyclists. Moisés Dueñas and Maribel Moreno, both caught doping in 2008, have […]
Jan Ullrich visited Eufemiano Fuentes two dozen times between 2003 and 2006. The BKA (German FBI) revealed the extent of Ullrich’s treatment, according to information obtained by the Spiegel news magazine. Between February 2005 and May 2006, Ullrich flew to […]
CAS, the court of arbitration in Lausanne, Switzerland, will hear the case of Alejandro Valverde on November 16. Valverde is appealing his ban by CONI, the Italian National Olympic Committee. Valverde already filed his objection to CAS in June of […]
Yesterday’s Tour de France presentation was primarily about the route of the 2010 race, but the details of next year’s race were preceded by the organisers’ statements on the fight against doping. In a pointed reference to the spat between […]
Spain’s reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador played down the threat of a drugs probe that was launched a day before the presentation of next year’s race. Paris prosecutors on Tuesday revealed they had launched an investigation after the […]
Paris prosecutors on Tuesday revealed that they have launched an investigation after the discovery of suspicious medical equipment including “syringes and drips” during the Tour de France in July. The inquiry will be carried out by police officers from the […]
