Disgraced cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan has been named in Astana’s squad for the Tour of Spain, which begins this Saturday. Vinokourov, who recently returned from a two-year doping ban handed out for blood doping at the 2007 Tour de […]
Pat McQuaid, the president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), indicated that there were no positive doping controls at this year’s Tour de France, and he expects that to be the wave of the future for the world’s biggest bike […]
Italian Emanuele Sella will be making his return to professional cycling with the CarmioOro A-Style team after serving a one year ban for doping. Sella tested positive for CERA, the third generation EPO, in an out of competition control on […]
Disgraced Tour de France cyclist Bernhard Kohl said Friday that scientists working in laboratories accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) were bribed by his former manager, the alleged head of a doping network. Austrian Stefan Matschiner, who managed the […]
Italian Danilo Di LUca has been fired by his LPR – Brakes team after his B sample came back positive for EPO. The 33-year-old tested positive for CERA two times during his home Tour. First with a sample taken on […]
Belgian Gert Steegmans has ended his contract with the Russian Katusha team effective immediately. His agent told the Dutch press that he has no comment on the action that has been a long time coming. In late June his Russian […]
Kazakh Alexandre Vinokourov has made his return to the professional ranks in the the Criterium de Castillon-la-Bataille in France. He was banned for two-years after testing positive for blood doping in a case that rattled the Tour de France to […]
In response to the declarations made Giuseppe Petito, the Manager of the Italian team Ceramiche Flaminia, the International Cycling Union will not prevent the Dane from being signed to a team. According to the UCI, UCI ProTour manager Alain Rumpf […]
Kazakh cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov will return to racing Tuesday after serving a two-year doping ban which followed a positive test on the 2007 Tour de France. Vinokourov will get back in the saddle for Tuesday’s criterium race at Castillon-la-Bataille in […]
The Spanish press is reporting that after the positive doping control of Euskaltel-Euskadi’s Mikel Astarloza, the future of the team is in serious doubt. Fifteen years after the team was founded by Miguel Madariaga, the team, which is funded in […]
The positive doping test for Euskaltel-Euskadi’s Mikel Astarloza means that, again, there will likely be some significant changes to the history books of the Tour de France. Chief beneficiary of the Basque cyclist’s wrong doing is set to be Frenchman […]
Bissell Pro Cycling has removed Kirk O’Bee from the team today, immediately after learning that the rider has violated its no-tolerance policy agreed to under his contract. The rider’s actions are an isolated incident that occurred independently and without the […]
In a statement to day, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced they would follow suit with the French Anti-Doping agency and extend the bans of the five cyclists who tested positive in the 2008 Tour de France. The UCI said […]
It looks like Dane Micheal Rasmussen will not make his re-appearance in the peloton in this year’s Vuelta a España as once thought. According to Ductch newspapers, the UCI have prohibited the rider from signing a contract with Ceramica Flaminia […]
Spaniard Mikel Astarloza, winner of the 16th stage of the Tour de France, has been suspended after failing an out of competition doping test, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said Friday. The UCI said it had informed Astarloza of the […]
Now that the Tour de France is over, race organizers the Amaury Sports Organisation, are breathing a collective sigh of relief. Why, one might ask? Because this is the first Tour in years that has not been mired in a […]
If Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen intends to return to cycling when his two-year suspension ends on July 25th, the International Cycling Union (UCI) expect the former wearer of the Malliot Juane to pay 700,000 euros in order to fulfill his […]
Germany’s retired former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich is to be the subject of a disciplinary procedure by the Swiss anti-doping commission Tuesday’s edition of German daily Suddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reveals. Gerhard Walter, president of the Swiss Olympic Committee’s […]
