The positive doping test of 2008 Bejing Olympics road race silver medalist Davide Rebellin has prompted the authorities to dig deeper into the case. Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport has reported that houses of the cyclists relatives as well […]
With the recent revelations that Italian Davide Rebellin along with German Stefan Shumacher have tested positive for CERA at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Giro d’Italia organization has announced that they will be taking further steps to ensure that when […]
The Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday confirmed that cyclist Davide Rebellin was under investigation for doping due to a positive test returned at last year’s Olympics. The 37-year-old, who earlier this month won the prestigious Fleche Wallonne, tested for […]
The French anti-doping agency (AFLD) said Friday that it would not take any disciplinary action against seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong. Last month Armstrong was visited by an AFLD official for an out of competition drug test. The […]
The public prosecutor’s office here on Friday announced five new arrests in the anti-doping case that has rocked Austrian sport over the last few weeks. Five unnamed people were arrrested in the provinces of Vienna, Lower and Upper Austria and […]
Rudy Pevenage has been at the heart of the doping contraversy in cycling since the Operación Puerto scandal broke three years ago. Pevanage best known for his role as mentour for cycling great Jan Ulrich, has never said that his […]
The chief of the Schäfer-Commission, Hans-Joachim Schäfer, was appointed to investigate the doping scandal at the Freiburg University Clinic in Germany has communicated to the Berliner Zeitung newspaper that investigation and reports have been completed. No time frame was given […]
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has partially upheld the appeal filed by the Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco against the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) following his positive doping test with EPO (Mircera) at the Tour de France 2008. The […]
Five ProTour teams are in danger of being excluded from Paris-Nice, which is set to start this Sunday, unless they pay the fees owed for the International Cycling Union’s biological passport program. UCI president Pat McQuaid told a news conference, […]
The Movement For Credible Cycling (MPCC) has updated it’s code of ethics so it is now more strict than the World Anti-Doping Agency. The MPCC was created on July 24, 2007 by seven professional cycling teams in response to the […]
The Fuji-Servetto cycling team, who’s Pro Tour license is owned by G.M. Bikes SA, was unsuccessful in it’s bid to overturn the Amaury Sports Organization’s (ASO) descision to refuse the team entry into Paris-Nice based on its doping history. The […]
Team Quick-Step confirms that, as requested by the UCI, the Biological Passport payment which means the team will be able to take the start in Paris-Nice this Sunday. The first € 30,000 payment was made March 4th, the second of […]
Team Type 1 announced today that it has launched its first anti-doping testing program. The world’s only professional cycling team that includes riders who have Type 1 diabetes administered blood and urine tests to its riders at training camp in […]
On the comeback trail again, Belgian cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke admitted to the magazine Che, “I was doped in 1999 when I won the Liège-Bastogne-Liege.” Slated to make his return in the Beverbeek Classic this weekend, he insists that even though […]
German cyclist Patrick Sinkewitz has returned to the sport with the Czech continental team PSK Whirpool after a one-year suspension. Sinkewitz tested positive for the use of testosterone in June of 2007, and was given a lighter sentence since he […]
World Anti-Doping Agency president John Fahey on Tuesday praised Lance Armstrong’s comeback and the “phenomenal” interest the US cyclist generated for cycling and the campaign against cancer. Fahey, who was operated on for lung cancer in 2001, applauded Armstrong’s own […]
Spanish newspaper As reported today that the Spanish cycling federation (RFEC) has asked authorities for test results and records from the Operación Puerto case that was reopened last month.Spanish newspaper As reported today that the Spanish cycling federation (RFEC) has […]
The Union Cycliste Internationionale (UCI) has decided to take action against German Stefan Schumacher for his positive doping test from last years Tour de France. Schumacher, along with teammate Bernhard Kohl, tested positive in a retroactive test of blood samples […]
