World cycling chief Pat McQuaid has called for more support from the World Anti Doping Agency following comments by WADA president John Fahey which placed doubt on cycling’s future at the Olympics. WADA chief Fahey said Monday that cycling was […]
The International Cycling Union (UCI) expressed disgust Monday after a Spanish rider became the first athlete to fail a drugs test at the Olympics, blasting the country’s “lax attitude” to doping. Maria Isobel Moreno produced tested positive for blood-booster EPO […]
Spanish cyclist Maira Isabelle Moreno became the first athlete to fail a doping test here at the Olympic Games, the IOC revealed on Monday. The 27-year-old tested positive for EPO having undergone the test on July 31. She left the […]
French cyclist Jimmy Casper has been provisionally suspended from his team, Agritubel, following positive doping tests taken while he was riding in last month’s Tour de France. Casper was in a list of five riders whose tests revealed positive during […]
2008 Giro d’Italia triple stage winner and King of the Mountains champion Emanuele Sella has admitted to taking the performance enhancing drug CERA during the hearing with anti-doping prosecutor Coni. The CSF Group-Navigare rider from Vicenza, Italy has issued a […]
Italian cyclists Marta Bastianelli and Emanuele Sella, who have both recently failed drug tests, were banned from all competitions by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Thursday. The ban means Bastianelli, 21, the 2007 women’s race race world champion, will […]
As the sport of cycling continues to crack down on doping in the sport, Team CSF Group Navigare rider Emanuele Sella looks to be the latest bounty in the UCI’s strategy to target suspect riders. Sella was in the news […]
According to professor Ronald M. Evans, PhD, of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in La Jolla, California, it may be possible to make a pill that reproduces the endurance-boosting effects of exercise, as […]
After his surprise doping confession to the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI), professional cyclist Riccardo Ricco named controversial doctor Carlo Santuccione as his supplier for the performance enhancing drug Cera, the latest flavor of EPO. Ricco won two stages in the […]
Italian cyclist Leonardo Piepoli said he had “denied everything” following his doping hearing with the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Thursday. Piepoli was heard just a day after his former Saunier-Duval team-mate Ricardo Ricco, who admitted to using EPO. Ricco […]
Disgraced Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco was on Thursday suspended by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) anti-doping tribunal after admitting to using the banned blood-booster EPO. Ricco has been kicked off the Tour de France, and subsequently sacked by his Saunier-Duval […]
World champion cyclist Marta Bastianelli is to face an Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) hearing on August 5 after failing a dope test this month. The 21-year-old has been kicked off the Italian Olympic team but protested her innocence, claiming she […]
Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco admitted to using banned blood booster EPO when interviewed by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday about his positive dope test on the Tour de France. Ricco, who had won two stages, was kicked off […]
World champion road cyclist Marta Bastianelli blamed her local chemist after testing positive for a banned stimulant, as reported by Italian news agency Ansa on Monday. Bastianelli tested positive for the stimulant in a control run by the International Cycling […]
Increased suspense, a boom in television ratings and happy sponsors left Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme in a buoyant mood two days prior to the end of this year’s race. But with the ever-present threat of cheats lingering, the […]
Kazakhstan’s Dmitri Fofonov has tested positive for a banned stimulant, his Credit Agricole team said on the final day of the Tour de France. The 31-year-old, who learned of his positive test after finishing 19th overall in the race on […]
Spanish cyclist Moises Duenas, who was kicked out of the Tour de France after failing a drug test, Thursday denied knowingly taking any banned substance during the race. Duenas was charged last week in France with “use and possession of […]
Bike manufacturers Scott, the second sponsor of the Saunier Duval team, announced on Wednesday they would step in and rescue the Spanish outfit. Saunier Duval announced earlier on Wednesday they had pulled out of cycling immediately in the wake of […]
