Bjarne Riis

Bjarne Riis is set to face some difficult questions from his team's sponsoring company Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).

The company's global head of media relations, Mike Dickerson, issued a statement to Cycling Weekly from California at 8.30am local time - as he started his working day by digesting the news that the manager of the CSC team admitted doping when he was a rider.

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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.