Belarusian rider returns finding in out-of-competition test
Doping
An unfortunate truth for cycling fans everywhere
is that doping has had no small part to play in the history of the sport.
The use of performance enhancing substances were widely accepted in the early era of gruelling races like the Tour de France. A number of incidents however, including the death of Danish rider Knud Enemark Jensen at the 1960 Olympic Games team time trial, who was using amphetamines at the time, saw rules gradually introduced to combat doping.
Still, even to the present day, positive tests are not uncommon. Lance Armstrong, who had won seven consecutive Tour de France titles until he was found guilty of using PEDs in a 2012 report, is potentially the most notorious drug cheat in cycling, if not sporting history.
But while cycling’s uneasy relationship with doping continues, scientific gains have been made amongst the agencies trying to catch those who cheat, with the introduction of the Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) at the beginning of the 2008 race season by the UCI.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is the ruling authority on anti-doping for more than 600 sports organisations around the world, including cycling’s international body, the UCI.
UCI confirms Vuelta a San Juan winner Gonzalo Najar’s positive test for CERA
Najar's team-mate Gaston Javier also fails anti-doping control for Anabolic Androgenic Steroids
Former Dutch pro Karsten Kroon admits to doping during career
Kroon confirmed the revelation in story published by Dutch sports paper AD Sportwereld
‘When another rider tested positive, we thought he was stupid, but we took same thing’
Former pro Michael Boogerd opens up in interview with other ex-pros about doping during his career
UK Anti-Doping computers hit by cyber attack
'No data has been lost or compromised' says UKAD after hackers attempted to access records on its computer system, which includes those for cyclists
UK Anti-Doping says ‘jiffy bag’ case will remain closed unless ‘new information comes to light’
UKAD gives its response to the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee report into doping in sport. It wants to see triamcinolone and tramadol banned
Cycling doping documentary ‘Icarus’ wins Oscar
Doping documentary film Icarus won an Oscar for best documentary feature on Sunday night’s 90th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood. The Netflix-backed film by Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan originally…
Italian rider Pierpaolo De Negri fails test for anabolic steroids
Former Nippo-Vini Fantini rider Pierpaolo De Negri returns adverse analytical finding for anabolic androgenic steroids
Italian police arrest team manager, director & pharmacist after death and ban of under 23 riders
Italian police arrested six people in a doping raid after the death of Linas Rumsas and banning of Raimondas Rumsas
12 riders test positive from samples collected on a single day in Costa Rica stage race
Union Cycliste Internationale confirms that 12 riders returned adverse analytical findings from samples taken on December 22 at the Vuelta Ciclista Internacional a Costa Rica
Dr Hutch: Can we have proper cycling scandals back now, please?
Dr Hutch bemoans the fact that today's cycling scandals are just too damn scientific
Two amateur riders, aged 56 and 57, handed doping bans for refusing to provide samples
Two masters riders from the United States have been given doping bans after they refused to provide samples to doping control officers.
41-year-old US amateur gets four-year ban after taking ‘natural testosterone’ that was ‘essential to her health’
A 41-year-old amateur rider has received a four-year ban after a hearing dismissed her claim that testosterone she was taking was "essential to her health".
Raimondas Rumsas’s son banned for four years, eight months after younger son’s mysterious death
Raimondas Rumsas Jr, the 23-year-old son of the former Lithuanian rider who failed an EPO test, has been banned for four years for using GHRP-6.
Bardiani-CSF rejoins anti-doping group on ‘probationary basis’ after three positive tests
Bardiani-CSF have rejoined the MPCC anti-doping group on a "probationary basis" after three of their riders failed doping tests in the last 12 months.
Nicola Ruffoni banned for four years after testing positive for growth hormone
Italian rider Nicola Ruffoni failed test for growth hormone on the eve of the 2017 Giro d'Italia, and has been handed a four-year suspension
US rider banned after ex-boyfriend who supplied her with drugs reports her ‘out of spite’
A former US national champion has been handed a four-year doping ban after she was reported to authorities by her ex-boyfriend after the two had broken up.
Eight riders fail anti-doping tests during Vuelta a Colombia
Eight riders have failed anti-doping tests on samples taken from riders during the 2017 Vuelta a Colombia in August, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) confirmed on Tuesday. In a brief…
U23 Colombian champion Róbinson López tests positive for CERA EPO
The Team Boyacá rider faces a long ban after it was revealed he failed an anti-doping control in August
60-year-old time triallist given four-year doping ban after claiming wife ‘spiked his smoothies’
A 60-year-old time triallist has been handed a two-year doping ban after positive test which he said was caused by his wife "spiking" his breakfast smoothie.
Tramadol could provide performance enhancement for cyclists, study finds
Tramadol, the controversial painkiller allegedly used by some pro riders and blamed for causing crashes, has been found to improve time trial performance.
Should dopers be banned from winning prize money and standing on podiums for rest of their careers?
Dopers returning from bans should be excluded from appearing on podiums, winning prize money, and holding world records, according to a proposal by iNADO.
Dopers won’t face criminal prosecution in the UK, says sports minister
Criminalisation "would not necessarily aid the fight" against doping says minister
Bardiani-CSF could face 12-month ban after third rider tests positive, blaming his mother’s diuretic pill
The whole of the Bardiani-CSF team could be banned for up to a year after news emerged that a third rider on the team has tested positive a 12-month period.
Athletes should be implanted with microchips in order to catch drug cheats, says Olympians’ chief
Professional athletes should be fitted with microchips in an attempt to catch dopers, according to the head of the World Olympians Association.