Doping
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Brazilian road race competitor failed dope test a week before Rio OlympicsKleber Da Silva Ramos tested positive for EPO CERA on July 31 in an out-of-competition test prior to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
By Nigel Wynn Published
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14 per cent of amateur cyclists admit to taking steroids in surveyThe level of doping in amateur cycling has been exposed by a ComRes survey in which 14 per cent of regular riders admitted to taking anabolic steroids.
By Henry Robertshaw Published
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Anti-doping laboratory refining test for microdoses of EPOThe new test should allow EPO to be detected up to 48-hours after administration
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan Published
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Head of WADA says anti-doping campaigners 'refuse to accept reality' of Chris Froome salbutamol caseThe president of WADA has responded to criticism after cycling anti-doping campaigners called for him to resign.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Russian Cycling Federation confirms two positive tests for meldoniumTrack riders Anastasia Chulkova and Pavel Yakushevsky have both tested positive for the same banned substance used by tennis star Maria Sharapova
By Richard Windsor Published
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Entire Brazilian team suspended after three doping positivesUCI disciplinary commission hands down 55 day ban after Funvic Soul Cycles-Carrefour has three positive tests within a 12 month period.
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Spanish police take down doping wholesaler and seize 1.6 million drug dosesThe investigation began after 100 boxes of growth hormone were sent to the wrong address last July
By Jonny Long Published
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Spanish team Burgos-BH voluntarily suspends racing after string of doping offencesSpanish team Burgos-BH have opted to suspend themselves from racing after three riders were banned for doping in the last year.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Jani Brajkovic banned for 10 months over contaminated supplementThe Slovenian was handed a reduced ban after the UCI accepted his explanation of ingesting the banned substance through a contaminated supplement
By Gregor Brown Published
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Bahrain-Merida's Kanstantsin Siutsou tests positive for EPO, UCI confirmsBelarusian rider returns finding in out-of-competition test
By Richard Windsor Published
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Manzana Postobon suspended by UCI despite already folding due to doping scandalsThe UCI has suspended Manzana Postobon, despite the team having already folded following two doping scandals.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Italian rider Pierpaolo De Negri fails test for anabolic steroidsFormer Nippo-Vini Fantini rider Pierpaolo De Negri returns adverse analytical finding for anabolic androgenic steroids
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Names of athletes linked to Operation Puerto doping scandal will not be made public, according to reportsThe names of athletes linked to the Operation Puerto blood doping scandal will not be made public, according to reports.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Lance Armstrong: It's not like we just showed up to the Tour de France and wonThe disgraced former rider says he still had to put in the necessary 'building blocks' to win the Tour, but says 'high-octane' drug use was necessary
By Gregor Brown Published
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Samuel Sánchez handed two-year ban for doping offenceSamuel Sánchez has been given a retrospective ban for a doping offence more than two years after testing positive.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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UCI could use thermal imaging to detect motors at the Tour de FranceThe UCI says it will implement additional methods of detecting motors at the Tour de France, with thermal imaging reported to be used
By Stuart Clarke Published
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UAE Team Emirates considering legal action against Kristijan ĐurasekUAE Team Emirates says they are considering legal action against Kristijan Đurasek after the rider was banned for four years for doping.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Twitter reacts to amateur doping scandalsAndrew Hastings was banned for four years for taking steroids while Gabriel Evans has admitted using EPO as a junior racer
By Stuart Clarke Published
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Lance Armstrong: the endgame begins
Is it time for cycling to unhitch its wagon from the Armstrong legacy?
By Edward Pickering Published
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Judge rules athletes implicated in Operation Puerto can be identifiedA Spanish judge rules that 211 blood bags seized during Operacion Puerto in 2006 should be handed over to sports authorities to determine athletes identities
By Stuart Clarke Published
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The rise of cycling's new easy-access EPO pillWith two positive tests in the last month for blood booster pill FG-4592, experts warn of the dangers of taking the EPO style drug that is easily available online
By Gregor Brown Published
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USADA to examine Armstrong eligibility for Hincapie Gran FondoAnti-doping agency questioning whether Lance Armstrong should be allowed to ride former teammate's event under USA Cycling rules
By Richard Windsor Published
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Raimondas Rumsas’s son banned for four years, eight months after younger son’s mysterious deathRaimondas 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.
By Henry Robertshaw Published
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UCI confirms Vuelta a San Juan winner Gonzalo Najar's positive test for CERANajar's team-mate Gaston Javier also fails anti-doping control for Anabolic Androgenic Steroids
By Richard Windsor Published
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What's the deal with asthma and pro cycling?Why do so many top-level cyclists suffer from asthma – and are the drugs that they're taking enhancing their performance?
By Jack Elton-Walters Published
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Kazakh rider banned for two years after failing to confirm whereaboutsA Kazakh rider has been banned for two years after he failed to confirm his whereabouts to anti-doping authorities.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Operación Puerto's Dr Fuentes also caught up in Panama Papers scandalThe name of Dr Eufemiano Fuentes, the man behind the Operacion Puerto doping scandal, has appeared in the Panama Papers
By Gregor Brown Published
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Alberto Gallego blames laboratory contamination for doping positiveFormer Caja Rural rider Alberto Gallego says insists he has never taken Stanzolol, having failed a test of the metabolite of testosterone
By Gregor Brown Published
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Bradley Wiggins on Maria Sharapova positive: 'There is no excuse'Sir Bradley Wiggins says he 'feels sorry' for tennis player Maria Sharapova after her positive test for meldonium, but that she's ultimately responsible
By Nigel Wynn Published
