Doping
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Does EPO actually boost cycling performance? New study suggests it might not
New findings cast doubt on the performance enhancement offered by EPO, with riders who had taken the drug performing poorly in endurance tests.
By Henry Robertshaw Published
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Russian former Arsenal footballer claims cycling 'simply impossible without doping'
Andrey Arshavin said that all sports that involved repetitive moment must be dependent on performance enhancing drugs.
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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MPCC signals sharp rise in the number of doping cases
They say the number of cases has almost doubled in a year
By Jonny Long Published
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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.
By Henry Robertshaw Published
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Two Costa Rican cyclists suspended following alleged positive doping tests
The Vuelta a Costa Rica continues to be dogged by doping issues
By Jonny Long Published
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UCI and WADA obtain samples from Operation Puerto blood bags
World Anti-Doping Agency and UCI are storing samples from Operation Puerto in an accredited laboratory 'outside Spain'
By Nigel Wynn Published
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European track champion Yelena Brezhniva handed four-year doping ban
Double European team sprint champion Yelena Brezhniva accepts her four-year ban from RUSADA after testing positive for growth hormones
By Stuart Clarke Published
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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
By Gregor Brown Published
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Lance Armstrong’s former manager Johan Bruyneel banned from cycling for life
Lance Armstrong’s former manager Johan Bruyneel has been banned from cycling for life.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Damning report shows Russia covered up 26 positive doping tests in cycling
Russia covered up 580 positive doping samples, including 26 from cycling, according to the McLaren report
By Stuart Clarke Published
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Encyclopedia of doping in cycling
We know the names of performance-enhancing drugs, but what do they do? Here's CW's definitive guide
By Cycling Weekly Published
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'It's not a pretty picture': Tyler Hamilton says doping still prevalent in pro and amateur cycling
Former US Postal rider and convicted doper Tyler Hamilton also said 'abused the crap' out of corticosteroid Kenacort during his career
By Jeffrey Stern Published
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Bike loving jazz guitarist, 59, handed four-year doping ban by Italian Olympic Committee
Italian jazz musician Gigi Cifarelli, aged 59, is banned from competitive cycling for four years after testing positive at an amateur race
By Stuart Clarke Published
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London Dynamo clarifies relationship with banned 19-year-old Gabriel Evans
London Dynamo cycling club says it was unaware that Gabriel Evans was under investigation for anti-doping violation
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Former IAM Cycling rider confesses to doping within Aderlass network during career
He said: 'I cheated throughout my professional career as a cyclist. I lied and I am responsible for my actions. I regret it.'
By Jonny Long Published
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'I was so lost I was ready to take the risk': Marion Sicot on her EPO positive
After previously denying doping, the French rider has now opened up about using EPO
By Jonny Long Published
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Mauro Santambrogio tests positive for testosterone
Italian rider fails another doping control after previously testing positive for EPO in 2013
By Gregor Brown Published
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WADA finds Russia and five others non-compliant with anti-doping code
Six nations also placed on the authority's anti-doping 'watch list' which could put Olympic place under threat
By Richard Windsor Published
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Former Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez tests positive for growth hormone
BMC rider Samuel Sanchez was notified by the UCI about an Adverse Analytical Finding from and out-of-competition test in August
By Richard Windsor Published
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Mauro Santambrogio: 'testosterone positive was due to fertility and erectile treatment'
Mauro Santambrogio says that his testosterone test failure was due to erectile dysfunction treatment in the summer
By Gregor Brown Published
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Is doping really rife in amateur cycling? Tell us here
Does BBC Sport survey give unfair impression of doping among amateur cyclists? — Take the Cycling Weekly survey
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Brazilian road race competitor failed dope test a week before Rio Olympics
Kleber 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 survey
The 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 EPO
The 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 case
The 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 meldonium
Track 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 positives
UCI 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 doses
The 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 offences
Spanish 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