Doping
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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
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Jani Brajkovic banned for 10 months over contaminated supplement
The 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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"There is potential for redemption for Lance Armstrong" says Brian Cookson
UCI president says that there is a potential way back for anyone in cycling if they're willing to cooperate
By Richard Windsor Published
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Junior time trial champion Gabriel Evans admits EPO use
18-year-old rider Gabriel Evans says he bought and used EPO in August, ahead of victory in the junior National 10 TT
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Pro cyclists' best/worst excuses for failing a dope test
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Lance Armstrong calls Johan Bruyneel ‘greatest sports director of all time’ after former manager banned for life
Lance Armstrong has called his former manager Johan Bruyneel “the greatest sports director of all time,” after the Belgian was banned from cycling for life.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Johan Bruyneel at the top of ‘one of the largest doping programs which ever existed in any sport’
Lance Armstrong’s former manager Johan Bruyneel was at the top of “one of the largest doping programmes which ever existed in any sport”, according to authorities.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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British cyclist Dan Stevens banned for failing to provide anti-doping sample
Dan Stevens failed to provide a sample during an out-of-competition test on January 29 2014
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Double UCI Gran Fondo champion suspended following EPO finding
Two Spanish riders have been suspended Basque Anti-Doping Agency and World Anti-Doping Agency
By Michelle Arthurs-Brennan Published
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Two riders out of Giro d'Italia after failing dope tests
Stefano Pirazzi and Nicola Ruffoni of Bardiani-CSF test positive for growth hormone at the end of April. Whole team now faces suspension
By Gregor Brown Published
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Doping bans for cocaine and cannabis will be heavily cut down
Athletes caught using drugs like cocaine and cannabis will face much shorter doping bans under new rules.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Former Team Sky rider banned for doping two years after he retired
A former Team Sky rider has been banned for doping, despite having retired two years ago.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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UCI: we still have the best method for detecting motors in bikes
Governing body has tried thermal imaging cameras, but remains confident in its own methods
By Henry Robertshaw Published
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Ezequiel Mosquera cleared of doping by Spanish court
Although Spanish civil court has cleared Ezequiel Mosquera of his 2010 doping ban, the Court of Arbitration for Sport makes the final decision
By Gregor Brown Published
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Watch: Tour de Pharmacy film trailer pokes fun at doping in pro cycling
The Tour de Pharmacy will be released in the USA on July 8, and will be a rather outrageous take on professional cycling's doping culture from the 1990s.
By Henry Robertshaw Published
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‘My team-mate might not have been racing clean – that’s a bitter pill to swallow’: Tom Dumoulin responds as Georg Preidler charged with fraud
Tom Dumoulin has said the news that Georg Preidler may have doped in the 2017 Giro d’Italia is a “bitter pill to swallow.”
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Entire Brazilian team banned again just three months after completing previous suspension
The UCI has suspended an entire Brazilian professional continental level team from competition just three months after it had completed a previous ban.
By Henry Robertshaw Published
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Bora-Hansgrohe reveal former rider failed drugs test in 2016
Bora-Hansgrohe have announced that former rider Ralf Matzka tested positive for banned substance Tamoxifen in 2016, but expect him to be acquitted.
By Henry Robertshaw Published
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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
By Gregor Brown Published
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Are asthma medicines unofficial performance enhancing drugs?
Do airway-widening drugs enhance performance, asks George Winter
By Cycling Fitness Published
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Spanish team Burgos-BH suspended by UCI after doping scandals
Spanish team Burgos-BH has been suspended by the UCI after an number of doping scandals in the last year.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Russian Olympian questions why athletes aren't allowed to take drugs
Former 400m runner Tatyana Firova says sportspeople wouldn't be able to "achieve high results" without using banned substances
By Stuart Clarke Published
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Manzana Postobon responds as team faces suspension following positive tests
Colombian team Manzana Postobon has responded as the outfit faces a racing ban after to two recent positive tests from their riders.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Cycling anti-doping campaigners call for WADA president to resign after controversies
Cycling’s anti-doping campaigners have called for the president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to step down in the wake of a number of controversies.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Mauro Santambrogio: I've learned not to cheat
Italian rider Mauro Santambrogio says he's reformed after testing positive for EPO at the 2013 Giro d'Italia
By Gregor Brown Published
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Jonathan Tiernan-Locke blamed biological passport anomaly on binge drinking session
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke claims in his defence against doping case that he drank over 33 units of alcohol in one night
By Nigel Wynn Published
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André Cardoso says he'll fight four-year doping ban and prove his innocence
The Portuguese rider said he is trying to raise funds to take legal action against the UCI
By Richard Windsor Published
