Portuguese Team Suspended 20 Days After Double Blood Passport Violations
The ban is the first of its kind since 2021 when an Italian team was also hit by two cases within a 12-month period.
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Former Tour de France ‘Most Combative’ Rider Sanctioned by Anti-Doping Tribunal
Breakout rider of 2021 Tour de France Franck Bonnamour banned from competition by UCI due to abnormalities on biological passport.
Antwan Tolhoek Receives 4-Year Ban for Anabolic Steroids
Tolhoek — whose lone pro win came in 2019 — tested positive for anabolic steroids in November 2023 in an out-of-competition control.
Under-23 Rider Suspended after CERA Positive at Road World Championships
It's the second case involving CERA, the notorious blood-doping product from the 2000s, during the past few months.
Kazakh Phenom Provisionally Banned for CERA, Fired by Astana Qazaqstan Devo Team
Ilkhan Dostiyev, 22, tested positive for CERA during a doping control this summer. His team states he admitted use of the drug.
Tour de France: Ramped-up Tests for Technological Fraud and Anti-Doping
‘It is impossible to slip through the net,’ says UCI, as new measures are introduced.
Miguel Ángel López Vows to Appeal 4-Year Ban
UCI officials ruled that Colombian rider was guilty of an anti-doping violation 'for use and possession' of Menotropin during the 2022 Giro d'Italia.
French Rider Suspended for Biological Passport Abnormalities
Franck Bonnamour will be sidelined in accordance with anti-doping rules after the UCI cites 'unexplained abnormalities.'
Promising young Belgian rider to resume racing after clearing air on nasal spray
French anti-doping authorities table case against Lennert Van Eetvelt, who will resume racing later this month.
Lotto Dstny suspends rider for alleged ‘anti-doping violation’ involving nasal spray
Lennert Van Eetvelt is temporarily suspended and facing possible sanction in use of a nasal spray in February.
Katerina Nash cleared of doping allegation
UCI vice president and Olympian told investigators the product was used to treat her pet dog.
VN ticker: James Piccoli lands deal for 2023, Spain’s U23 champion facing sanction
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Toon Aerts vows to fight two-year racing ban
Belgian cyclocross star denies knowingly taking banned substances, and vows to legally challenge a ban.
Authorities dismantle doping ring across Spain
Two arrested in 'distribution of prohibited products,' according to Spain's Guardia Civil.
Europol ends ‘operational phase’ of Bahrain Victorious investigation
Europol reveals that 'the case is now in the hands of the judiciary.'
David Walsh: Lance Armstrong’s punishment was ‘draconian and probably excessive, but that was on him’
'The bloody-mindedness that underpinned his seven Tour victories was the same bloody-mindedness that led to the loss of all those Tours and the lifetime ban,' writes Irish journalist.
New tests coming as WADA expert warns ‘EPO and doping are not going to go away’
World Anti-Doping Agency to launch a new module to detect human growth hormone.
Opinion: Alejandro Valverde might be a hero to some, but not to me
Hailed as 'an example,' Alejandro Valverde didn’t make the right choices when he should have, writes Peter Cossins.
Seven riders suspended in Portugal for doping
The Portuguese cycling federation confirmed it will extend the application of the biological passport to all national teams in 2023.
USADA bans New Zealand cyclist Olivia Ray for two and a half years
A whistleblower tipped off the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in December 2021 about suspicions surrounding Ray, who was living and racing in the United States.
Jackson ‘Huntley’ Nash receives lifetime ban from USADA
Nash was sanctioned for a litany of offenses stemming from an investigation spurred by a whistleblower.
Milan Erzen claims that Tour de France doping raids on Bahrain Victorious stem from other teams’ jealousy
'Anyone who is thinking to use something needs to be an idiot. That’s it. They need to be an idiot,' says Bahrain Victorious team boss.
Who’s your favorite cheat? Why cycling embraces some ex-dopers yet shuns others
Looking at the hypocrisy that cuts through our sport.
Europol confirms Bahrain Victorious raids at Tour de France are targeting ‘prohibited substances’
Europol releases photos of Tour de France raids as 412 capsules with undetermined brown content and 67 capsules with undetermined white content were found.
David Lappartient: The doping days of Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich will never be back
Exclusive interview with the UCI president on all matters doping and the fight for clean cycling.
What we’re not talking about when we talk about doping
A look at what drives athletes to dope and what could be done to circumvent riders from considering the action.
Former junior TT world champ suspended for missing anti-doping tests
The Russian rider could receive up to a two-year suspension after missing three anti-doping tests in a 12-month period.
Opinion: Cycling’s biggest integrity problem is weak culture
Does cycling have a cultural problem? Can a clean future for the sport and its murky past coexist? In this opinion piece from freelance writer Craig Fry, the integrity of cycling is examined and found wanting.
Two Austrian cyclists banned for doping in Operation Aderlass
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Two riders suspended as police probe Austrian blood doping ring
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Casting a critical eye on corruption in sport: Q&A with anti-doping expert Robin Parisotto
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The Secret Pro: My thoughts on Froome’s positive and the bikes we ride
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Nicole Cooke: “Cycling is Run by Men for Men.”
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Updated: Fourteen months later, USADA hands Tom Danielson four-year sanction
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Anti-doping tests: Even in retirement the early knock on the door doesn’t stop
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Book excerpt from Spitting in the Soup: Inside the Dirty Game of Doping in Sports
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In her own words: Armitstead explains whereabouts case
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Armitstead: ‘I can only tell you that I am a clean athlete and an honest person’
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Armitstead avoids Rio ban after winning UK Anti-Doping Court case
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Tour Lab Capable of Detecting Micro-Dosing
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After head of its Anti-Doping Committee challenges existing regulations, USA Cycling cuts ties
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Simon Yates Tests Positive with Terbutaline
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The curious case of Oscar74: How USADA nabbed a masters doper
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A ‘colossal meltdown’: Armstrong on doping, Travis Tygart, and today’s Tour de France
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Lampre Riders/Staff Cleared in Doping Trial
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Night Raids: The Next-Level Anti-Doping
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Froome Explains Missing Drug Test
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Riis Admits Knowing Widespead Doping on CSC
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Sorensen Comes Clean on Doping
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Degenkolb Fights Doping in Cycling
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UCI and WADA Drop Kreuziger Hunt
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Van Avermaet Faces 2-year Suspension
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Anti-Doping Just Ramped Up
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Boost for anti-doping fight, detection of banned substances after agreement signed between WADA and Pfizer Inc.
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End to national federations judging their own athletes as UCI announces new anti-doping tribunal
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Missing the point
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