VN news ticker: Rob Britton announces retirement, WADA report indicates British Cycling conducted private doping controls
Here's the news making headlines for Tuesday, October 19.
WADA CODE
The Outer Line: Will ‘RodA’ replace WADA in 2021?
The Rodchenkov Act, signed into U.S. law in December 2020, could bring significant consequences for cheating in sports — and the sort of results that WADA failed to deliver during the Russian doping saga. But such impacts could also come at a significant financial cost, and could permanently erase the legal buffers separating sports integrity from criminal prosecution.
Predicting how the new WADA code will impact cycling
It is advisable that athletes become familiar with these new WADA directives, but it is easy to understand why that’s a challenging prospect.
UCI frustrations continue as WADA denies request to ban Tramadol
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WADA to start conducting night raids to catch doping
WADA looks to begin nighttime raids to catch riders doping, but issues with French law may prevent the controls in this year's Tour.
WADA expands first-time doping bans to four years
World Anti-Doping Agency announces 2015 Code, which expands the suspensions for first-time doping cases
The Explainer: Can Landis ride? What is Valverde’s crime?
Readers ask whether Floyd Landis has been suspended and what rule did Alejandro Valverde violate/