Doping in Cycling

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is investigating UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) for allowing British Cycling to conduct its own probe after a sample provided by one of its riders contained traces of a banned anabolic steroid, British media reported. A British rider's sample from an out-of-competition test in late 2010 was…

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Arctic Race of Norway - Stage 2 - Svolvaer, Norway - August 15, 2019. The Netherland's Mathieu van der Poel of Corendon-Circus team puts on the overall leader's yellow jersey. NTB Scanpix/Fredrik Hagen via REUTERS (Reuters) - Mathieu van der Poel emptied his tank to take…

Virtual cycling company Zwift has banned two riders for fiddling with data they uploaded to the service, and which helped them to do better in races. Zwift allows cyclists to race each other in a virtual world – after first bolting their bikes to a static trainer that allows them…

Cycling Chris Froome: I am not done yet – I want a fifth Tour titleChris Froome has said that his desire to return to cycling after his horror crash was rooted in a desire to add a fifth Tour de France title to his collection. The 35-year-old added that age…

Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar and the entire UAE Emirates cycling squad have been vaccinated against Covid-19, the team said Friday. A cycling tour last February in the UAE was the first high-profile sports event to be hit by Covid, with members of the UAE team among those infected.…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Bjarne Riis is stepping down as as team manager of South Africa-based NTT Pro Cycling, the 1996 Tour de France champion said Wednesday.The Dane, who admitted to doping following his retirement from cycling, said he “departs the organization by mutual consent.”Riis took over the first team…

Former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman said Wednesday that neither he nor those organisations would ever "cross the line" with regard to doping.Facing a hearing in Manchester, Freeman is accused of ordering testosterone "knowing or believing" it was to be given to a rider to enhance performance…

Bradley Wiggins says that Mark Cavendish "deserves a far better send off than crying at the end of Gent-Wevelgem", and has urged cycling's World Tour teams to find space for Cavendish in their plans for 2021.Wiggins' comments come after Cavendish broke down in tears at the end of Gent-Wevelgem on…

French cycling team Arkea-Samsic has vowed to take decisive action if an investigation into suspected doping offences during the Tour de France finds evidence of wrong-doing.  The team's general mananger Emmanuel Hubert confirmed that the team's hotel was searched by police last week, midway through the Tour which concluded in Paris on Sunday, where…

PARIS: Tadej Pogacar became the first Slovenian to win the Tour de France after he retained the yellow jersey in the 21st stage on Sunday, a day after he pulled off a major coup to take the overall lead. While Sam Bennett won the final stage, the day belonged to…