Doping in Cycling

Samples from the 2017 Tour de France are being re-tested as authorities look for a previously undetectable performance-enhancing substance, Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad reported on Saturday.Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad reported Saturday that samples from the 2017 Tour de France are being re-tested as authorities look for a previously undetectable performance-enhancing…

FILE PHOTO: - The 104th Tour de France cycling race - The 103-km Stage 21 from Montgeron to Paris Champs-Elysees, France - July 23, 2017 - The peloton passes through the Grand Palais. Picture taken July 23, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau(Reuters) - Samples from the 2017 Tour de France are being…

The International Luge Federation is still planning for a full 10-race international season this fall and winter, though it has yet to say what protocols will be added to deal with the coronavirus. The FIL released a slightly updated plan for the season Thursday, with no changes to the previously…

Lance Armstrong reportedly breaks down into tears in Sunday’s second episode of his ESPN documentary, discussing his closest rival during his run of seven Tour de France titles, all later stripped for doping.Armstrong visited Jan Ullrich in Germany in 2018, after Ullrich was released from a psychiatric hospital following multiple reported arrests…

The history of sports is littered with stories of the disgracedcheaters and dopers, morally suspect and vulgar characters whose sublime exploits on the field are matched only by the ugliness of the o… Read More

Will we see fans at the road-side? Maybe not – Top Story. The cycling news just keeps coming in: Colombians fly to Europe, 2020 Worlds in Switzerland, Bruyneel non deal, Dumoulin leaves MPCC, Viviani Tour/Giro, Pedersen to Poland, Groenewegen prefers Giro, Buchmann can Race without fans, Démare operation, Backstëdt breaks…

(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello again, CyclingTips readers. Like everyone else right now, pro cyclists have seen their plans upended this year, but that doesn’t mean that they are throwing their objectives out the window. Count Elia Viviani among the big names…

With Lance Armstrong back in the news with the recent ESPN documentary, one rider who suffered some of the Texan’s most extreme treatment surprisingly says he deserves a second chance. Filippo Simeoni, the Italian rider who testified against Italian trainer Michele Ferrari in court and later drew the wrath of…

2004 Tour de France race leader Lance Armstrong forces Italian rider Filippo Simeoni back to the bunch as 'punishment' for having testified against Dr Michele Ferrari LANCEE will only be aired in the USA on sports network ESPN, but for Americans abroad it will be possible to view if you…

May 25, 2020 | 4:48pm Lance Armstrong endured a more private and physical form of discipline long before he was punished by the US Anti-Doping Agency and in the court of public opinion. In Sunday’s first episode of the ESPN 30-for-30 “Lance,” the 48-year-old Armstrong said his stepfather, Terry Armstrong,…