Doping in Cycling

Remy Di Gregorio (Getty Images) French cyclist Remy Di Gregorio has been hit with a four-year doping ban related to a positive drugs test for EPO in 2018, the International Cycling Union said on Monday.In a previous case, the Marseille-born rider was thrown off the 2012 Tour de France on…

Seven hours and 20 minutes have passed on the 16th stage of the Tour de France and Michel Pollentier, a 27-year-old Belgian from the Velda-Flandria team is about to write his name into history. This is Alpe d'Huez but not as we know it; Pollentier has cleared the 21 hairpins,…

Viva l’Italia! We celebrate all things Italian this week as the country begins to open its doors again after over two months in lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis. Businesses have been closed and bike races been canceled. And while the Giro d’Italia has been postponed, we will celebrate Italy’s rich cycling heritage and culture in…

Froome spoke on Instagram of the challenges of battling the skepticism resulting from the sport's shady past. Join VeloNews.com Like & save favorites, and get a personalized homepage. JEBEL HAFEET, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - FEBRUARY 25: Salvatore Puccio of Italy and Team INEOS / Chris Froome of The United Kingdom…

Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome says cycling is "in a great place now" but still encounters "negativity" due to past doping offences in the sport.Lance Armstrong, who won seven straight Tour titles from 1999, was the subject of the biggest doping scandal in cycling's history after allegations throughout…

Chris Froome (Team Ineos) with his Grand-Tour-winning bikes Chris Froome (Team Ineos) believes that even though cycling has improved anti-doping measures, he and his generation of riders are still paying for the widespread shame and skepticism brought on the sport by the Lance Armstrong era.The four-time Tour de France champion…

Bad news for CCC – Top Story. COVID-19 still making the headlines: Deceuninck safe for the moment, sport not a priority for French minister, lockdown relaxed for Spain and France, Strade Bianche and Sanremo in August, no contract yet for Koen de Kort, more freedom for Viviani, Merckx thinks Van…

Hour Record holder Victor Campenaerts has requested and been denied a doping test. The Belgian rider said he was keen to be tested in lockdown to show other riders that checks were still being carried out. The Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), the non-profit organisation that manages the UCI’s anti-doping programme,…

World sport has virtually ground to a halt. Less than a handful of competitions are being played presently, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here's your exhaustive list of what's been cancelled or postponed: AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 cancelled. Diving Grand Prix in Madrid from Feb.…

It’s not just bike racing that has stopped with the global coronavirus shutdown. With quarantine and social distancing measures being adopted through the globe, anti-doping measures have also been impacted. Grand tour stars Romain Bardet, Tom Dumoulin, and Thibaut Pinot have expressed concern about the slowdown in testing — especially…