Doping in Cycling

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…

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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…

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AFP/File / Anne-Christine POUJOULAT Colombia's Egan Bernal won last year's Tour de France The coronavirus pandemic has thrown this summer's Tour de France into a state of frantic reorganisation, but the cycling epic has had to contend with testing situations over its 116-year history.French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement on Monday…