Doping in Cycling

Two more WorldTour pro cyclists have reportedly been linked to the Operation Aderlass blood doping scandal, according to a report by German broadcaster ARD. To date the operation, launched earlier this year by police and anti-doping officials in Austria and …

Operation Aderlass looks set to net a further two riders, with reports that two German WorldTour riders are being investigated over their involvement in a blood-doping ring. The investigations, which began with raids at the World Ski Championships in Februa…

Bookshelf: As we all know, Europe is the Promised Land of Cycling and as a professional athlete if you want to make it big you need to make it there. The Tour de France has inspired cyclists from nations outside of the continent proper - the Yellow Jersey has…

In a couple of weeks its not just a year thatll come to an end, but an entire decade. And whilst weve catalogued the products and content that have made up the year for us and that feels like a pretty long lens lets zoom out a little further. A lot…

Paris - Best sports quotes for 2019: RUGBY UNION "We have so many problems in our country but a team like this, we come from different backgrounds, different races but we came together with one goal and we wanted to achieve it" - Siya Kolisi, the Springbok…

Rock bottom is littered with famous faces. Powerful people — including athletes, celebrities, film stars, movie executives, and bankers — have lost it all over the last decade. Many of these people — mostly men — fell from grace in the #MeToo movement that …

Best sports quotes for 2019: RUGBY UNION "We have so many problems in our country but a team like this, we come from different backgrounds, different races but we came together with one goal and we wanted to achieve it" -- Siya Kolisi, the Springboks' firs…

Cape Town - Some of the best sports quotes for 2019 - from Springbok skipper Siya Kolisi to President Donald Trump. RUGBY UNION "We have so many problems in our country but a team like this, we come from different backgrounds, different races but we cam…

Ilnur Zakarin is determined to compete at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020, even if it means doing so under a neutral flag. With Russia recently banned from all major international competitions by the World Anti-Doping Agency , he has even considered swi…

"], "filter": { "nextExceptions": "img, blockquote, div", "nextContainsExceptions": "img, blockquote"} }'> Jumbo-Visma is rising to the forefront of the peloton across sprints, classics and grand tours as its riders embrace collective rather than individu…