Doping in Cycling

Gimondi was perhaps unfortunate in that the peak of his career coincided with that of Eddy Merckx, arguably the greatest competitor cycling has seen. So often was he destined to finish second to the Belgian that the Italian press dubbed Gimondi "the eternal r…

Felice Gimondi Born: September 29th, 1942; Died: August 16th, 2019 Felice Gimondi, who has died of a heart attack aged 76, was one of Italys greatest cycling champions of the postwar era, a precociously young winner of the Tour de France who was widely view…

Berlin, Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)  Jan Ullrich, winner of the 1997 Tour de France, has been fined for attacking an escort in a Frankfurt hotel room in August of 2018. In a statement, the state prosecutor in Frankfurt said without naming the accused that a former Ge…

A disgraced former Tour de France winner has been fined for attacking a Congolese escort in a Frankfurt hotel room. Jan Ullrich, 45, was told to pay 7,200 (£6,500) on suspicion of bodily harm and attempted duress after an incident in a Frankfurt hotel room o…

Ullrich has struggled with a drugs and alcohol problem. (AFP pic) BERLIN: Disgraced former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich has been fined for attacking an escort in a Frankfurt hotel room, it emerged Wednesday. In a statement, the state prosecutor in Fran…

Back in May, just prior to the Amgen Tour of California, I had a memorable conversation with Australian Nathan Haas about a number of topics. Some were timely, such as his season to that point, and teammate Marcel Kittels announcement that he was breaking hi…

Paris - Tour de France standouts Geraint Thomas and Julian Alaphilippe will go wheel to wheel at the Tour of Germany starting Thursday. Thomas, the 2018 Tour de France winner, came in second in this year's edition for Team Ineos and was pivotal in securing t…

Berlin: Disgraced former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich has been fined for attacking an escort in a Frankfurt hotel room, it emerged Wednesday. File image of Jan Ullrich. Reuters In a statement, the state prosecutor in Frankfurt said without naming the a…

Berlin - Disgraced former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich has been fined for attacking an escort in a Frankfurt hotel room, it emerged on Wednesday. In a statement, the state prosecutor in Frankfurt said without naming the accused that a former Germa…

In a statement, the state prosecutor in Frankfurt said without naming the accused that a former German professional cyclist had been fined 7,200 on suspicion of bodily harm and attempted duress. Ullrich, 45, had been placed under investigation for having att…