Doping in Cycling

MURAT, France — Twenty years ago this month Lance Armstrong won his first of seven Tour de France titles and became a global icon overnight. Everyone knows the incredible story: He beat cancer and came back to win the preeminent bicycle race a record seven…

MURAT, France – Twenty years ago this month Lance Armstrong won his first of seven Tour de France titles and became a global icon overnight. Everyone knows the incredible story: He beat cancer and came back to win the preeminent bicycle race a record seven t…

PAU, FRANCE—Inspired by his yellow jersey, Julian Alaphilippe held off defending champion Geraint Thomas to win the only individual time trial stage of this Tour de France on Friday, a shock victory to raise French hopes that he could go all the way in yellow…

Floyd Landis sits on a tired couch in a half-lit living room in a mining-era bungalow in Leadville, Colorado, the highest city in America (elevation 10,152 feet). Sprawled around the former professional cyclist and 2006 Tour de France winner—a title he held f…

The Tour de France is again embroiled in a debate over what cyclists put in their bodies after Dutch team Jumbo acknowledged they were using a dietary aid believed to boost stamina. The team responded to questions from Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf by saying …

Paris - The Tour de France is again embroiled in a debate over what cyclists put in their bodies after Dutch team Jumbo acknowledged they were using a dietary aid believed to boost stamina. The team responded to questions from Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf by…

Chris Froome was upgraded from second place and officially declared winner of the 2011 Vuelta a Espana after champion Juan Jose Cobo's doping ban was confirmed. Froome, unable to take part in this year's Tour de France because of a crash last month, gains hi…

Paris - Chris Froome was upgraded from second place and officially declared winner of the 2011 Vuelta a Espana after champion Juan Jose Cobo's doping ban was confirmed. Froome, unable to take part in this year's Tour de France because of a crash last…

Eight years on, Chris Froome has been crowned winner of the 2011 Vuelta a Espana after Spain's Juan Jose Cobo was stripped of the title following a doping violation. The now retired Cobo was found to have "abnormalities" in his biological passport between 20…

AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) Chris Froome has become the 2011 Spanish Vuelta winner because of Juan Jose Cobo's disqualification for blood doping. The International Cycling Union says Cobo did not meet a deadline to challenge his three-year ban at the Court of Ar…