Doping in Cycling

Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Sam Bennett wins stage 3 of the Critérium du Dauphiné, Marianne Vos takes the Women’s Tour lead with a stage 2 victory, MIPS-equipped helmets earn high marks in an annual safety test. Those st…

The UCI says it carried out 1,425 mechanical doping tests during the Giro dItalia. Over a thousand tests were conducted using magnetic scanning technology with a further 113 conducted by X-ray at the end of stages. The sports governing body says it is now rea…

Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: After a knee injury knocked him out of the Giro d’Italia, Tom Dumoulin is expected to return to racing at the Critérium du Dauphiné, Chris Froome will lead Ineos in the French stage race as he…

The UCI is pushing ahead with plans to step up the fight against mechanical doping, revealing plans to fit bikes with magnometer tracking devices and roll out an upgraded version of its tablet scanner from 2020.Related Articles Preventing mechanical doping -…

Even though they didnt factor in the race, Team Ineos is now at the center of the narrative surrounding the 2019 Giro dItalia champion. Ineos didnt win a stage at the Giro, or do much to influence the general classification; its top-ranked rider was 21-year-…

A couple weeks ago (Friday, May 24th) Melbourne was treated to a luncheon with David Millar which raised money for the Grassroots Sports Club and the Mirabell Foundation. Special thanks to Corporate Cycling for putting on this fantastic event. In this candi…

Last week we looked at how to tell Germanys top male cyclists apart. In some ways that was an easy task — Pascal Ackermann, Max Schachmann and Emanuel Buchmann all look different, and their names arent all that similar. Today, weve got a bigger task ahead of …

Disgraced American cyclist Lance Armstrong believes it was his 'win at all costs' mentality that drove him to use performance-enhancing drugs and he admits that he is worried about that aspect of his personality returning. In an interview that will air on NB…

Severe storm threat continues across nation's midsection There will be no end Wednesday to the severe weather that spawned deadly tornadoes in Ohio and Indiana, forecasters said. Authorities in Celina, Ohio, confirmed that an 81-year-old man died and seven p…

Since going down in flames as a liar, a cheat and a dangerous individual who relished inflicting harm on others to save his own reputation, Lance Armstrong has attempted to soften his image. After years of intimidation and strong-arm tactics that did actual …