Doping in Cycling

AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) Former Olympic road race champion Samuel Sanchez has accepted a two-year doping ban from cycling. The International Cycling Union says it reached a deal with the Spanish rider, who presented evidence that his failed drug test in 2017 …

Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Elia Vivianis moment of glory at the Giro dItalia was short lived Monday as Fernando Gaviria was awarded the stage win. Former Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez was handed a two-year suspension …

Roger De Vlaeminck’s record speaks for itself. In a career spanning nearly two decades he notched up more than 160 victories, not least four Paris-Roubaix titles (the equal record), three wins at Milan-San Remo, six overall titles at Tirreno-Adriatico (with 1…

Book Review: Sometimes a party is so good you dont want it to end. For those of us who love the Giro dItalia, the final day always come too soon and then we have the palate-cleansing races like the Dauphine Libere and the Tour de Suisse and then the Tour…

We were caught between the headwind and the tailwind crossing over the Wicklow Gap, hands and feet uncomfortably numb, bike and rider both gently shivering. Forget about April. May has been the cruellest month for the casual cyclist, so far anyway. Oh Gulf St…

Free bikes are to be prescribed to NHS patients for the first time in a bid to improve the health of obese patients. The initiative launches this week and will mean GPs in Cardiff, Wales will be able to assign six months of bike hire subscriptions on prescri…

Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Zwift is bringing the Giro prologue course to the virtual world, Rigoberto Urán is returning from a collarbone injury to make his debut at the Tour of California, Silca’s new bar tape is inspi…

CommentaryPro cycling needs to break free from its sponsorship-revenue model, and develop new ways to bring money into the sport "> Unlike most other sports, which are contested in large stadiums, pro cycling is played out on the open road. While this a…

Skip to comments. Lance Armstrong is poised to become a billionaire despite doping downfallThe New York Post ^ | December 7, 2018 | Jai Bednall Posted on 05/06/2019 1:15:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet There was a time when Lance Armstrong’s downfall in cy…

Star from the Past: if you are of a certain age, the name Bert Oosterbosch will conjure up memories of a smooth and powerful fast-man who could win time trials, Tour stages and could tow the Raleigh squad to team time trial victories. Bert was taken from us w…