If I had to put money down on which riders were rumoured to have been caught, these two would have been at the top of my list. Piepoli, had already declared his guilt to the Saunier Duval team. Shortly after Ricardo...
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Yesterday rumours of Lance Armstrong’s comeback to competitive cycling have surfaced (see here). But the excitement of Armstrong’s fans will have to die down as these rumours have been dispelled by the manager of...
The US Men's 100 meter relay champions have been stripped of their gold medals from the Sydney Summer Games in 2000. "Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Hours after the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced U.S. swimmer Jessica Hardy tested positive for...
Finally some positive news from a drug maker working with the World Anti-Doping Agency. This took some cyclists by surprise - notably Ricardo Ricco - and it explains some of Ricco's confidence. It's clear now that certain riders are still deterred by the possibility of...
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If you like your roast duck doped, do not ask for one at the Quanjude restaurant in Beijing this summer. Having been founded in 1864, Quanjude restaurant has a longstanding culinary heritage and is famous for its...
This comes as the first negative blow to what has been the most interesting first week of the Tour in recent memory. People may consider this bad news, but in a strange way it confirms that cycling is still on the road to recovery, this may be more comforting to the public...
I guess we can all rest easy now. Maybe they should have a dopers' Olympics and be done with it."GENEVA - The IOC said Wednesday its drug-testing program at the Beijing Olympics will be the most rigorous anti-doping effort in sports history. ...
"Tomeke" quick stepped in some real crap here. While it should be noted that there is no mandatory suspension for an out of competition non-negative for cocaine use, there are a host of "discretionary" disciplinary...
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" CHINA said yesterday Greek media reports blaming the "positive" doping test results of that nation's weightlifting team on a Shanghai-based drug maker were wrong. "The Chinese side paid great attention to the issue, and according to our initial investigation, the facts...
"Weightlifters fail surprise dope testsTeam may miss 2008 GamesEleven members of the Greek national weightlifting team have tested positive for banned substances, prompting the suspension of coach Christos Iakovou, in a development that jeopardizes the team’s participation...
Eleven out of fourteen members of Greece's national weightlifting team have tested postive for banned substances, which could mean that Greece would not have any representatives in this sport at the Beijing Olympics...
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Famed for their pink jerseys and doping scandals, the sponsors of the T-Mobile cycling team finally pulled the plug on the embattled team. The most recent positive test during the Tour by Patrick Sinkewitz and...
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The route for 95th Tour de France was launched with the usual swirl of disgruntledness that accompanies european cycling these days. Everyone involved is still sore from the past two years of doping scandals and the...
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