Tour boss demands doping overhaul
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Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme says cycling needs a "revolution" to solve its problems after the latest drugs scandal.
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A major doping scandal threw the first Tour de France of the post-Lance Armstrong era into chaos Friday, with favorites Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso forced out of the world&#039;s premier cycling race under a cloud of suspicion.
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Cycling, having lived through a prolonged drug binge, is now trying to purge, leaving fans and riders to wonder whether the sport is making progress on getting doping out of its system.
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Lance Armstrong angrily defends his reputation in the wake of more doping claims by two former team-mates.
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The president of the International Cycling Union (UCI) has hailed the creation of a biological passport for all professional riders as a landmark development in the war against doping.
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Greg Rusedski, the former world number four whose career was almost destroyed by a doping controversy last year, is concerned that the ATP may not be acting quickly enough to remedy the problem.
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Seventeen of cycling's top teams asked the governing body to consider suspending Phonak from the Pro Tour following Floyd Landis' positive doping tests.
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Cycling's governing body will use target testing and blood profiling to beef up its anti-doping program and try to restore credibility to the sport.
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Changing his stance, PGA commissioner Tim Finchem is calling on golf to come up with a universal policy to test for performance-enhancing drugs.
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Health passports for athletes, a whistleblowing hotline and quicker sample testing could soon find a role in the fight against doping.
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Richard Virenque, the French rider described once as &quot;incarnating the issue of doping&quot; finally called time yesterday on a career in which, against the odds, he survived the biggest drugs scandal in sport since Ben Johnson to retain a place in the hearts
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Defending Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso should be banned from cycling for 21 months because of his involvement in the Spanish doping scandal, Italian Olympic Committee prosecutors recommended Friday.
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Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong said doping charges leveled in a new book by Irish writer David Walsh are recycled allegations designed to "cash in on my name and sully my reputation."
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International cycling's top official said the system where medical certificates are presented to explain the use of otherwise banned substances is being exploited.
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Lance Armstrong called it a &quot;witch hunt&quot; from the very beginning, saying a French newspaper used dubious evidence to accuse him of doping &amp;#151; even charging that lab officials mishandled his samples and broke the rules.
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The Phonak cycling team wants to overturn a decision in which its racing license was denied because of a doping scandal. The International Cycling Union, the sport&#39;s governing body, ruled No.
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The doping scandal surrounding American track star Marion Jones could mark a turning point in efforts to rid sports of drugs, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Monday.