Cycling Chief Endorses Data Collection to Fight Doping
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President of the International Cycling Union backs biological passport for all riders as part of a sweeping program to combat doping.
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Jacques Rogge defended professional cycling amid a flurry of doping allegations against high-profile riders, including Tour de France winner Floyd Landis.
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The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency supports Gary Player's claims that some golfers take drugs and criticized the PGA Tour for refusing to acknowledge there may be a problem.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - The discovery of a  new designer steroid shows anti-doping authorities need better  intelligence-gathering, the International Olympic Committee  president said Tuesday.
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Changes to the rules, course and anti-doping measures for the Tour de France are unveiled.
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The World Anti-Doping Agency will proceed with the scheduled election of its new chairman on Saturday despite a European bid to delay it, the outgoing head of the doping watchdog Dick Pound told reporters on Friday.
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Former Danish cyclist Bjarne Riis admitted yesterday he used performance-enhancing drugs during his 1996 Tour de France victory, and was asked by cycling's governing body to return the winner's yellow jersey.
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LONDON -- The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency defended the doping tests that embroiled Marion Jones and Floyd Landis in high-profile cases, saying, ``in the long run, the system works."
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The state prosecutor involved in the   Spanish investigation into a sports doping ring has said he   will urge the investigating judge to call all the cyclists   implicated in the case to testify before him.
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Olympic gold medal cyclist Tyler Hamilton says he will clear his name during a January hearing in Colorado, and asks critics and supporters for patience over his positive test for blood doping last month.
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The International Cycling Union unveils its zero tolerance anti-doping programme on Friday to clean up the sport's image.
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L'ALPE D'HUEZ  - Seven-times Tour de France winner   Lance Armstrong believes cycling needs the support of its fans   following the doping scandal that prevented this year's   favorites Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso competing.
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Lance Armstrong is prepared to meet  investigators after French police launched a preliminary probe  into doping allegations against the six-times Tour de France  winner.
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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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The International Cycling Union is threatening riders with fines in an effort to stop doping. The UCI asked all 600 ProTour cyclists to sign an anti-doping charter saying they are not involved in doping and promise to submit DNA samples to Spanish authorities investigating the Operation Puerto. Riders have until July 7 &#151; the start of the Tour de France &#151; to sign the document.
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MADRID : American cyclist Tyler Hamilton, who won the Olympic time trial gold medal last month, faces a two-year ban after becoming the first ever athlete to give a positive test for blood doping.
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The creation of a biological passport will top the agenda at next week's two-day international meeting on doping and cycling in Paris.