Doping

Did the Camorra fix it for Marco Pantani to be thrown off 1999 Giro d’Italia?

Magistrates investigating links between organised crime and illegal gambling

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Astana seeks to reaffirm zero-tolerance doping policy

Kazakh team promises thorough investigation

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Marco Pantani’s mother: “I’ll keep searching for the truth”

Mamma Tonino speaks at book launch in Macerata as investigation into cyclist's death continues

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Astana’s Maxim Iglinskiy reportedly set to confess to doping next week

Team will race in Italy and Kazakhstan tomorrow, says La Gazzetta dello Sport, but will withdraw from Tour of Beijing

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Astana on start list for Il Lombardia but will they be on the start line?

Fall out from second Iglinskiy doping suspension may mean Kazakh team voluntarily drops out of final monument of 2014

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Oh brother… Astana’s Maxim Iglinskiy joins sibling Valentin in testing positive for EPO

UCI document reveals elder sibling tested positive days after helping Vincenzo Nibali win Tour de France

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UCI aim to establish independent doping tribunal in 2015

Disciplinary proceedings currently delegated to national federations

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Roman Kreuziger cleared on biological passport charges

Czech Olympic Committee absolves Tinkoff-Saxo rider, but UCI likely to appeal to the CAS

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Livestrong sees sharp drop in donations following Lance Armstrong doping confession

‘Revelations and disclosures’ see charity pay price for close association with its founder

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Astana sacks Valentin Iglinskiy after he admits doping

Younger brother of Maxim positive for EPO at Eneco Tour; team insists he was acting alone

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Row erupts as US Department of Justice sends Lance Armstrong’s lawyers documents in error

Government says papers are subject to legal privilege – disgraced cyclist’s attorneys tells DOJ where they can stick them

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Fresh ‘motor doping’ claims surround Ryder Hesjedal at the Vuelta

Does he have an engine tucked into his bike frame? Clue: no.

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WADA bans athletes from blood-boosting with gases xenon and argon

Gases help body produce more blood cells by stimulating levels of natural EPO

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Orica-GreenEdge’s Darryl Impey cleared of doping

First African to lead Tour de France was innocent victim of contaminated product, hearing decides

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Jonathan Tiernan-Locke says UKAD dismissed sample that would have cleared him

Sample was acknowledged by UKAD - but test wasn't conducted under bio passport programme or WADA protocols

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Lance Armstrong says despite fallout from doping ban, “day to day life is positive”

Disgraced cyclist upbeat on whistleblower case, says no-one else to blame for his doping

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Roman Kreuziger to miss Vuelta after CAS rejects appeal

Tinkoff-Saxo rider had hoped to have provisional suspension imposed by UCI overturned

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Tiernan-Locke blames 33-unit booze binge for doping ban

The British rider says an evening of celebration was to blame for irregular blood sample, rider confirmed banned by UKAD

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Ford pulls Mustang video featuring doper who helped bring down Lance Armstrong

Storm of disapproval on social media over rider who sued his accusers

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Tinkoff-Saxo slams UCI & Cookson over Kreuziger ban

Recently suspended cyclist Roman Kreuziger claims ban has “no basis in UCI legislation”

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UCI provisionally suspends Roman Kreuziger over biological passport issues

Tinkoff-Saxo rider had been due to start Tour of Poland today

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My brother’s not a doper, says Jonathan Tiernan-Locke’s twin sister

Family left “devastated” by former Team Sky rider’s ban

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Tour de France leader Vincenzo Nibali insists Italian cycling is cleaning up its act

Astana rider responds to questions about doping - but recent cases suggest battle against cheats far from won

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Lance Armstrong gives evidence to Cycling Independent Reform Commission

Disgraced cyclist meets for seven hours with body set up by UCI president Brian Cookson

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Team Sky’s Jonathan Tiernan Locke gets 2 year ban for biological passport irregularities

Sacked by Sky: “This is a team that trains, races and wins clean” - Sir Dave Brailsford

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Half of Tour de France winners say Lance Armstrong should get his seven titles back

Dutch newspaper polls former champions – results show generational split

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Questions for Cookson as UCI’s new stance on doping sanctions raises transparency issues

Governing body confirms in wake of Menchov affair it will not issue press releases when riders sanctioned

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Lance Armstrong rehabilitation attempt continues with Esquire interview

Golf is the new cycling for Armstrong, cockroach wing artwork, and door open for return to Livestrong?

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3 in 4 Danes say Tour de France can’t be won clean – Bjarne Riis says they’re misinformed

Tinkoff-Saxo boss who admitted doping when he won 1996 Tour says sport is cleaning its act up

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Orica-GreenEdge’s Daryl Impey tests positive for banned diuretic

News breaks just days before Tour de France; rider denies ever knowingly using masking agent

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