Doping

Roman Kreuziger, key support rider for Alberto Contador, out of Tour de France over bio passport abnormalities

But why did UCI take eight months to move case forward?

Giro stage winner Ulissi tests positive for excessive amount of anti-asthma drug

Italian rider and his Lampre-Merida team say he declared inhaler use but dispute levels of substance found in his urine

David Walsh claims Team Sky’s use of therapeutic use exemptions conflicts with its ethical stance

Journalist attacks team as French newspaper repeats claims over Chris Froome medication

Artificial blood will be easy to detect if used by dopers, say scientists

Red cell replacement being developed in Essex could save lives of road crash victims

WADA appeals to CAS for longer bans for Johan Bruyneel and two other ex-US Postal team staff

Agency says that its move is supported by the UCI and USADA

Lance Armstrong testifies under oath in SCA case

Disgraced cyclist manages to buy more time over giving evidence in whistleblower case, however

Lance Armstrong to testify under oath in $96m whistleblower case

Federal government files court papers in case originally brought by Floyd Landis

Actor Ben Foster on playing Lance Armstrong: “those guys suffer”

“It wasn't EPO that made Lance the greatest cyclist. It was something far bigger.”

Lance Armstrong set to testify under oath after another appeal denied in $12m insurance case

Disgraced former pro running out of options

UCI looks into Chris Froome’s claims about lack of drug testing on Tenerife

Tour de France champion says neither he, Vincenzo Nibali or Alberto Contador have been tested while on island

Jonathan Tiernan-Locke says delay in bio passport hearing isn’t his fault

UK Anti-Doping said yesterday that next week’s scheduled hearing had been postponed “at athlete’s request”

Lance Armstrong stripped of Legion d’Honneur, plus date set for sworn testimony

Disgraced ex-pro loses French award, arbitration panel says he must testify under oath on 12 June

Riccardo Riccò reportedly caught red-handed buying doping products

Cyclist, banned until 2024, cited along with another rider after trying to buy EPO and testosterone in McDonald's car park

Lance Armstrong set to testify under oath after appeal refused in $12m case?

End in sight for dispute that dates back to 2004?

Michael Rogers cleared in clenbuterol case, as is Jonathan Breyne, young Belgian who attempted suicide

UCI confirms Rogers free to race, Breyne tells media he's in clear, as explanations of tainted food in China accepted

Johan Bruyneel banned for 10 years, former USPS manager ‘at apex’ of team’s doping ‘conspiracy’

Bans of 8 years for team doctor Pedro Celaya and trainer Jose 'Pepe' Martí

British fan passes vial of pills found during Paris-Roubaix to UK Anti-Doping

Mike Brampton says pills fell from rider’s pocket during crash – and he has pictures showing who it was

Lance Armstrong names names

Who knew about his drug use, who supplied them? Quite a lot of people who've denied it, says Lance

‘Perfect’ EPO blood-doping detection system in the pipeline?

A Glasgow University team believe they've cracked erythropoietin detection + Texans improve steroid and stimulant screen 1000 fold

Positive test for 2013 Track Worlds medallist Kirill Sveshnikov

22-year-old who took bronze in Minsk behind GB's Simon Yates said to be 8th Russian cyclist in a year to fail anti-doping control

Pat McQuaid says he’s unsure about appearing before UCI’s independent commission, cites fears of “witch hunt”

Irishman says he hasn't made his mind up on appearing before commission ordered by Brian Cookson

CAS hands Patrik Sinkewitz 8-year doping ban

Germany's national anti-doping agency wins appeal after rider's earlier acquittal following failed test in 2011

Cycling Independent Reform Commission appeals for help in understanding sport’s doping culture

Commission wants to learn from doping offenders to help shape drugs free future, Cookson promises no interference from UCI

Xenon: the Next Big Thing in ‘legal’ doping?

Obscure inert gas stimulates EPO production in mice

Brian Cookson says he won’t be calling Lance Armstrong, but says life ban could be reduced

UCI president says issue is for independent commission & USADA to deal with and would depend on co-operation given

Cadel Evans defends Alessandro Ballan – also postpones thoughts of retiring till after Giro

Australian says current anti-doping rules incompatible with riders' need to look after their health

BMC sacks Alessandro Ballan as former world champion banned for 2 years

Italian Olympic committee CONI sanctions ex-Lampre rider caught up in Mantua investigation

Brian Cookson reveals members of UCI independent commission – and they’re heavyweights in their fields

Members of Cycling Independent Reform Commission combine experience of investigating issues including doping and genocide

Alberto Contador insists Michael Rogers is victim of food contamination

Meanwhile Robbie McEwen says UCI needs to do more to protect riders competing in China

Lance Armstrong in new attempt to halt SCA Promotions case

Insurance company seeking return of $12 million Tour de France bonus money; Armstrong's lawyers claim 2006 settlement final