Doping

Two-year ban for ex-Katusha rider Giampaolo Caruso after EPO positive following retest

Sample provided by Italian in 2012 was retested two years ago and found to be positive for banned blood booster

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Bardiani-CSF banned from racing for 30 days after two riders fail drugs tests

Fortunate timing for UCI Professional Continental team, which will only miss one race, the Tour of Austria

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68-year-old Canadian cyclist caught doping… again

Turns out he'd already served a ban in France

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Top Russian female pro Tatiana Antoshina handed four-year ban for doping

Astana had already decided to fire multiple road and TT champ before test last year because she failed to integrate herself into team

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Riccardo Riccò facing prosecution for allegedly supplying drugs to amateur cyclist

Ex-pro banned for 12 years for doping is among eight suspects in Modena investigation 

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Spanish government ordered to pay €725,000 in damages to 2005 Vuelta winner Roberto Heras

Ban for doping ended ex-pro's career but positive test result was later overturned by court

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Nicola Ruffoni says prostate infection may be behind positive test

Rider was one of two from Bardiani-CSF revealed to have tested positive for growth hormone on eve of Giro d'Italia

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Doping scandal hits Giro d’Italia on eve of race, Italian Professional Continental team risks expulsion

Wildcard entry Bardiani-CSF risks being thrown out of race after two riders test positive, including 2013 Giro mountains jersey winner Stefano Pirazzi

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Team Sky alleged to have injected riders to help them recover

Insider's claims may throw fresh light on Wiggins 2011 Dauphiné controversy

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Italian doping doctor Michele Ferrari jailed for 18 months

Man banned from sport for life after helping Lance Armstrong cheat his way to Tour de France glory imprisoned for supplying biathlete with EPO

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Team Sky and British Cycling had no ‘medicines management policy’ admits Wiggins ‘Jiffy Bag’ doctor

Select committee says ‘major questions’ remain for Sky and British Cycling after Dr Richard Freeman gives written evidence

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British amateur cyclist aged 55 handed two-year doping ban

Michael Ellerton had used friend's medication to treat mouth ulcers; UKAD says anti-doping rule violation was "involuntary"

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Doping in amateur sport “Becoming a crisis” says UK Anti-doping boss

Half of members of sports clubs and teams believe doping is "widespread" according to BBC Survey

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Ex-Team Sky rider Josh Edmondson admits breaking UCI no-needles rule and accuses team of “cover-up”

24-year-old from Yorkshire rode for UCI WorldTour outfit in 2013 and 2014

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“There will not be a whistleblower” at Team Sky insists Brailsford as letter to MPs about Dauphiné mystery package reveals its doctor bought Fluimucil in Switzerland

Chair of House of Commons Select Committee quizzes Brailsford and co on Dauphiné mystery package

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Team Sky reported to have tested whether Viagra helps riders’ endurance

Drug used to treat impotence is not banned by World Anti-Doping Agency, but Sky likely to face stiff questioning over its alleged trial

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WADA considers full ban of corticosteroid used by Bradley Wiggins due to some athletes abusing therapeutic use exemptions

Medical rules allowed ex-Team Sky rider to legally take performance enhancing drug ahead of his 2012 Tour de France victory

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Lance Armstrong admits he was “a dick” in denying doping (+ audio)

But disgraced cyclist justifies cheating by saying most other riders were on EPO at the time

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Breaking News: Team Sky gives detailed response on Bradley Wiggins mystery package

Doument outlines team's position on drugs controversy and its position on anti-doping

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MPs’ investigation to examine use of controversial drug tramadol in pro cycling

Powerful painkiller isn't banned - but teams including Sky insist they no longer use it

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From zero tolerance to zero credibility – Team Sky and Sir Dave Brailsford under attack

Sunday papers come out against cycling's success story amid further revelations

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Team Sky doctors ‘tried to thwart Wiggins TUE use’

Doctors changed passwords to stop exemptions

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Sir Bradley Wiggins filmed outside his home refusing to talk about mystery package this morning

BBC sports editor Dan Roan posts footage to Twitter of confrontation outside Wiggins' home

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Ex-Team Sky doctor in Bradley Wiggins Jiffy Bag probe to miss being grilled by MPs tomorrow due to illness

Richard Freeman won’t appear, but Simon Cope who delivered package and UKAD boss Nicole Sapstead are due to give evidence to select committee’s inquiry into doping

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Federal judge sets November trial date for $100 million Lance Armstrong whistleblower case

Judge dismissed call by disgraced cyclist's lawyers to delay trial until 2018

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Team Sky’s approach to drugs “not ethical” says former rider Michael Barry

Canadian retired pro doesn’t believe Sky doped when he was there – but he says there is a “grey area”

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$100 million Lance Armstrong lawsuit to head to trial by jury, judge rules

Disgraced cyclist's legal team fails to have case inititated by Floyd Landis dismissed

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“Motor or just skidding?” Mechanical doping suspicions raised against World Cyclo-cross Champ Wout Van Aert

Spanish sports website AS.com has doubts - but Belgian press says "no hard evidence"

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Fresh questions for Team Sky as US TV show raises suspicions over mechanical doping at 2015 Tour de France

CBS programme 60 minutes says UCI officials prevented French authorities from weighing wheels of Team Sky bikes following time trial stage

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Former Team Sky doctor and Sir Bradley Wiggins Jiffy Bag courier summoned to testify before MPs

Dr Richard Freeman and Simon Cope invited to appear before select committee next month

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