Doping

Mechanical doping: “I won’t trust any victories of the Tour de France,” says Greg LeMond

Three-time yellow jersey winner appears on US TV documentary on Sunday; Hungarian who pioneered the technology says he sold it to anonymous buyer for $2 million

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Nicole Cooke to give evidence to MPs tomorrow in doping investigation

Former world and Olympic champion has very strong views on drugs cheats

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New cycling documentary tells story of Russian Olympic doping whistleblower

Film started out as amateur doping experiment

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TUEs a distraction from bigger anti-doping challenges, says Callum Skinner

Skinner released medical history when he featured in Fancy Bears leaked data

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French MP’s call to criminalise mechanical doping rejected

Secretary of state for sport says government will produce report on the issue by the end of the year

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Sir Dave Brailsford reveals the medicine contained in package for Sir Bradley Wiggins at 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné

Team Sky boss answers MPs' questions after British Cycling bosses declined to do so this morning

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UCI boss Cookson urges Team Sky and British Cycling to come clean on contents of mystery medical package destined for Wiggins

Appeal comes ahead of Brailsford and others being quizzed by MPs on Monday

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Government to launch first review of UK Anti-Doping practices since organisation was set up in 2009

Organisation welcomes ‘opportunity’ to improve approach to anti-doping in the UK

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Peter Sagan: Anti-doping rules mean riders “live like we’re in prison”

World champion speaks out as he hooks up with new team Bora-Hansgrohe

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Are TUEs a problem in cycling? Diabetic pro team says no

Therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) are "literally a matter of life and death" for Team Novo Nordisk

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Brazilian Professional Continental team to be suspended after third positive inside a year

Ramiro Rincon Diaz and rider João Marcelo Pereira Gaspar tested positive for EPO

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Life ban for Dutch ex-pro who injected 17-year-old son with banned drug

Teo Muis claims he told son he was giving him a multi-vitamin shot - but it was nandrolone

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Sir Dave Brailsford to be questioned by MPs

Part of culture, media and sport select committee inquiry into doping in sport

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Lance Armstrong in court as lawyers try to have federal case thrown out

Attorneys on both sides put their cases before judge at pre-trial hearing

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MPs set to question British Cycling over TUE use

Select committee chairman Damien Collins says MPs are concerned over the levels of transparency within cycling - specifically British Cycling's TUE use

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Amateur cyclist who says he’s never raced gets four-year doping ban

Ian Edmonds claimed steroids ordered online were for personal use and said he was unaware that as British Cycling member he was subject to anti-doping rules

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British amateur rider banned for doping tests positive for EPO

Sample that led to original 4-year ban found to contain EPO after intelligence-led retest, says UKAD

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Ex-GB cycling team boss warns UKAD probe could harm innocent riders

Peter Keen also has serious misgivings about doctors being directly employed by sports teams or organisations

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Vincenzo Nibali threatens lawsuit against TV show that claims he missed drugs test

Runner-up at 2015 road nationals - now serving doping ban - claims Nibali skipped blood test

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Brailsford admits his comments made Wiggins controversy “worse”

Team Sky boss also denies there is "systemic pattern of TUE abuse"

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WADA and the UCI have “failed” over TUE use says David Millar

The former pro writes in yet more detail about his past, TUEs & the failures of those in charge in piece titled "How to Get Away With Doping"

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Fresh embarassment for Wiggins after he ‘missed’ whereabouts test

Olympic star blames overnight flight and time difference for slip-up

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UCI blocked police from conducting Tour de France hidden motor tests, claims Hungarian engineer

Concealed motor developer Istvan Varjas made claim to Irish radio show Off the Ball

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Ex-Team Sky doctor won’t go to World Championships with Great Britain team

Richard Freeman is medic at centre of UK Anti-Doping investigation after Daily Mail allegations

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Third time unlucky – Armstrong involved in another awkward interview with an Irish journalist

Says he ‘absolutely’ still has seven yellow jerseys on display

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UK Anti-Doping pays a visit to Manchester velodrome

Investigation underway into allegations of wrongdoing in cycling

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Team Sky “confident no wrongdoing” over allegations against Wiggins

Meanwhile, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke says British Cycling officials offered him controversial drug Tramadol

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UK Anti-Doping reportedly investigating Sir Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky

Mail reports that package containing medicine was flown out to WIggins two weeks before he received TUE in 2011

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Tiernan-Locke: Wiggins drug use “looks suspicious”

Ex-Sky rider banned for bio passport irregularities queries use of TUEs

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Tour de France chief hails doping progress, says change no longer needed

Christian Prudhomme claims "you don't see champions who come from nowhere any more," and that there is no longer a feeling in the sport that change is necessary

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