anti-doping

Judge signed off on Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard’s nighttime doping tests due to “serious suspicions” before Tour de France, according to reports

The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Paris has confirmed to L'Équipe confirmed that the judge was contacted by the International Testing Agency to authorise the 2am and 5am drug tests

Mon, Jul 20, 2026 17:44
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Could Jonas Vingegaard quit cycling after a second bad crash?; Andy Burnham’s Transport Secretary Speculation; Doping suspicions at the Tour; Mad Transcontinental aero set-up + more on the live blog

After too many technical gremlins, or ghosts in the machine, to think of, Callum is here getting the live blog up and running. He just wishes Jonas Vingegaard could still be in the running across the channel...

Mon, Jul 20, 2026 11:46
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Was Jonas Vingegaard’s Tour de France-ending crash caused by drug testers waking him up at 2am? Tadej Pogačar thinks so

“When your sleep is ruined one night, maybe you are a little bit less concentrated in the descent. And his Tour is ruined”

Sun, Jul 19, 2026 23:12
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Tour de France drug testers branded “inhumane” for waking Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard at 5am and 2am – as Remco Evenepoel says he “would have carried on sleeping”

“I got four hours of sleep today… It was definitely not nice to be woken up in the middle of sweet dreams,” yellow jersey Pogačar said

Sun, Jul 19, 2026 16:00
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Visma-Lease a Bike taking part in anti-doping power data trial that Tadej Pogačar’s agent claimed would “only create problems”, testing agency confirms

Four WorldTour teams and one ProTeam are currently involved in the pilot programme, which aims to explore whether analysis of power data can be used as an anti-doping tool

Wed, Jun 24, 2026 18:15
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“We do not have a doping problem”: Tadej Pogačar’s agent opposes “stupid” plans to monitor riders’ power data, insisting cycling “now has credibility”

Alex Carera and others say the use of a ‘power data passport’ will “create only problems”, though the International Testing Agency has sought to assuage these concerns, suggesting the voluntary trial could become mandatory protocol over time

Tue, Mar 03, 2026 17:01
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Cycling doping cases fall, but anti-doping group warns of “grey areas” and “increased medicalisation”

The MPCC also say they're concerned by doping in the lower professional and amateur divisions

Wed, Feb 25, 2026 13:42
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“Cheating will be part of cycling forever”: MPCC president Emily Brammeier on anti-doping, tackling the ‘grey area’, and making clean sport the norm

“The cycling fan in me, the little girl in me, wants to say we will have a clean sport one day, but you have to be realistic. It’s human nature”

Thu, Feb 19, 2026 18:54
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The Gran Fondo doping curse strikes again: 41-year-old amateur cyclist tests positive for steroids after Masters world championship win

American Matthew Clark has been provisionally suspended by the UCI after failing a drugs test immediately after winning the men’s 40-44 age group world championship time trial

Fri, Jan 16, 2026 12:59
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Ineos head carer who quit Tour de France over suspected doping links understood to remain with the team

David Rozman was asked to leave the team at the Tour de France and has since worked remotely. An investigation into his contact with a disgraced doctor is ongoing...

Wed, Dec 03, 2025 13:30
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