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David Millar (copyright Petit Brun via Flickr)

David Millar promises to “change your opinion” and reveal “what goes on in pro cycling world”, after critics slam sports festival for “platforming a former doper”

The festival has responded saying that former national champion will be taking all questions, “no matter how difficult and searching they may be”

Thu, Mar 28, 2024 12:19

Highland cow watches the 2021 Tour of Britain, stage eight, to Aberdeen (SWpix.com)

Wake up to (anything but) milk: Pro cyclists warned not to eat or drink dairy products at cyclocross race after positive doping tests

Both Toon Aerts and Shari Bossuyt have blamed their recent Letrozole positives on contamination while racing in Flamanville, Normandy, the site of Sunday’s cyclocross World Cup round

Sat, Dec 02, 2023 19:01

Dr Richard Freeman (picture credit Team Sky)

Former Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman banned for ordering testosterone for unnamed riders, as British Cycling “frustrated” that elements of case “remain uncertain”

An independent tribunal was “comfortably satisfied” that Freeman intended to make prohibited substances available to one or more of his athletes, as UK Anti-Doping handed him a four-year-ban from all sport

Tue, Aug 15, 2023 13:57

Toon Aerts press conference 29 December 2022

Toon Aerts set to receive two-year ban for positive anti-doping test

Tearful Belgian cyclo-cross star hopes hair analysis will prove adverse result was due to contamination

Thu, Dec 29, 2022 12:41

Is Zwift racing ‘cleaner’ than pro road racing? Dissecting the furore around cheating in virtual cycling

After a number of high-profile incidents of foul play in the competitive arm of cycling's biggest online platform, a narrative has emerged that cheating is rife and goes unchecked... is this true, and what does Zwift itself have to say?

Tue, Dec 20, 2022 17:55

Mathias Flückiger tests positive for Zeranol ahead of European Championships

The Swiss mountain biker is out of the MTB European championships after a positive doping test

Fri, Aug 19, 2022 13:48

New Zealand national road race champion Olivia Ray admits to using banned substances

The 24-year-old said she took the substances not to win but to gain boyfriend’s approval

Sat, Jul 16, 2022 15:16

Cyclist banned after testing positive for 10 different drugs

The American rider was handed a four year suspension

Sat, Apr 17, 2021 07:51

British Cycling considered ‘early warning system’ to catch dopers in run up to Rio Olympics

The organisation debated the idea of a traffic light system to flag possible discrepancies in biological passports

Sat, Apr 03, 2021 13:10

Wada investigates UK Anti-Doping for letting British Cycling conduct probe after steroid detected

A 'prominent' British cyclist was found to have traces of the banned steroid nandrolone in 2010

Sun, Mar 28, 2021 07:44