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Mechanical doping: French cyclist who used hidden motor in Cat-3 race receives five-year ban

Cyril Fontaine had been targeted for testing after dramatic improvement in results

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Amateur rider reportedly caught using hidden motor in French race

Discovery made after rider was targeted at Category 3 race in the Dordogne

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UCI says disc brakes ARE allowed on bikes ridden in mass participation events

French and Spanish federations banned them from cyclosportives after WorldTour trial halted

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French sportive disc brake ban leaves British riders and tour operators struggling to react

Tour operators hoping for a further update next week

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Disc brakes banned from French sportives including L’Etape du Tour

French federation acts after UCI suspends disc brake WorldTour trial

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Wiggins riding Arc de Triomphe

French cycling federation takes the Sky road as it unveils pro team plan

Proposed squad would be based at new national cycling centre - but would have MTB, BMX and track riders as well as road

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London 2012 men’s road race start (copyright Britishcycling.org.uk)

Tour de France boss rejects French federation’s appeal to restore national teams to race

FFC president claims reintroducing national teams would solve ethical problems including race-fixing

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‘Mr Clean’ Christophe Bassons handed one-year ban after missing in-competition drugs test

Man frozen out of sport after speaking out against Lance Armstrong had abandoned MTB race and gone home before being selected for random test

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Lance Armstrong (pic courtesy Photosport International)

French Cycling Federation says it views Lance Armstrong’s refusal to fight charges as an admission of doping

FFC says seven Tour de France titles should not be reassigned and wants €3 million prize money paid back

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French police arrest Jeannie Longo’s husband in investigation into online EPO purchases

Couple's homes searched in dawn raid, L'Equipe says development may harm Longo's London 2012 hopes

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