By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 18, 2009
Having served his penalty for doping in the 2006 Tour de France, Floyd Landis now aims to get back into Euro stage racing. What team will he join? Expect the rumor mill to churn back up as trial balloons get sent … Team Radio Shack anyone? Lance & Floyd, reunited? Bicycle.net: Davide Rebellin will be [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, This Day in Doping | Tagged cycling doping, davide rebellin, floyd landis, lance armstrong
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 2, 2009
Doping scandals aplenty, Velo News reports. They’re taking another look at 2008 Giro d’Italia samples for CERA, undetectable previously but now testable. The same may happen for the 2009 Giro and Tour as testing catches up with ever newer, previously undetectable substances. “The report also outlined a new blood doping practice which evaded current testing [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged Cadel Evans, cycling doping, euskaltel-euskadi, floyd landis, Giro d'Italia, michael rasmussen, Tour de France, uci
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 24, 2009
More allegations of doping against Jan Ullrich. More assertions of denial from Jan Ullrich. “On Monday, German magazine Der Spiegel cited a police investigation report which states Ullrich went to Madrid 24 times between 2003 and 2006 to see doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, the man at the center of the Spanish probe Operation Puerto.” Belgian cyclist [...]
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged cycling doping, franck vandenbroucke, jan ullrich
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 16, 2009
Contador and Team Astana say they have nothing to hide. Quote: “This year’s Tour de France was remarkable for the fact that no riders tested positive during the race.” Still haven’t heard from Lance on this, but then, he’s no longer with Astana…
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged alberto contador, cycling doping, lance armstrong, Team Astana, tour de france 2009
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 13, 2009
Confessed doper and former King of the Mountains winner Bernhard Kohl continues to name names. The latest: physician Marc Schmidt, team doctor, who “oversaw the doping practices.” Schmidt vehemently denied the charges. And the beat goes on… Unconvinced that the 2009 Tour de France was as squeaky clean as it seemed, French prosecutors are opening [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, This Day in Doping | Tagged bernhard kohl, cycling doping, lance armstrong, mark schmidt, rolling stone, sam brown, Team Astana
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 21, 2009
Shimano says 1 strike yer out! Anyone caught doping is automatically expelled. That’s all well and good, but again, the problem here is with the UCI governing body. If its tests selectively, and if it looks the other way when it finds irregularities, cyclists have nothing to fear from Shimano. The Shimano policy is a [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged alejandro valverde, cycling doping, Shimano
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 16, 2009
It was another listless day in the peloton today, but in one respect that may be a good thing. So far this Tour has been remarkable in one instance (and one only): No doping violations have been announced. There may be a lag factor here: Samples have to be collected, transported, tested and re-tested. That [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged cycling doping, greg lemond, lance armstrong, Tour de France
