The International Cycling Union (UCI) has agreed to work closely with the French-Anti Doping Agency (AFLD) in a move to crack down on cheats in the sport.
Both parties signed an agreement on Friday for the AFLD, whose methods helped catch several top names during last year’s Tour de France, to carry out tests on the Paris-Nice race under the UCI’s jurisdiction.
The AFLD, however, will have room to target some riders on their own initiative…. Details
German Stefan Schumacher has been suspended from all cycling for two years after failing a drugs test during the 2008 Tour de France, International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid said on Friday.
“Schumacher is now banned from activity from Jan. 22, 2009 to …. Details
The Fuji-Servetto cycling team lost its bid on Friday to compete in the Paris-Nice classic because of its doping history.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that race organizer Amaury Sport Organization (ASO) was entitled to exclude the Spanish team from the eight-day event starting Sunday.
Fuji-Servetto is the renamed Saunier Duval-Scott team, which quit the 2008 Tour de France when …Â Details
American Christian Vande Velde leaves his newly born daughter and heads to Europe as he begins his bid for a podium at the Tour de France with a warm up in the Paris-Nice race.
Although he is not exactly the new kid in town, the Garmin-Slipstream rider burst into the limelight last season when his convincing performances in the 2008 Tour, where he finished fifth overall, made him one of the riders to fear…. Details