UCI president McQuaid poses before an interview with Reuters in Aigle

UCI harden anti-corticoid stance

PARIS (Reuters) - The International Cycling Union (UCI) has toughened up its anti-doping policy by imposing an eight-day rest on riders following an injection of corticoids, it said on Monday. "The UCI must be …

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  • UCI harden anti-corticoid stance
    UCI harden anti-corticoid stance Reuters - 1 hour 16 minutes ago

    PARIS (Reuters) - The International Cycling Union (UCI) has toughened up its anti-doping policy by imposing an eight-day rest on riders following an injection of corticoids, it said on Monday. "The UCI … More »

  • Cippolini lawyer says Operation Puerto link 'absurd'
    Cippolini lawyer says Operation Puerto link 'absurd' Reuters - Sat, Feb 9, 2013 3:16 PM EST

    MADRID (Reuters) - Former world road race champion Mario Cipollini has denied he was a patient of Eufemiano Fuentes, the Spanish doctor at the centre of the Operation Puerto trial into an alleged doping … More »

  • Rare overall win for Britain's Cavendish in Qatar
    Rare overall win for Britain's Cavendish in Qatar Reuters - Fri, Feb 8, 2013 9:05 AM EST

    DOHA (Reuters) - Former road race world champion Mark Cavendish won his fourth straight stage of the Tour of Qatar on Friday to wrap up a rare overall victory in his second race for Belgian outfit Omega … More »

  • Puerto defendant let cyclists see doping doctor
    Puerto defendant let cyclists see doping doctor AP - Sports - Fri, Feb 1, 2013 2:07 PM EST

    MADRID (AP) -- A former cycling team director told a Spanish court Friday that he had allowed four-time Spanish Vuelta winner Roberto Heras and other riders to contact Eufemanio Fuentes, the doctor at … More »

  • Armstrong feels he is cycling's "fall guy"
    Armstrong feels he is cycling's "fall guy" Reuters - Wed, Jan 30, 2013 11:39 AM EST

    (Please note strong language in 15th para) PARIS (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong feels he is the scapegoat of a sport that has always been subject to cheating, the disgraced American cyclist said on Wednesday … More »

  • Fuentes will not be forced to give client names
    Fuentes will not be forced to give client names Reuters - Wed, Jan 30, 2013 8:04 AM EST

    MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, on trial for allegedly masterminding a doping ring in cycling, will not be obliged to identify any of the clients whose frozen blood was found in bags … More »

  • UCI disbands Armstrong independent commission
    UCI disbands Armstrong independent commission Reuters - Mon, Jan 28, 2013 5:28 PM EST

    (Reuters) - Cycling's world governing body is disbanding the Independent Commission which investigated the Lance Armstrong doping scandal in favor of a "truth and reconciliation process", the UCI said … More »

  • After 7 years, trial starts in Puerto doping case
    After 7 years, trial starts in Puerto doping case AP - Sports - Mon, Jan 28, 2013 1:05 PM EST

    MADRID (AP) -- MADRID - Spain's Operation Puerto finally went to trial Monday after a delay of seven years, raising the prospect over the coming weeks of new revelations about doping in cycling following … More »

  • Key testimony delayed on Puerto trial first day
    Key testimony delayed on Puerto trial first day Reuters - Mon, Jan 28, 2013 11:49 AM EST

    MADRID (Reuters) - The high-profile and much-delayed trial of a Spanish doctor accused of masterminding a doping ring in cycling got off to an anti-climactic start on Monday when his testimony was postponed … More »

  • Cycling: Contador rules out Giro and will focus on Tour de France
    Cycling: Contador rules out Giro and will focus on Tour de France Reuters - Sat, Jan 26, 2013 10:20 AM EST

    MADRID (Reuters) - Alberto Contador is not planning to ride the Giro d'Italia in May and will focus fully on the Tour de France starting at the end of June, the Spaniard was quoted as saying on Saturday. … More »

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