You might not see your favorite rider on this list, but that’s just because they didn’t get caught. Here are some other names: Fausto Coppi, Eddy Merckx,  Jacques Anquetil, Marco Pantani, Levi Leipheimer, Bjarne Riis, Alberto Contador. Got the drift? Yup, all took enough drugs to actually get caught with banned substances in their...
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Dr. Michele Ferrari, the alleged doctor who provided banned substances to professional cyclists told a reporter at online news Al Jazeera that he never provided drugs to Lance Armstrong, and never saw him or heard of  him doping. Michele (pronounced Mee-kay-ley) Ferrari has long been linked at least publicly with doping in cycling. But...
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Greg Lemond, the man who was the first American to win multiple Tour de France races says he is vying for the top post at the International Cycling Union. In an interview with French newspaper Le Monde about whether he was prepared to run for president of the Swiss based union against incumbent Pat McQuaid, the 51-year-old...
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Cadel Evans, 2011 Tour de France winner is alleged to have consulted Dr. Michele Ferrari, the now tainted doctor in the doping allegation scandals rocking the world cycling scene. The consultation is alleged to have taken place in 2000, and no discussion was entered about utilizing banned substances, according to the Aussie rider. The...
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The Omega Pharma-Quick Step team has fired Levi Leipheimer after learning of his confession to doping as part of the Lance Armstrong investigation. Acting as Armstrong’s teammate for five years at the United States Postal Service, Astana and RadioShack teams, the 38-year-old Leipheimer joined Quick Step in 2012. Team management expressed surprise last week...
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In the News Michael Barry, the Canadian rider who was named in the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s investigation of Lance Armstrong, published a confessional –and a plea of sorts to the public in the NY Times today. Amid the general “mea culpas” , using words like “wrong”, and “code of silence,” Barry also struck at...
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By Jen Benepe CAREFULLY CRAFTED MESSAGES, CONFESSION “BLOC” TIMED TO USADA RELEASE Canadian rider and previous U.S. Postal Team member Michael Barry has become the latest cyclist to post a true doping confession on his home page. First came his previous team mate George Hincapie, who posted a full admission that he doped but...
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Previous teammate and friend of Lance Armstrong announced today that he took banned substances during his cycling career. The announcement is not much of a shocker: we predicted it during and after the Tour de France folded this year, when Hincapie announced his retirement. The timing was too coincidental with the charges being made...
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By Jen Benepe, August 3, 2012 The NY Times ran a story about two amateur riders who won their age categories in this year’s New York Gran Fondo who tested positive for banned substances. David Anthony, 45, of New York and Gabriele Guarini, 50, of Italy recorded positive tests after winning their respective age...
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In the News Frank Schleck has confirmed that one of his blood samples has turned up positive for Xipamide, a diuretic banned under the World Anti-Doping Agency, according to Cycling News. Cycling News also reported that the RadioShack-Nissan rider “pulled out of the Tour de France after learning of the initial positive test, and...
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In The News A French rider with the Cofidis Team was arrested for suspicion of doping, according to reports by the Associated Press today. Remy Di Gregorio of France was arrested at his team hotel in connection with a Tour de France doping investigation and suspended by his team. Judicial officials said Di Gregorio...
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Canadian Ryder Hesjedal, the winner of the Giro d’Italia last week showed the world that it can be done without doping. Hesjedal’s team, Garmin-Barracuda which was started by Jonathan Vaughters, prides itself on its anti-doping stance, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal about the team published today. Hesjedal put in a...
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