The following article was courtesy of Reuters Reporting by Emma Pinedo Not just cycling and obviously not Lance. “MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police have dismantled a crime ring that mailed banned doping blood booster Erythropoietin (EPO) to athletes across Europe, seizing the continent’s largest haul of injectable EPO to date, […]
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Floyd Landis Suing Trump Over Whitaker Appointment
This article appeared today in USA Today”: “Former cyclist Floyd Landis challenges Trump administration on attorney general Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY Published 1:09 p.m. ET Nov. 27, 2018 | Updated 2:47 p.m. ET Nov. 27, 2018 The legal fallout of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal isn’t quite over yet and […]
Open letter to the World Anti-Doping Agency from MPCC
The Movement for a Credible Cycling (MPCC)’s General Assembly met on this October 24th and adresses an open letter to the World Anti-Doping Agency. In this letter, MPCC highlights the consequences of a situation which hurts the whole world of sport and question the very foundations of the international rules […]
Travis T. Tygart Statement on the BBC Interview with WADA Athlete Chair Beckie Scott
Colorado Springs, Colo. (October 12, 2018) – Today’s BBC Interview with World Anti-Doping Agency Athlete Chair Beckie Scott presents a damning and accurate reflection of the fragile state of the WADA-led global anti-doping system as it exists today. It’s appalling Olympic sport leaders would attempt to suppress athletes’ voices as […]
MPCC September 2018 Communique
17th September 2018 The Board of the MPCC met in Roissy on September 13th to analyze the events that occured prior to Le Tour de France. The main focus was on Chris Froome’s abnormal control, a procedure that came to an end only a few days before the start of […]
Statement Regarding Samuel Sánchez Anti-Doping Violation
17 August, 2017, Nimes (FRA) BMC Racing Team was notified on Thursday, 17 August by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) of a potential anti-doping violation for the presence of GHRP-2 and its metabolite, in an out-of-race anti-doping control for Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez. In accordance with BMC Racing Team’s zero tolerance […]
U.S. Cycling Athlete, Danielson, Accepts Sanction for Second Anti-Doping Rule Violation
Colorado Springs, Colo. (October 6, 2016) – USADA announced today that Tom Danielson, of Longmont, Colo., an athlete in the sport of cycling, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a four-year sanction for his second anti-doping rule violation. Danielson, 38, tested positive as a result of an […]
Operation Puerto to Continue
Other sports may finally be revealed in the olf Operation Puerto affair. The Spanish courts demanded that the blood bags that were seized years ago be given to sports authorities. The Madrid Court of Appeals has ordered that the contents of the blood bags be given to the Royal Spanish […]
Independent Panel Grants Motion to Postpone in Danielson Case
Colorado Springs, Colo. (June 7, 2016) – The American Arbitration Association (AAA) panel overseeing the case of cyclist Tom Danielson has granted a motion made by Mr. Danielson’s counsel to postpone his arbitration hearing. Mr. Danielson will remain provisionally suspended, and the hearing originally scheduled for June, will move to […]
Brain doping – the newest weapon in the quest for athletic performance
By Gianni Merlo, AIPS President LAUSANNE, March 17, 2016 – Let’s face it – doping has sadly become the main issue facing sport. Almost every day we are bombarded by news of doping scandals at all levels. Athletes, federations, and clubs are under constant scrutiny and it’s becoming more and […]