The UCI has been monitoring about 800 riders under the biological passport program since 2007 and are now ready to roll out the program and possibly open disciplinary procedures against those with who showed “abnormal variations.”
Anne Gripper, the head of the UCI’s anti doping program stresses that the first cases must be very solid as [...]

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The 2008 season has barely come to a close, and here we are talking about 2009 (and more) already:

Now that Bernhard Kohl has owned up to his doping, he is urging Gerolsteiner teammate Stefan Schumacher to do the same. Kohl and Schumacher were roommates during the Tour de France (as were… wait for it… Ricco [...]

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The International Cycling Union (UCI) has decided to approve Lance Armstrong’s participation in the  forthcoming Tour Down Under in Australia, to be held 20-25 January, the first event of the 2009 UCI ProTour.
This decision has been made after a careful assessment of the situation, taking into account both the applicable regulations and the imperatives of [...]

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There will be no cycling action in Beijing until the men’s and women’s time trial events tomorrow, but there is, as usual, plenty going on:

Yes, I’d probably have a panic attack, too: Old news by now, but Maria Isabel Moreno arrived at the Olympics on July 30th, got tested the next day, and pretty much immediately flew [...]

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We’ve been pretty heavy into TdF race coverage lately, but there are other things happening.

Bicycle manufactuer Scott is going to step up to be the lead sponsor of the former Saunier Duval team. They believe that the doping problems with Ricco and Piepoli were related to the individuals, and they are pledging a more rigorous [...]

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