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French prosecutors seek two-year prison sentence for EPO-era dope ‘doctor’ Bernard Sainz

French prosecutors seek two-year prison sentence for EPO-era dope 'doctor' Bernard Sainz

Bernard Sainz and a blast from the past.

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Running a doping program could soon be a criminal offense in the US

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The fight against doping in the United States took a significant leap forward on Monday with the passage of a landmark bill through the US Senate. The Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2019 will make it “unlawful to knowingly influence (or attempt or conspire to influence) a major international sports competition by use of a prohibited …

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Two riders added to long list of doping suspensions from Vuelta a Costa Rica

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Two Costa Rican cyclists have been provisionally suspended following positive tests from the 2019 edition of the lamentably notorious Vuelta a Costa Rica, according to a press release from the Costa Rican anti-doping authorities. Fabricio Quirós, 29, and Orlando Quesada, 31, were suspended by Costa Rica’s anti-doping authority, CONAD-CR. Quesada won the penultimate stage of …

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Why an ‘ethics of fairness’ is a better way of looking at doping

As another decade in cycling begins with WorldTour doping investigations (Operation Aderlass) and news of Bjarne Riis returning to the WorldTour, occasional CyclingTips contributor Craig Fry offers a different way of thinking about doping. In the article below, Fry proposes an “ethics of fairness” that can help us understand how the real victims of doping …

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Freeman, Ex-Sky doctor to admit he ‘told a lot of lies’

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Former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman will tell a medical tribunal he “told a lot of lies” and ordered the banned substance testosterone. Freeman was charged with ordering testosterone in 2011 to boost the performance of an unnamed rider. He will say the 30 Testogel sachets were not for an athlete, but …

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