Colombia’s Cycling Ascent Fueled by Widespread Doping
The anti-doping office says it can afford to maintain a testing pool of only 22 cyclists it has concerns about. Orlando Reyes, the anti-doping office's program manager, says the information provided by the Colombian Cycling Federation on the whereabouts of targeted cyclists is either inaccurate or arrives too late.
29 cases of alleged doping recorded in cycling in 2025, but
published February 16, 2025 There were 29 cases of alleged doping in cycling in 2025, according to figures released today by anti-doping union Movement for a Credible Cycling (MPCC). This...
Cycling moves down sports' doping list three places to 8th
There were 18 recorded doping cases in cycling in 2025, compared with the 113 in track and field that topped the list, and the 50 of second-place weightlifting. These 18 cases in...
MPCC signals 'alarming' rise in doping cases in cycling
Athletics was at the top of the list with 81 doping cases, followed by weightlifting with 78, baseball with 61, and American football with 42 cases. Cycling was in fifth place with 32...
9 Doping Scandals That Changed Sports - History
1967: Cyclist Tom Simpson dies after Tour de France. Cyclist Tommy Simpson before the first stage of the Tour de France on June 21, 1966, in Nancy, France. British cyclist Tom Simpson passed away
- How many doping cases are there in cycling?
- The year to follow the International Olympic Committee (IOC) published the first list of prohibited substances, a list which is now governed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). In the Anti-Doping Database we have, as of today, more than 930 cases involving doping in cycling. From strychnine ...
- When did doping start in cycling?
- Cycling has a long history of doping which dates back into the end of the 19th century. Since doping was not illegal in sport until the 1920s athletes could use any substance they felt gave them a boost without being sanctioned. In 1928 that changed a bit when the IAAF became the first international sport federation to ban doping.
- When did doping start?
- Testing for doping first started in 1966 by the International Cycling Union (UCI) and the International Soccer Federation (FIFA). The year to follow the International Olympic Committee (IOC) published the first list of prohibited substances, a list which is now governed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
- Is'mechanical doping' in cycling a 'technical fraud'?
- Almost six years since the first allegations of "mechanical doping" in cycling the UCI, during the Women's under-23 race, for the first time in cycling history found evidence of technological fraud when they checked the bicycle of Femke Van den Driessche. The UCI had been testing a new detection system.
- Did CSC team members violate anti-doping rules?
- The report said that CSC team leaders and staff Bjarne Riis, Johnny Weltz, Alex Pedersen, and a number of Danish former riders, of whom only Nicki Sørensen and Frank Høj were named, had all violated applicable anti-doping rules, but that the statute of limitations (8 years) prevented ADD from opening doping cases against them.
- What is Operación Puerto doping case?
- Operación Puerto doping case (meaning Operation Mountain Pass) is a Spanish doping case against doctor Eufemiano Fuentes and a number of accomplices, started in May 2006. He is accused of administering prohibited doping products to 200 professional athletes, to enhance their performance.
