List of doping cases in cycling
The following is an incomplete list of doping cases and recurring accusations of doping in professional cycling, where doping means "use of physiological substances or abnormal method to obtain an artificial increase of performance." [1]
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...
Top 10 cycling doping excuses | Cyclingnews
There have been countless doping cases in cycling over the years, from the biggest names in the sport down to riders hanging on at the bottom of the food chain. As such, we've seen all manner...
- How many alleged doping cases are there in cycling in 2022?
- Here’s how it works. There were 29 cases of alleged doping in cycling in 2022, according to figures released today by anti-doping union Movement for a Credible Cycling (MPCC). This is 10 more cases than in 2021, and the second highest tally in the past eight years.
- Are professional cycling and doping linked?
- For many, professional cycling and doping will always be linked, the past ‘misdemeanours’ of Lance Armstrong and numerous others tarnishing the sport forever.
- What is a doping incident?
- Thus the list contains doping incidents, those who have tested positive for illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or have been suspended by a sports governing body for failure to submit to mandatory drug testing.
- 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.
- What is the most commonly used substance in doping?
- From strychnine ... In the early years of doping the most commonly used substances were stryhnine, cocaine and alcohol. Later amphetamine became quite popular, and now EPO and substances which enhances oxygen transportation is the most popular. Strychnine is a defined as a stimulant in the WADA prohibited substance list.
- How does the ITA protect sport from doping?
- They will conduct in-competition urine tests and in- and out-of-competition blood tests. Each country also has its own anti-doping organisation who complement the work done by the ITA. In the United Kingdom, the organisation responsible for ‘protecting sport in the UK from doping’ is UKAD (United Kingdom Anti-Doping).
