List of doping cases in cycling
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.
29 cases of alleged doping recorded in cycling in 2025, but
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 is 10 more cases than in 2025, and
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...
Sports doping worldwide - statistics & facts | Statista
In 2025, for instance, the number of anti-doping rule violations worldwide totaled 1,914. During that same year, the share of anti-doping rule violations reported worldwide by outcome revealed...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- What did UCI say about anti-doping rules in 2006?
- The UCI summary of 'Decisions on Anti-Doping Rule Violations made in 2006' stated "disqualification and ineligibility for 4 months". Garcia Quesada Adolfo of Spain tested positive for Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in competition on 19 May 2006.
- 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.
- 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).
