29 cases of alleged doping recorded in cycling in 2025, but only one at
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...
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]
Encyclopedia of doping in cycling | Cycling Weekly
29 cases of alleged doping recorded in cycling in 2025, but only one at WorldTour Most came from semi-professional ranks, MPCC finds By Tom Davidson Published 16 February 23
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- 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.
- 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.
- How many cases are there in cycling?
- The 29 cases recorded in cycling, the MPCC revealed, came from 15 countries and were split across six disciplines. The vast majority of the cases - 23 out of 29 - involved male riders. Still, the union was optimistic about the results, citing that only two cases came from the sport’s uppermost tiers of racing, the WorldTour and the ProTour.
- 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).
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