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
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]
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...
Doping | 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 February 16, 2025 Spanish...
Doping in Cycling: Past and Present - ResearchGate
Since the late 19th century, riders have been using -in chronological order -strychnine, nitroglycerine, amphetamines, anabolic steroids, corticosteroids, growth hormones, beta-2-agonists, blood...
- 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 ...
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Did the PDM scandal reveal doping in the cycling team?
- The PDM Affair, In November 1997, Cyclingnews.com reported about an inquiry that had just been made public in The Netherlands. This inquiry appeared to reveal doping in the PDM cycling team.
- Did Benta admit to doping at Vuelta?
- UCI Press Department. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2010. ^ "Mosquera positive at the Vuelta". Cyclingnews. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010. ^ "Garcia positive for EPO at Vuelta". Cyclingnews. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010. ^ "Portuguese cyclist Benta admits to doping". EarthTimes.
