Anti-doping authorities at the Tour de France have rejected accusations of preferential treatment towards Paul Seixas, the teenage French rider and home favourite who is placed fourth overall.
Drug testing at cycling's biggest race, the Tour de France is in the spotlight following a series of night-time anti-doping tests on the sport's biggest names.
Remco Evenepoel took back-to-back stage wins in the Tour de France, and eroded some of Tadej Pogacar’s overall lead, with victory in the stage 16 time trial from Evian to Thonon-les-Bains.
Tadej Pogacar got four hours of sleep. Jonas Vingegaard got less. Both were woken in the dead of night during the Tour de France for anti-doping tests, and cycling hasn’t stopped arguing about it since. Former pros say it’s exactly what…
A Paris judge authorised the night-time doping tests of the Tour de France leader, Tadej Pogacar, and his nearest rival, Jonas Vingegaard, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
First he was woken up at 2am for an out-of-the-blue doping test that dragged on for 40 minutes. Hours later, Jonas Vingegaard read a turn incorrectly and, less than 20km from the finish line, hit the road. The crash took two of his…
Just hours after Tadej Pogačar got his fourth victory in the Tour de France and Jonas Vingegaard held on to second place in the general classification, an unexpected knock on the door shifted attention away from the race. In the early…
Remco Evenepoel criticises "inhuman" middle-of-the night doping tests at the Tour de France after winning stage 15, while two-time champion Jonas Vingegaard crashes out.
Jonas Vingegaard crashed out of the Tour de France on the first Alpine stage on Sunday, only hours after being woken up in the early hours to undergo doping controls. He will have collarbone surgery in the next few days.
THE four-year ban imposed on Samoa lock Chris Vui for a contested doping violation in 2023 has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The former Bristol and Worcester forward tested positive at a World Cup training camp…
Testing positive for a banned substance often brings serious consequences in sports, and a former UFC title challenger has now been penalized for crossing that line, resulting in a lengthy 16-month suspension. Volkan Oezdemir, who…