Category: Cycling

UCI lax on TUE use, says Boardman

Cycling chiefs must do more to erase suspicion over Therapeutic Use Exemptions , according to Britain’s former Olympic champion and Tour de France yellow jersey wearer Chris Boardman. Bradley Wiggins’s use of TUEs while with Team Sky, made public by cyber-hacking website Fancy Bears last year, raised uncomfortable ethical questions about riders competing after being taking prohibited drugs for medical conditions.

An unfortunate leap into reality television

Back in August at Rio 2016, Sir Bradley Wiggins capped a glittering cycling career by winning a record-breaking eighth Olympic medal, making him the most decorated Briton of all time. One retirement and a banned steroid “therapeutic exemption use” controversy later and he’s goofing around throwing a snowball at a C4 camera for his introductory VT on The Jump and realising: “I was a successful Olympian and now I’m skiing like a prat.”

Organizers reveal 575 mile Tour of California route

This year’s Tour of California will cover 575 miles from Sacramento to Pasadena, while the women’s race that precedes it in May will be the only UCI WorldTour race in the U.S. this year. Organizers revealed the route Tuesday, along with announcing that Jens Voigt, Freddie Rodriguez and three-time Olympic time trial champion Kristin Armstrong will serve as ambassadors.

MPs to quiz UKAD boss and two key figures in Team Sky mystery package affair

UK Anti-Doping’s boss and two key players in a mystery that has dogged British Cycling and Team Sky all winter have been called to appear before the Culture, Media and Sport select committee next month. The panel of MPs hope to ask UKAD chief executive Nicole Sapstead, ex-British Cycling coach Simon Cope and former Team Sky medic Dr Richard Freeman for “documentary evidence” no anti-doping rules were broken when Cope delivered a package to Freeman at the end of Criterium du Dauphine race in France in 2011.

Callum Scotson looking forward to a season on the road after busy 2016 track season

Cameron Meyer and Callum Scotson of Australia, Kenny de Ketele and Moreno de Pauw of Belgium and Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish of Great Britain celebrate on the Podium after the final of the Six Day With a successful 2016 track season now behind Callum Scotson that saw the 20-year-old win a rainbow jersey in the team pursuit and an Olympic Games silver medal in the same event, his focus in 2017 is on racing and winning in Europe. Scotson successfully defended his U23 Australian national time trial to start his BMC Development career in the best manner possible kick off his biggest road season to date.

Katrin Garfoot expresses Olympic year funding frustrations

Newly crowned two-time time trial champion Katrin Garfoot admitted that she’s struggled with motivation since October where she secured the bronze medal in the time trial at the 2016 Road World Championships. Speaking to reporters, including Cyclingnews, following her successful time trial title defence in Buninyong on Thursday, Garfoot described a number of factors that have impacted her enthusiasm.

Sir Bradley Wiggins looking forward to challenge of The Jump

Retired cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins is set to turn his attention to winter sports as he takes part in celebrity skiing competition The Jump. The eight-time Olympic medallist will follow in the footsteps of sporting stars such as rower Sir Steve Redgrave, gymnast Beth Tweddle and swimmer Rebecca Adlington, all of whom were forced to pull out of the competition due to injuries.

British Cycling warned about Team Sky relationship months before Cope’s delivery

British Cycling was warned about the dangers of its relationship with Team Sky just months before women’s coach Simon Cope embarked on a four-day journey to deliver a medical package for Bradley Wiggins , it has emerged. As part of evidence requested by British parliament’s Culture, Media, and Sport Committee in the wake of a hearing last week, British Cycling has submitted a report from an audit carried out by Deloitte early in 2011.

Former Tour de France champ Wiggins retires from cycling

Bradley Wiggins announced his retirement from cycling on Wednesday, ending an illustrious career in which he won a British-record eight Olympic medals and became his country’s first winner of the Tour de France. FILE – In this Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016 file photo, former Tour de France winner and Olympic Gold medalist Britain’s Bradley Wiggins greets spectators prior to competing in the six day race at the Kuipke velodrome in Ghent, Belgium, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016.

Sir Bradley Wiggins has announced his retirement

Sir Bradley Wiggins has announced his retirement from cycling, ending a career that saw him win a British record eight Olympic medals as well as the country’s first Tour de France title. The 36-year-old posted a statement on his Instagram page on Wednesday afternoon, accompanying a picture of his collected race jerseys, medals and trophies.

UCI president Brian Cookson has defended the governing body’s approach to TUEs

Cycling chief Brian Cookson insists the sport’s process for assessing therapeutic use exemptions is of “a higher standard than required by international norms”. In a press release, the UCI president described 2016 as “a year of real progress” in the ongoing battle to combat doping issues and technological fraud, with the controversial use of TUEs at the top of the agenda.

Sport24.co.za | Team Sky chief faces questions over mystery package

British Sports minister Tracey Crouch on Sunday said Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford faces “some extremely important questions” about a mystery package that is the subject of a UK Anti-Doping investigation. Brailsford is one of six witnesses appearing before the Culture, Media and Sport select committee in Westminster on Monday as part of its long-running inquiry into sport’s fight against doping.