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"All the evidence has been out there for a long time" - David Walsh

Walsh 'unimpressed' with response to doping report

Sunday Times chief sports writer David Walsh says he is 'unimpressed' with the response of UCI president Pat McQuaid to the Lance Armstrong report.

Cycling • 22 Oct 12

Travis Tygart, chief executive of USADA insists the fight against doping isn't over yet

USADA chief pledges to continue doping fight

Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles but the sport's world governing body has been warned the battle against doping is far from won.

Cycling • 22 Oct 12

Armstrong banned from cycling, stripped of titles

The UCI has banned Lance Armstrong for life and stripped him of his seven Tour de France titles after accepting all findings of a USADA report on doping.

Cycling • 22 Oct 12

Armstrong admits: 'It's been tough'

Lance Armstrong admitted he had experienced "a difficult couple of weeks" as he made his first public appearance since the publication of the scathing United States Anti-Doping Agency's report.

Cycling • 20 Oct 12

Roche: Cycling's doping problem in the past

The 1987 Tour de France champion Stephen Roche believes cycling's deep-rooted doping problem is firmly in the past despite the sordid revelations surrounding Lance Armstrong.

Cycling • 19 Oct 12

Lance Armstrong: 'To spare the foundation any negative effects as a result of controversy surrounding my cycling career, I will conclude my chairmanship'

Nike ends contract with Lance Armstrong

Nike has ended its long-standing contract with Lance Armstrong due to the 'insurmountable evidence' of the disgraced cyclist's doping offences.

Cycling • 17 Oct 12

UCI admits $100k donation from Armstrong

The International Cycling Union has been criticised for accepting a $100,000 cash donation from disgraced Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong in 2002.

Cycling • 16 Oct 12

Further testimony evidence of Lance Armstrong's doping is surfacing daily

Team masseuse recalls 'drug running' episode

A former aide of Lance Armstrong has alleged she was used as a "drug runner" during her time working for the US Postal team.

Cycling • 16 Oct 12

Lance Armstrong has been labelled a 'serial cheat'

Lawyer: Lance Armstrong may take lie detector test

Lance Armstrong's lawyer has revealed the cyclist might take a lie detector test in an attempt to prove he is innocent of doping allegations.

Cycling • 14 Oct 12

Armstrong may face perjury charges

Lance Armstrong could be subject to perjury charges after testifying in court that he had never taken banned performance-enhancing drugs, according to the US anti-doping agency.

Cycling • 11 Oct 12

Armstrong's lawyer steadfast in his defence

Lance Armstrong’s lawyer Sean Breen launched a staunch defence of his client on RTÉ's Sport At 7, insisting that the Texan cyclist is the victim of a vendetta from a ‘rogue agency’.

Cycling • 12 Oct 12

David Zabriskie is among those who will be banned for doping after testifying against Lance Armstrong

Armstrong accusers banned after confessing

The five American cyclists who testified against Lance Armstrong have all been formally banned for six months after confessing to using performance enhancing drugs.

Cycling • 11 Oct 12

Armstrong part of 'sophisticated doping programme'

Lance Armstrong's US Postal team ran 'the most sophisticated doping programme that sport has ever seen,' according to a new report by the US Anti-Doping Agency.

Cycling • 10 Oct 12

Lance Armstrong speaks to the media in Aspen, Colorado

Armstrong tells fans not to 'cry' over punishment

Lance Armstrong was back on his bike yesterday, urging his supporters not to 'cry' for him a day after the United States Anti-Doping Agency's (USADA) decision to strip his seven Tour de France titles and ban him for life.

Cycling • 26 Aug 12

Armstrong stripped of titles and banned for life

Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from cycling for life, the United States Anti-Doping Agency has announced.

Cycling • 24 Aug 12

Armstrong stripped of titles and banned for life

Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and handed a lifetime ban by the US Anti-Doping Agency after electing not to contest doping charges brought against him.

Cycling • 24 Aug 12

Dismissed Armstrong lawsuit 'smacked of PR move'

A US federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Lance Armstrong against the US Anti-Doping Agency.

Cycling • 10 Jul 12

Armstrong starts legal action against USADA

Lance Armstrong has launched legal action against the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and claimed they offered "corrupt inducements" to other cyclists.

Cycling • 09 Jul 12

Armstrong angered by ban reports

Lance Armstrong has responded angrily to reports - criticised by the United States Anti-doping Agency - that his former team-mates have been handed six month suspensions in exchange for giving evidence in a doping case allegedly implicating the seven-time Tour de France champion.

Cycling • 05 Jul 12

Lance Armstrong to face doping charges

The US Anti-Doping Agency have confirmed they are to file formal doping charges against Lance Armstrong which could see the cyclist lose his record-breaking total of seven Tour de France titles.

Cycling • 29 Jun 12

Armstrong makes USADA request

Lance Armstrong has made a public appeal to the US Anti-Doping Agency to answer his correspondence to them.

Cycling • 16 Jun 12

Armstrong anger at alleged charges

Lance Armstrong reacted angrily tonight after reports that the US Anti-Doping Agency has brought charges against the former cyclist that could see him stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.

Cycling • 14 Jun 12

Lance Armstrong

Walsh 'unimpressed' with response to doping report

USADA chief pledges to continue doping fight

Armstrong banned from cycling, stripped of titles

Armstrong admits: 'It's been tough'

Roche: Cycling's doping problem in the past

Nike ends contract with Lance Armstrong

UCI admits $100k donation from Armstrong

Team masseuse recalls 'drug running' episode

Lawyer: Lance Armstrong may take lie detector test

Armstrong may face perjury charges

Armstrong's lawyer steadfast in his defence

Armstrong accusers banned after confessing

Armstrong part of 'sophisticated doping programme'

Armstrong tells fans not to 'cry' over punishment

Armstrong stripped of titles and banned for life

Armstrong stripped of titles and banned for life

Dismissed Armstrong lawsuit 'smacked of PR move'

Armstrong starts legal action against USADA

Armstrong angered by ban reports

Lance Armstrong to face doping charges

Armstrong makes USADA request

Armstrong anger at alleged charges

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