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Andrea Piccolo's doping bust sent shockwaves through EF Education-EasyPost
Jonathan Vaughters apologises to team for hiring Italian caught with growth hormones
Fired EF rider Andrea Piccolo was under investigation by anti-doping authorities prior to police search
News Italian fired by team after he was stopped by law enforcement on suspicion of transporting human growth hormone
EF terminate Andrea Piccolo's contract amid suspicion of trafficking doping products
News Rider suspected of transporting Human Growth Hormone into Italy having previously been subject to internal suspension over sleeping aid usage
Michel Hessmann given four-month ban after German anti-doping agency accepts contamination explanation
News Visma-Lease a Bike still to consider how to proceed with rider's future role in team
'Ten times stronger than Tramadol' - UCI and MPCC concerned by use of painkiller Tapentadol in pro cycling
News Le Temps reports that governing body has been monitoring use of powerful opiod in peloton since the start of this season
Robert Stannard given backdated four-year suspension in 2018 doping case
News Australian eligible to compete after biological passport anomaly case decided
Miguel Angel López to appeal against four-year doping ban at Court of Arbitration for Sport
News Colombian climbing ace claims the case for his ban was based on 'manipulated phone call transcripts'
Colombian cycling star Miguel Ángel López banned until July 2027 for use of Menotropin
News Four-year anti-doping sanction imposed following lengthy suspension based on findings from 2022 Giro d’Italia
The anti-doping frontier: How the biological passport has changed pro cycling - part 2
In part 1, we examined the effectiveness of the Athlete Biological Passport (ABO) since its cycling rollout in 2008 and sport-wide rollout a year later. We ended by focusing on the mooted modern-day scourge of the ABP – separating legal altitude-induced changes in a cyclist’s blood profile and illegal micro-dosing EPO blood profiles. Here, we investigate the issue at hand and what the testers are doing about it…
