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Landis hearing flips in rider's favour
USADA, the US anti-doping authority, has never lost an athlete hearing. To date it's 34-0. That result may become 34-1, if USADA is not able to rebut the expert testimony from two witnesses yesterday. It's now LNND – the French anti-doping lab - and USADA on the defensive. Professor Wolfram Meier-Augenstein, an associate professor at Queen's University, Belfast and an expert in carbon isotope measuring upon which this case swings, said LNDD's measurement of key metabolic ratios violated WADA's own technical standards. (24/05) ReadYou may also like
Carbon nanotubes found in bikes likened to asbestos
BikeRadar | 22/05/08 
The material is widely used in the cycling industry as part of frames, forks steerers and seat tubes, which are regularly cut to size by professional and ... More
Cycling Success Measured in Frequent-Flier Miles
The New York Times | 09/05/08
EARLY last year, Dr. Jason Newland, a 34-year-old pediatric infectious disease physician from Stilwell, Kan., decided he would upgrade his Cannondale road ... More
Scientist spends a fortnight underwater
Timesonline | 19/04/07 
A scientist emerged today after spending almost two weeks underwater in a steel box, pedalling a stationary bicycle to generate electricity and growing ... Read
Taiwan's bike industry slumps
Bikebiz.co.uk | 22/09/06
Citing factors such as anti-dumping tariffs, carbon fibre shortages, aluminium price hikes and component delay problems, two government stats measuring ... Read
Cannondale Issues Safety Recall on Lefty Forks
Cannondale | 24/05/07
Cannondale has voluntarily issued a Safety Recall Notice with the Consumer Product Safety Commission involving any 2007 and some 2008 mountain bikes equipped ... Read
Zero Carbon Is the Goal for Woodstock
The Washington Post | 12/04/07
Michael Esposito rides his bike all the time _ from cold nights when leaving his old job at a natural food store to warm days while passing shops selling ... Read
'Cycling those carbon emissions away'
BBC | 02/03/07
The council plans to have 500 bicycles located at 25 points around the city for public use 24 hours a day. For a small charge, still to be determined, ... Read
Shane Slater's home-made carbon singlespeed
Bike Magic | 23/11/06
This is my home-made carbon fibre singlespeed, built by me over the winter of 2004. I wanted to try a newish design so thought about getting rid of the ... Read
Cannondale Recalls Road Bicycles Due to Brake Failure
Consumeraffairs.com | 11/01/07
Cannondale is recalling its 2007 Model road bicycles. The bicycle's front brake can fail, causing the rider to lose control and fall. The recalled road ... Read
All-carbon bicycle rims cost-competitive with aluminum
Compositesworld.com | 30/11/06
In the bicycle world, carbon fiber isn't just high-tech ... it's hot. Virtually every bicycle manufacturer has incorporated carbon fiber into a portion ... Read
Ridin' With A Champ
Bicycling | 22/02/07
LeMond Bikes used the Tour of California's opening road stage finish in Santa Rosa to introduce its new all carbon Tete de Course Triomphe Ultimate. Fittingly ... Read
Stronger than steel, lighter than aluminium - and in short supply
Financial Times | 08/08/07
The roll-out of Boeing's Dreamliner has offered weighty proof that carbon fibre is at last being used to make big things in large quantities. But the ... Read
New testosterone test developed
Bikebiz.co.uk | 20/06/08
Scientists have developed a new mass spectrometry test which can help sports anti-drug doping officials to detect whether an athlete has used testosterone, ... More
Love for bicycling and women
Cyclingnews | 06/06/08
The book is a good read, an interesting look at the like of an extraordinary man. Howard reviewed Anquetil's life and cycling history in detail, and tops ... More
Innocently Guilty – the Petacchi case
Cyclingnews | 09/05/08
Alessandro Petacchi "is not a cheat," the Court of Arbitration for Sport stated this week after ruling that the Italian must serve a one-year suspension. ... More
Anti-doping case against Landis may be in jeopardy
Los Angeles Times | 02/03/07
The French laboratory that produced incriminating doping results against Tour de France champion Floyd Landis may have allowed improper access to the American ... Read
Angry Landis at war with WADA
Bikebiz | 23/11/06
Floyd Landis has today floated the possibility he has 'WADA scientists' helping to bolster his defence against charges of doping at the 2006 Tour de ... Read
Technician defends Landis work
Los Angeles Times | 17/05/07
A technician in a French laboratory who played a central role last summer in determining Tour de France champion Floyd Landis tested positive for testosterone ... Read
Riis: No regrets about Basso
Velonews | 26/04/07
Perhaps more than anyone, Team CSC manager Bjarne Riis is watching with interest the latest developments concerning defending Giro d'Italia champion Ivan ... Read
Star cyclist Zabel admits doping
CNN | 24/05/07
Top German cyclist Eric Zabel has made a tearful confession to doping while riding for the Telekom team during the 1990s. Zabel and Rolf Aldag, who were ... Read
Bruyneel defends decision to sign 'the best rider in the world'
Velonews | 23/11/06
Discovery Channel team manager Johan Bruyneel on Saturday responded to the critics over his decision to sign Italian star Ivan Basso. Bruyneel's decision ... Read
Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso testifies before doping commission
The Chronicle Journal | 03/05/07
Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso testified Wednesday before the Italian Olympic Committee's doping commission in a hearing that could lead to a suspension. ... Read
Landis Off For 2007
Bicycling.com | 01/02/07
Embattled 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis is more and more doubtful of racing professionally this season even if the American cycling star is cleared ... Read
It woz the lab wot did it, says Landis lawyer
Bikebiz.co.uk | 14/09/06
Howard Jacobs, the attorney acting on behalf of Tour de France champion Floyd Landis, has revealed his hand. There's no talk of Jack Daniels, cortisone ... Read
Cycling struggles for support as doping takes a toll
International Herald Tribune | 03/05/07
With the Tour de France approaching this summer, the sport of cycling is taking brutal spills in corporate suites, where deals are made to sponsor competitions ... Read
Millar's time-trial bid punctured
Guardian | 22/09/06
Given that he is less than three months into his comeback to racing after his two-year doping ban, and is probably fortunate merely to be competing in ... Read
Landis, McQuaid trade barbs in press
Velonews | 22/02/07
Embattled 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis struck out at UCI president Pat McQuaid on Sunday, accusing cycling's top official of subjecting him ... Read
Landis confident on drugs appeal
BBC | 22/09/06
Floyd Landis claims his appeal against a positive drugs test in the Tour de France will ultimately be successful.
The American won this year's title, ... Read
Unanswered questions in death of Discovery Channel bicycle team
International Herald Tribune | 16/08/07
The death of the Discovery Channel bicycle team, according to four of its officials who held what amounted to an inquest, can be laid to many problems ... Read
Smoke Screens
Bicycling | 08/02/07
Poor Unibet.com can hardly catch a break. Not only was the team prevented from showing the colors of its title sponsor at Tuesday's Grand Prix d'Ouverture ... Read