Cycling

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson to join Commission to investigate UCI

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

November 30 - Britain's Sir Philip Otton is to chair the Independent Commission, which includes Paralympic legend Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, investigating the role of the International Cycling Union (UCI) in the Lance Armstrong scandal, it was announced today.

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LeMond joins new group trying to force change at top of UCI

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

November 29 - Triple Tour de France winner Greg LeMond is the latest leading name to join Change Cycling Now, the new pressure set up to try to force the International Cycling Union (UCI) to reform in the wake of the Lance Armstrong scandal.

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Premeir League Liverpool hire sports psychiatrist who inspired cycling greats Hoy, Pendleton and Wiggins

By Emily Goddard

By Mike Rowbottom

November 29 - Premier League club Liverpool have strengthened their backroom team by hiring Steve Peters, the sports psychiatrist who inspired Sir Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton and Bradley Wiggins to Olympic cycling success.

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IOC should be allowed to strip Armstrong of Olympic medal says Executive Board member

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

November 28 - Lance Armstrong should be stripped of his Olympic bronze medal from Sydney 2000 even though technically the International Olympic Committee (IOC) do not have the right to take it away from him, Executive Board member John Coates has claimed.

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Pendleton and Hoy launch bike ranges with Halfords and Evans

By Emily Goddard

By Mike Rowbottom

November 27 - Victoria Pendleton, who made her exit from Strictly Come Dancing at the weekend, has sashayed into a new deal designing bikes for Halfords - while her fellow Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy has also announced the launch of a new range of personalised bikes in partnership with Evans Cycles.

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Pressure group set up by leading sponsor to force change on UCI

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

November 27 - A new pressure group has been set-up to try to force change on the International Cycling Union (UCI) following the Lance Armstrong scandal and will hold its first meeting in London next week, it has been announced.

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Sir Chris Hoy still hopeful of making Glasgow 2014 as Commonwealth Games velodrome hosts first event

By Tom Degun

November 19 - Sir Chris Hoy, Britain's greatest Olympian, has revealed that he is still harbours ambitions of retiring at Glasgow 2014 as the brand new Commonwealth Games velodrome named in his honour hosted its first elite competition this weekend.

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Team Sky recruits Australia head triathlon coach to help continue success

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

November 14 - Team Sky have recruited Shaun Stephens, Australia's triathlon coach at London 2012, as its new performance coach for next season, they announced today.

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UCI are not to blame for Armstrong scandal and we have not covered up anything, claims McQuaid

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

November 13 - International Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat McQuaid claimed today that they have "always been a pioneer in the fight against doping" despite the Lance Armstrong scandal and denied allegations that they failed to act on information given to them about riders taking performance enhancing drugs.

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Exclusive: We didn't have the tools to stop Armstrong, admits UCI chief medical officer

By Tom Degun at the Aspire Dome in Doha

November 12 - The International Cycling Union (UCI) chief medical officer Mario Zorzoli claimed here today he is confident that the organisation is winning its war on drug cheats despite the Lance Armstrong doping scandal that has rocked the sport.

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I hope McQuaid and Verbruggen know how I felt now, says Kimmage after filing evidence

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

November 11 - A Swiss judge will decide whether International Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat McQuaid and his predecessor, Hein Verbruggen, will face criminal charges after former Sunday Times journalist Paul Kimmage delivered a 28 page document detailing his allegations agains them.

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British Cycling calls for urgent safety measures after Wiggins and Sutton are injured by road traffic

By Emily Goddard

By Mike Rowbottom

November 8 - British Cycling has called on the Government to urgently improve safety measures for cyclists on the road after Tour de France winner and Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins and British track coach Shane Sutton were hospitalised within 12 hours of each other after two separate road traffic accidents.

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Coates to choose Independent Commission investigating UCI

By Tom Degun

November 7 - John Coates, President of the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS), will recommend the composition and membership of the Independent Commission that will investigate the International Cycling Union's (UCI) role in helping cover up the issue of doping in the sport.

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Fans and sponsors right to be "cynical" after Armstrong case says top corruption buster

By Emily Goddard

By Andrew Warshaw at the International Sports Event Management Conference in London

November 7 - Chris Eaton, one of the leading corruption busters in world sport says international federations must show more transparency and be less insular when it comes to exposing sleaze and scandal.

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Exclusive: Olympic medal or not, Armstrong’s credibility is gone, says senior IOC member Fasel

By Tom Degun

November 6 - Switzerland's International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board member René Fasel claims Lance Armstrong's credibility has already gone regardless of whether he is able to hold onto his Olympic bronze medal or not.

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