EPO

Thomas Frischknecht opens up about his career, mentoring the likes of Nino Schurter and Kate Courtney, and what it was like to compete clean during the age of EPO.

The 34-year-old Portuguese rider was banned four years for an EPO offense, but he said the case is not open and shut.

Researchers claim that EPO has no performance benefits for cyclists. However, their study's fatal flaws make it unreliable and misleading.

The UCI’s Anti-Doping Tribunal has handed Frenchman Lloyd Mondory a four-year ban for EPO.

UCI re-tests 2012 sample with new scientific method, finds EPO in Caruso's system following Paris-Nice that season.

An analysis of the long-term effects of performance-enhancing drugs

The Danish rider claims Hesjedal's blood values were close to the UCI limit in 2003

Jeroen Blijlevens was named in the French Senate report of riders that used EPO during the 1998 Tour de France

Former pro was alleged to have taken EPO during the 1998 Tour de France in a French newspaper report

Dr. Michael Puchowicz contests Michele Ferrari's claims that Lance Armstrong would have benefited equally from altitude training and EPO

The South African, who rode for U.S. Postal in 1999-2000, tested positive for the banned blood booster in an out-of-competition control

Young Russian positive in out of competition test. Holczer says ‘team not involved’

Patrice Ciprelli spent 19,800 dollars on 15 purchases of the banned performance-booster

Patrice Ciprelli was arrested Wednesday over the alleged purchase of EPO

Disgraced Italian cyclist Riccardo Riccò on Tuesday received a two-month suspended sentence and a 3,000-euro fine from a French court for having taken EPO during the 2008 Tour de France.

MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spanish cyclist David Garcia has been handed a two-year doping ban following his positive test at the last Tour of Spain, the Spanish Cycling Federation said Thursday.

An arbitration panel has banned Kirk O'Bee from cycling for life and nullified his results back to 2005, including a 2007 national title.

Three-time mountain bike world champion Marga Fullana has been provisionally suspended for testing positive for the banned blood booster EPO.

The Milram rider retires after first denying he doped, then admitting he "made a mistake."

The UCI announced Wednesday that Belgian Roy Sentjens (Milram), has been provisionally suspended following a positive test for EPO.

Swiss rider Thomas Frei has been handed a two-year ban after testing positive for the banned EPO in March, the Swiss Olympic committee announced on Wednesday.

Euskaltel-Euskadi's Mikel Astarloza announces that he has been suspended for a positive doping control, but plans to appeal.

The BMC team has suspended Swiss rider Thomas Frei after he tested positive for EPO.

The UCI has provisionally suspended Italian pro Massimo Giunti after a laboratory found the blood booster EPO in a urine sample from an out-of-competition test on February 23.

Danilo Di Luca draws a two-year suspension after testing positive for CERA during the 2009 Giro.

World Anti-Doping Agency officials offered condolences Tuesday following the death of Jacques de Ceaurriz, who was widely regarded as a leader light in the fight against doping in sport.

Spanish rider Moisés Dueñas gets the OK to return to competition after serving a reduced ban for testing positive for EPO.

Facing a ban after a positive test for EPO, Gabriele Bosisio pleads his innocence at a hearing with the Italian Olympic Committee.

Cyclist Christian Pfannberger has received a lifetime ban from sport for repeated doping offenses, the Austrian national anti-doping agency announced.

Question: "I recently read about the UCI’s decision to strip Davide Rebellin of the silver medal he 'won' at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing because he tested positive for CERA. As my kid would say, 'big whoop.'"

Fuji-Servetto's Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos has been suspended following a positive EPO test.