Cofidis, a professional cycling team, said its cyclist Remy di Gregorio "had allegedly attempted to resort to the use of doping substances to improve his performance" and therefore it was suspending him as a precaution.
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Mr. Armstrong was stripped of his titles last year after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which polices drug use in American sports, initiated formal charges against him for allegedly conspiring to run an organized doping program aimed at dominating the Tour de France.
The evidence gathered by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency of systematic drug use on his U.S. Postal Service cycling team was so overwhelming that Armstrong could look foolish and deluded if he insists to Oprah Winfrey that he rode clean, as he's always done until now.
If it hasn't, it should be classed as suspicious because the use of artificial EPO for doping causes the body's own production to shut down.
Francis admitted in 1989 that he had encouraged Johnson, stripped of his gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics for doping, and other athletes he coached to use steroids.
In the CBS interview, Hamilton -- who retired in 2009 after twice testing positive himself and who, earlier this month, was stripped of his 2004 gold medal by the International Olympic Committee due to doping -- said he first saw Armstrong use EPO in 1999.
The government said it planned to boost the powers of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority and allocate more resources to investigating drug use.
The Phenome Centre will aim to use and develop the sensitive anti-doping facilities to analyse samples in a faster and more detailed manner than previously possible.
If there is truly a doping issue in cycling (which is almost certainly the case) use your status and your power in the cycling world and fight it.
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Morgan asked Sheen what he thought about Armstrong's doping admission, and Sheen opened up about his own struggles with drug use and public image.
He argued USADA, a nonprofit organization that polices drug use in American sports, had no authority to bring a doping case against him or to strip him of his titles.
According to World Anti-Doping Agency, Olympic athletes with medical conditions may apply for a therapeutic use exemption that would permit them to compete on medications that would be otherwise prohibited.
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The fight against the use and the trade of prohibited substances and methods is today the main challenge to curb the scourge of doping in sport globally.
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