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"Jonathan Tiernan-Locke has vehemently denied any wrongdoing after the International Cycling Union opened disciplinary proceedings over alleged doping by the British Team Sky rider."

"Young Ecuadorian rider Daniela Moreno has received a formal warning after the horse she was assigned to ride in an FEI-sanctioned event tested positive for phenylbutazone and flunixin."

"According to an announcement by Team Sky, cyclist Jonathan Tiernan-Locke has withdrawn from racing after facing an investigation by the world governing body of cycling, the UCI, over unexplained discrepancies in his biological passport."

"Tour de France 2013 winner Chris Froome has remarked that drug cheats in cycling should be given life bans. The Team Sky rider believes harsher sanctions still need to be handed down to anyone testing positive for drugs and remarked the sport has now moved on from past scandals."

"Former UCI president Hein Verbruggen has questioned the credibility of now-banned cyclist Lance Armstrong after the rider implicated the Dutchman in covering up doping at the 1999 Tour de France."

"Lance Armstrong would have been "top 30 at best" and "not capable of" winning the Tour de France without doping, says former cycling great Greg LeMond, the only U.S. rider to win the Tour de France."

"US rider Chris Horner who became the oldest cyclist to win the Vuelta a España, has missed a random doping test after the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency (AEPSAD) officials went to a wrong hotel looking for the newly crowned Vuelta a España champion, according to his team RadioShack."

"PARIS - Chris Froome, crowned the Tour de France winner on Sunday, was being peppered at a recent news conference with questions that furtively nibbled at a bigger issue - have you doped? - when his team director leapt into the fray, bubbling with frustration."