Doping2023

A new anti-doping scheme that uses rider power data to help monitor performance is being trialled in the pro peloton. Riders on four teams will be submitting information to the International Testing A

Colombian climber Julián Arredondo was never one to do anything by halves: ‘I was mixing drugs with alcohol and women. I took a little bit of everything, but it never filled this deep emptiness I had

Twenty years after cycling’s greatest scandal, Lance Armstrong remains a visible, vocal presence. Why does he still command such attention, asks Chris Marshall Bell

A hollow victory is more fun than a respectable walloping

Lighter doesn’t always mean faster. Rob Kemp investigates why muscle and fuelling matter much more than the number on the scales

During the recent Winter Olympics my eye was caught by a story that ski jumpers were allegedly injecting themselves in the penis with acid in order to improve sporting performance. The drug in questio