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Phil Bates - Australian UCI official blaming WADA for everything. What a joke http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-19/armstrong-part-of-an-established-culture-bates/4472226?section=sport

Bob Gosfords take on it: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2012/10/25/why-cyclings-anti-doping-system-is-broken-xztt-v-anti-doping-rule-violation-tribunal/

This just in on ABC news (Australia) not sure if linked yet "The cyclist, referred to only as XZTT - and who was registered at elite level with Cycling Australia - competed in a race in China in 2010 under UCI rules and submitted a routine drug test. Two days later the A sample was analysed...

MORE: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-25/authorities-panned-over-aussie-cyclist-drug-test/4333616?section=sport "The cyclist, referred to only as XZTT - and who was registered at elite level with Cycling Australia - competed in a race in China in 2010 under UCI rules and submitted a...

ELITE AUSTRALIAN RIDER POSITIVE TEST 2 YEARS AGO ELEANOR HALL: Now to another development over drugs in cycling. There is evidence today that an elite Australian cyclist returned a positive drug test two years ago but wasn't told about it for months and continued to race. The cyclist, who...

Cadel Evans Statement: "He said the sport had learned from the mistakes of the past and was now at "a level playing field where the hard work, meticulous equipment preparation and natural ability are winning the big beautiful prestigious races. "For those who are disappointed with the situation...

CA response to UCI decision on USADA case Wednesday, 24 October 2012 Cycling Australia has welcomed the confirmation by the International Cycling Union (UCI) that it will not appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and that it will recognise the sanctions the United States Anti Doping...

Good article form Sam Lane - not sure if it was linked to earlier Culture of Denial http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cycling/culture-of-denial-20121020-27yko.html "In the interests of knowing where things stand with his top cycling client in such a volatile environment, Culbert told The Sunday...

"The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority was granted the power to prosecute athletes on behalf of the sports when it was established in 2006. Since the introduction of ASADA’s enhanced powers, there has been plenty of time for Cycling Australia, and other national sports organisations in...

Doping cyclists taken for a ride "Steve added that anecdotally, the life expectancy of professional cyclists can be as low as 54. Drugs are bad, m'kay? Associate Professor Katherine Samaras is an endocrinologist from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and she told us about the long...

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/cycling/uci-officials-need-to-be-sacked-says-john-fahey/story-fn8sc2wz-1226501883920 WADA chief John Fahey says UCI officials need to be sacked

Godkin does not believe McQuaid or Dutch honorary president Hein Verbruggen should fall on their swords for cycling's - if not sport's - biggest doping scandal unfolding on their watch. Neither does Godkin's successor as UCI vice-president and Oceania president, Mike Turtur. Turtur yesterday...

Ordway said ASADA was not able by law to provide Cycling Australia with information about White's doping. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cycling/officials-erred-in-appointing-white-says-exasada-lawyer-20121023-283jh.html#ixzz2AAFpnBtU I would like to start a thread to keep all the...

"Perhaps the most serious of McQuaid's claims is that Usada deprived Armstrong of the benefit of an eight-year statute of limitations under Wada's Code. Theoretically, this would rule out of court all Usada's evidence of doping violations prior to 2004, the year of Armstrong's penultimate Tour...

We need a map like Dimspace produced for American cycling, showing all the connections between cycling businesses, national cycling bodies, UCI, national teams, race organisers. The era they raced in, who their close contacts were, including in the AIS etc etc.. As they say a picture speaks a...