Cycling in The Irish Times

Archives: July - August 2000

Armstrong knocked down by a car: AUG 31st: Two-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong was knocked down by a car while training in Nice, France, his US Postal team confirmed today. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Cipollini thrown out of Tour of Spain: AUG 31st: Flamboyant sprinter Mario Cipollini's disappointing year continued yesterday when he was thrown off the Tour of Spain after a brawl at the start of the fifth stage. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Scanlon aims to regain race fitness: (Aug 25) No time for celebration. As the news of his professional signing by the Linda McCartney team begins to sink in, Mark Scanlon is planning a busy end of season in order to regain race fitness. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

EPO decision major step in drugs battle: AUG 28th: Olympic chiefs have taken the most significant step for years in the battle against doping by introducing a test at next month's Sydney Games for one of the most dangerous drugs in sport - erythropoietin (EPO). Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

O'Loughlin triumphs in decisive manner: AUG 28th: Two defining moments settled yesterday's under-23 championships. Firstly, an early breakaway consigned highlytipped Mark Scanlon to a supporting role, his crucial pre-race warm-up made impossible by car problems on the way to Newry. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Irish rider gets drugs ban: AUG 26th: Seven weeks after the national criterium championships in Midleton, the Irish Cycling Federation (ICF) yesterday announced that a cyclist had tested positive for the substance ephedrine. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Scanlon aims to regain race fitness: AUG 25th: No time for celebration. As the news of his professional signing by the Linda McCartney team begins to sink in, Mark Scanlon is planning a busy end of season in order to regain race fitness. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Surprise boost for Irish pair: AUG 24th: There was an unexpected double boost for Irish cycling yesterday when, within a matter of hours both a professional contract for Mark Scanlon and an Olympic place for Tarja Owens were confirmed. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Olympic drugs busters get to work: AUG 23rd: Olympic drug busters have begun testing competitors arriving in Australia for next month's Games, it was revealed today. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Fox is forced to postpone plans: AUG 23rd: After completing just four months of racing this season professional cyclist Morgan Fox has been forced to postpone plans of a return to competition until next year. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Drug testing back on schedule: AUG 23rd: The Irish Sports Council's (ISC) anti-doping programme is expected to reach the designated target of 600 drug tests during its first year of operation. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

IOC plans over 2700 drug tests in Sydney: AUG 22nd: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is planning over 2700 drug controls in Sydney if the new EPO testing procedures get the all clear for the upcoming Games, IOC medical commission director Dr Patrick Schamasch announced today. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Olympic row continues: AUG 22nd: An emergency general meeting of the Irish Cycling Federation (ICO) has been called for this Saturday, regarding the controversy over the selection of team personnel for the Sydney Olympics. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Museeuw to leave intensive care: AUG 17th: Top Belgian rider Johan Museeuw was expected to leave intensive care on Thursday following his serious motorcycle accident at the weekend. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

McQuaid rejects latest findings in Tour de France: AUG 15th: Recent allegations that up to 45 per cent of cyclists in this year's Tour de France had tested positive for doping substances have been described by Pat McQuaid as mischievous and publicity-seeking. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Museeuw injured in traffic accident: AUG 14th: Belgian cyclist Johan Museeuw was given emergency hospital treatment yesterday after his motorbike was hit by a car near Ostende. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Page goes wire to wire: AUG 14th: Kieran Page yesterday became only the third rider to lead the Junior Tour from start to finish. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Seymour reaches Olympian heights : AUG 14th: Glamorous it is not. Breathless, sweating and caked from head to toe in splatters of grey mud, he wheels to a halt after almost two hours of flat-out effort and settles down to a long wait. Shane Stokes talks to the mountain biker who overcame the disappointment of missing the Atlanta Games by qualifying for Sydney. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

UCI dismisses Tour de France drug findings - Tour de France: (AUG 8) The International Cycling Union (UCI) today angrily dismissed the results of drug tests carried out by a French anti-doping agency on riders during the Tour de France. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Shock drug results after Tour de France - Tour de France: (AUG 8) Forty-five percent of riders who provided samples during the Tour de France recorded positive drug tests, a French anti-drug agency said today. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Armstrong goes for gold: (JULY 25) Lance Armstrong has set his sights on Olympic gold after retaining his Tour de France crown. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Armstrong's Tour keeps on rolling: (JULY 26) Fresh from his second consecutive triumph at the Tour de France, inspirational cyclist Lance Armstrong today launched a victory lap of sorts across the United States. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Misuse of drugs to be criminalised: (JULY 22) A first move has been made towards the criminalisation of the misuse of drugs in sport by Minister for Tourism and Sport Jim McDaid TD, writes Johnny Watterson. Read the full story in the Irish Times >>

Irish impress at international level: (JULY 21) Ciaran Power is on a break from competition, Morgan Fox and Mark Scanlon are sidelined through illness and injury, but elsewhere, Irish cyclists continue to achieve encouraging international results. Read full story in the Irish Times Here >>

Grassroots in need of boost: JULY 14th: Reassuringly, since the halycon days of Sean Kelly and Stephen Roche, things have brightened up again in Irish cycling this season with Ciaran Power and Morgan Fox becoming the first new riders in 11 years to graduate to the paid ranks. Read the Full Story in the Irish Times >>