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Cycling journalist Bruce Hildenbrand offers background and context to the positive testosterone test that led to Katie Compton’s four-year USADA ban.

The story of the most accomplished U.S. cyclocrosser of all time came took an unexpected turn yesterday, with USADA announcing that Katie Compton has been suspended for four years for an anti-doping rule violation.

The USADA has given Jenna Blandford a four-year ban for PED use. Blandford has finished on the podium at Masters Cyclocross Nationals twice and has raced domestically at the UCI level.

Are you potentially subject to doping control tests? If so, it might be prudent for you and your physician to be educated on anti-doping knowledge. …

News of Olympian cyclist and part-time cyclocrosser Bobby Lea’s doping violation rocked the cycling world in December. Lea, after USADA released the news of his …

USADA continues to test and suspend cyclists for performance enhancing drugs, including most recently Robert (Bobby) Lea, a road, track and cyclocross athlete. Lea has …

USADA and USA Cycling’s amateur anti-doping program appears to be having some success. Cyclist Nelson Rolo, with seven podiums in the last two seasons, was …

Don’t know what hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) is? That’s probably a good thing unless you’re trying to get pregnant. Familiar with its use by athletes …

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO– We’ve been lucky in cyclocross to have a sport that has been thus far mostly untainted by doping. However, the rest of …

USADA Lisban Quintero announced today that Columbian athlete Lisban Quintero of New York has been sanctioned for “anabolic agents.” Quintero raced on the road but also competed in cyclocross, including racing for 47th behind Ryan Trebon at the 2009 Mercer Cup USGP race and 20th behind Valentin Scherz at the 2010 HPCX race. Quintero was quoted at Velonews as saying ” I really enjoy training. My father taught me that when it comes to training, quality is more important than quantity.”

Colorado Springs, Colo. (July 1, 2011) USADA announced today that Lisban Quintero of New York, New York, an athlete in the sport of Cycling, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a suspension for his doping offense.

It appears that last week was a bad week for bike racing dopers, as USADA announced suspensions for three US cyclists, including North Carolina cyclist, …

Neal Schubel of Michigan, a 45-year-old Masters racer, has been suspended for two years from an EPO-related offense dating back to 2006. Earlier this year, …

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, the national organization charged with keeping the country’s sports clean of performance-enhancing drugs, recently released its report on testing and doping …

With Cyclocross Worlds coming in 2013, the stakes have been raised for ‘cross in the States. Perhaps drug testing will as well? With dietary supplements, …