Australia cycling review urges more drug testing
- Published: 14 Jan 2013 at 10.45
- Online news: Sports
An independent review of cycling in Australia recommended that officials extend drug testing and establish an ethics panel in the wake of the doping scandal surrounding US rider Lance Armstrong.
This picture taken on July 8, 2004 shows Lance Armstrong during the fifth stage of the Tour de France. An independent review of cycling in Australia on Monday recommended that officials extend drug testing and establish an ethics panel in the wake of the doping scandal surrounding US rider Armstrong.
The government ordered the report in November after Armstrong was accused of being part of the most sophisticated doping programme in the sport's history and two senior Australian cycling figures made admissions related to doping.
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