Topic: Pierre Bordry

Armstrong bids farewell to French doping chief

Pierre Bordry, the controversial head of the French anti-doping agency announced his resignation on Friday with cycling legend Lance Armstrong, with whom he regularly clashed, greeting the news with a brief "Au revoir Pierre"."Normally my term finishes in July but I ...
French anti-doping boss Bordry resigns after 5 years, says he leaves 'very good record'France anti-doping agency president Pierre Bordry announced his resignation Friday after a five-year tenure in which he regularly clashed with Lance Armstrong and cycling officials.Bordry told The ...

Tour organizers hope doping shadow stays away again

PARIS (Reuters) - The Tour de France has often provided the arena for cycling's dark side to emerge into the light. After a doping-free Tour in 2009, however, organizers are hoping for a clean race again next month.Though no rider was ...
French anti-doping agency president Pierre Bordry criticizes UCI's biological passportFrench anti-doping agency president Pierre Bordry criticized the International Cycling Union's biological passport program Thursday and said he wanted to perform additional tests during the Tour de France.Attending a scientific ...

Judge issues arrest warrant against Landis

PARIS (Reuters) - A French judge has issued an arrest warrant against American rider Floyd Landis for suspected hacking into an anti-doping laboratory computer, French anti-doping agency head Pierre Bordry told Reuters on Monday.In an interview, Bordry said the judge Thomas Cassuto ...

French anti-doping chief criticizes UCI Tour testing

PARIS (Reuters) - The International Cycling Union (UCI) did not fully respect the testing procedures during this year's Tour de France and the fact that suspicious drugs were seized also casts doubts over the event, the French anti-doping chief said on Wednesday ...

French anti-doping chief slams UCI and Astana

French anti-doping chiefs (AFLD) said Wednesday they were surprised at the lack of positive doping tests at this year's Tour de France and said they won't collaborate with world cycling's ruling body next year.. "What is surprising is that ...
The French anti-doping Authority (AFLD) announced today that retesting of samples from the 2008 Tour de France has revealed no new doping cases.. The AFLD's President Pierre Bordry made the announcement at a press conference in Paris and said that the ...

Tour de France news roundup, stage 12

French Minister for Sport Roselyne Bachelot hit out Thursday at cycling's world ruling body, calling for a more stringent approach to carrying out the doping controls on the race.. An incident involving the Astana team of race favourites Alberto Contador and ...

French minister says UCI must not waver - report

French Minister for Sport Roselyne Bachelot hit out Thursday at cycling's world ruling body, calling for a more stringent approach to carrying out the doping controls on the race.An incident involving the Astana team of race favourites Alberto Contador and ...