Doping

Unfortunately, the role of science in sport is often synonymous with doping, such is the nature of international elite sport these days. Growing skepticism, discontent and controversy cast a shadow of elite performance, particularly in the Tour de France, which is scrutinized like no other event.

We've tried to cover doping in sport as comprehensively as possible. Below are some of the articles we've featured in the past year, both news-related doping stories, and some insights into the physiology of drugs - how they work, and how much they work?

Enjoy!

The Floyd Landis - Lance Armstrong affair

• The allegation:  Landis' sensational admission of guilt and implication of others
• Beyond a simple explanation of doping
• Cycling's Catch 22 situation and edging the passport forward

Cycling - the doping fight continues

• Interview with Yorck Olaf Schumacher on the biological passport system
• Success = doping? Is doping synonymous with success?
• The 2009 Tour of California: Dopers take centre-stage and anti-doping's struggle

General doping stories

• Liftetime ban for drug cheats? A debate on crime vs. punishment

• Drugs work, but by how much? A look at drugs and performance

• Drugs conspiracy: The Growth Hormone test was ready years ago! Why wasn't it used?

• Beijing 2008 and doping: Any chance a clean games? We doubt it...

• Marion Jones admits to drug use...but there's a catch

• Massive drug operations uncovered - the problem is bigger than you imagine

• Drugs test apathy - our state of mind reveals a serious problem

• The shadow of drugs over the Tour de France
  

• Doping culture in cycling - anything goes and therefore does!

• The effect of EPO on performance: Massive benefits, no wonder it's used