Erythropoietin (EPO) became the most widely used doping drug in endurance sports during the 1990s. It boosts red blood cell production but…

Before synthetic EPO, athletes used blood doping by removing and later reinfusing their own blood to boost red blood cell counts. The…

The 1998 Tour de France was nearly cancelled after the Festina team doping scandal. Team staff were caught with hundreds of doses of EPO…

The Tour de France has faced numerous doping scandals, with multiple winners stripped of titles including Lance Armstrong, Floyd Landis,…

Floyd Landis won the 2006 Tour de France but tested positive for elevated testosterone levels during the race. He was stripped of his title…

Lance Armstrong was stripped of all seven of his Tour de France titles and banned for life from cycling after a USADA investigation…