Earlier today UCI President Brian Cookson issued a statement to the press announcing the names of the three persons, which have been chosen as members of what the UCI says is an independent commission, which will examine allegations of illicit activities and wrongdoing within the UCI under former presidents Pat McQuaid and Hein Verbruggen.

Riis-owned company Riis Cycling A/S, which runs WorldTour Team Saxo-Tinkoff, has been bought by Tinkoff. Tinkoff's bank ended its sponsorship of Team Saxo-Tinkoff at the conclusion of the 2013 season citing conflicts between Tinkoff and team captain Alberto Contador who delivered substandard performances in 2013.

A day before he was scheduled to give sworn testimony about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, Lance Armstrong earlier today reached a settlement with an insurance company that was seeking $3 million in performance bonuses it paid him from 1999 to 2001.

Lance Armstrong has launched a kinder, nicer offensive.

Lance Armstrong claims former International Cycling Union president Hein Verbruggen instigated a cover-up of his doping at the 1999 Tour de France.

Cycling is weeks away from setting up an independent commission to investigate cycling's drug-stained past, World Anti-Doping Agency President John Fahey said.

Michael Rasmussen's book hits the shelves and the effects are felt by the peloton.

USADA finally gets Johan Bruyneel in front of an arbitration panel

One rider tries to secure a contract while another symbolically cuts away from it.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has contacted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to start discussions for an independent investigation into cycling's governing body, new UCI president Brian Cookson said earlier today.