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.

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.

USADA finally gets Johan Bruyneel in front of an arbitration panel

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.

Giro d'Italia director Michele Acquarone has been suspended from his position during an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of at least US$17.7 million at RCS Sport, which organizes the race.

With embattled UCI president Pat McQuaid in an intense contest for his job against British challenger Brian Cookson, the cycling body's election rules are suddenly set to be changed.

Pat McQuaid gets more bad news & Spain tries to outlaw doping?