Former Giro d'Italia winner Michele Scarponi has been banned for three months by the Italian Olympic Committee for consulting banned physician Michele Ferrari.

How soon before checkmate?

Olympic road race champion Alexandre Vinokourov is under investigation for allegedly bribing a rival to fix a race, as ongoing fallout from the Lance Armstrong doping affair threatens to claim another of cycling's biggest names.

Lance Armstrong's former physician has denied accusations that he masterminded the doping habits of the cycling great and other riders.

Lance Armstrong challenged the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to name names and say what it had on him.