Illegal performance enhancing doping is an unfortunate part of amateur gran fondo cycling nowadays. Doping is so common that we’ve added a page to keep track of the gran fondo doping stories.
10/31/19 TESTOSTERONE DOPING EARNS AMATEUR AMERICAN 2 YEAR BAN
10/26/19 ITALIAN BOZO TESTS POSITIVE, KEEPS RACING, TESTS POSITIVE AGAIN
10/16/19 EPO DOPER BANNED 8 YEARS AFTER POSITIVE TEST AT GRAN FONDO
10/12/19 NOVE COLLI GRAN FONDO FILES LEGAL CLAIM AGAINST DOPER
10/04/19 ZWIFT BRITISH NATIONAL CHAMPION CAUGHT ROBO-DOPING
09/26/19 SPANISH FEDERAL POLICE UNCOVER MASSIVE CYCLING DOPING NETWORK
09/25/19 FRENCH GRAN FONDO DOPER SUSPENDED 4 YEARS
08/13/19 HACKER BUILDS E-DOPING SOFTWARE FOR ZWIFT
08/07/19 ACCUSED HIDDEN MOTOR DOPER FLEES POLICE
08/01/19 GRANFONDO DEL PENICE RIDER RETURNS POSITIVE TEST FOR NESP EPO
07/28/19 ITALIAN UCI GRAN FONDO RIDER POSITIVE FOR EPO AND CLENBUTERAL
07/24/19 UCI CATCHES CHEATING SOCK DOPER!
07/13/19 PHOTOS AND DOPING ANECDOTES FROM IRATI XTREM GRAN FONDO
07/12/19 GRAN FONDO CITTA DI LATINA RIDER POSITIVE FOR PREDNISONE
07/10/19 THE ZEN OF DOPING – SPORTFUL DOLOMITI GRAN FONDO WINNER TESTS POSITIVE
07/06/19 RIDER SUSPENDED FOR SAME CONTROVERSIAL DRUG USED AT TEAM SKY
07/04/19 45-YEAR OLD GRAN FONDO RIDER POSITIVE FOR EPO
06/27/19 RIDER TESTS POSITIVE AFTER SEX?
06/18/19 GFNY DOPERS CAUGHT AGAIN
06/13/19 ITALIAN GRAN FONDO RIDER TESTS POSITIVE OWES 50000 EURO PENALTY
05/08/19 2X GRAN FONDO WORLD CHAMPION TESTS POSITIVE FOR EPO