Tour de France winner Riis knew his team was doping, probe says (Reuters)

Former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis failed to act after learning that riders on the professional cycling team he managed were using performance-enhancing drugs, a damning report from Danish sporting authorities said. The report into claims of doping in Danish cycling was released on Tuesday by the country’s Anti-Doping Authority and National Olympic Committee after a two-and-a-half year investigation that collated material from more than 50 interviews. It followed a similar U.S. probe that ended with Lance Armstrong, hitherto the sport’s global icon, being stripped of his seven Tour De France titles for doping offences and banned from professional cycling for life.