Sastre denies Riis tried to persuade him to dope

Former Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre has denied any knowledge of doping going on during his time at the CSC team. A report issued by Anti-Doping Denmark (ADD) on Tuesday accused the CSC team, where Sastre rode between 2002 and 2008, of widespread doping. It also tells of Bjarne Riis' knowledge that Tyler Hamilton was a client of Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes and that the team manager also instructed Bo Hamburger to obtain EPO for Jörg Jaksche.

Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.