Disgraced Tour de France winner Floyd Landis must pay current and former UCI presidents Pat McQuaid and Hein Verbruggen 10,000 Swiss francs ($10,700) each after being found guilty of defamation by a Swiss court.

The head of cycling's governing body says the wait to receive the U.S. evidence in Lance Armstrong's doping case is a "cause for concern."

The much-awaited report on Lance Armstrong's lifetime ban should be sent to cycling's world governing body (UCI) no later than October 15, a spokesman for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Wednesday.

It was an interesting mix of new gadgets and drama this week.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) today backed away from the idea of an amnesty or truth-and-reconciliation commission for riders who took performance-enhancing drugs in the past.

The World Anti-Doping Agency would consider an amnesty for riders who confess to drug offenses even though the proposal by cycling's ruling body would take the sports world into "uncharted territory."

McQuaid is in the States on "vacation" - but is that the only reason?