David Millar
David Millar is a road racing cyclist, who was born in Malta but represented Britain. This time-trialist rider, had to take a 2 year forced sabbatical off the sport, for using drugs. The articles presented below give a better portrayal of his life and career.
Millar Slips to Ninth As Grabsch Snatches World Time-trial Prize
David Millar finished a frustrating ninth in the world time-trial championship despite being only 33sec outside the medals
Cycling: Millar Slips to Seventh
David Millar has slipped to seventh after Spaniard Alberto Contador won the penultimate stage of the "race to the sun".
Cycling: Millar Claims Time-trial
David Millar laid down a marker for the Tour de France winning the prologue time-trial in the Paris-Nice "race to the sun".
Cycling: Millar Expresses Tour De France Fears
David Millar, the drug-cheat former British World champion, has claimedhe has no confidence that future winners of the Tour de France would be "clean".
Cycling: French Court Clears Millar in Cofidis Doping Case
Scotland's David Millar has been acquitted of doping charges, despite confessing in June 2004 that he had used the blood-booster erythropoietin.
Cycling: Prosecutor Calls for Dropping of Millar Charges
David Millar has been told that charges brought against him in the Cofidis drugs trial should be dropped.
Cycling: Millar Was 'a Prisoner of Money'
David Millar told a French court he took drugs because his Cofidis team policy was "get results".
Cycling: Millar's Cofidis Team 'spent £25,000 a Year on Drugs'
A French inquiry has heard that Cofidis, the former team of David Millar, used £25,000 a year on various drugs.
Cycling: Millar Faces Further Doping Charge
British pursuit champion David Millar has been confirmed as one of 10 people facing a doping trial in France.
Cycling: Millar Steps Up Comeback
David Millar marked his return from a two-year drug ban by winning the first senior title of his career at the Manchester velodrome.
Cycling: Millar's Time-trial Bid Punctured
A puncture put paid to David Millar's hopes of taking a medal in the world championships time-trial.
Cycling: British Selectors Turn to Millar
David Millar was named in the Great Britain team for the world road-race championships just nine weeks after returning from a two-year doping ban
Cycling: Millar Starts Over After Ending 'pact With Devil'
In 2004 Britain's leading cyclist was banned for two years for using erythropoietin. His world collapsed but now he is back, spurred on by his love of cycling and enjoying the Tour de France.
Cycling: Millar Makes Comeback
After serving his two-year drugs ban David Millar tells William Fotheringham that he returns to the Tour de France with high hopes of a stage win.
Cycling: Millar to Use Tour As Prologue to Getting World Time-trial Title Back
After returning from a two-year drugs ban David Millar aims to claim both the world time-trial championship and the prologue event in the Tour de France.
Millar Can Ride 2006 Tour After Appeal
Tour de France: Admitted EPO user David Millar can compete in the 2006 Tour de France after the CAS upheld his appeal over the dates of his suspension.
Cycling: Millar Plans Racing Comeback
September 13: David Millar is contemplating a return to racing when his drug ban ends having appealed for a reduction to his two-year suspension.
Millar's Tale of Woe is Made All the Sadder By His Natural Talent
William Fotheringham: For all the shock accompanying David Millar's fall from grace, British cyclists have a poor record with doping.
Cycling: Sacked Millar to Lose World Title
Having been sacked by his Cofidis team, David Millar could now lose his world time-trial title after admitting using EPO.
Millar Admits to Years of Doping
July 2: Britain's top cyclist has confessed to using EPO since 2001.
Millar is Pulled Out of Tour
June 29: Britain's leading cyclist David Millar has not been named in the Cofidis team line-up for the Tour de France.
Millar Faces Ban From Tour
June 26: David Millar is likely to be banned from the Tour de France after he allegedly confessed to using drugs.
Drugs Police Question Millar
June 25: Britain's David Millar was taken into custody as part of French police's drug-related investigation into under-fire French cycling team Cofidis.
Millar and Team in Pull-out
April 11: DAvid Millar's controversial Cofidis team were conspicuous by their absence from the World Cup meeting.
Cycling: Brit Defends Cofidis Ahead of Track World Cup
April 9: Britain's top cyclist David Millar has passionately defended his team, Cofidis, in the face of drugs allegations.
Cycling: Millar Selcted in British Squad for Manchester World Cup Round
March 17: David Millar has been selected for Britain's squad in the team pursuit event in the track World Cup round in Manchester at Easter.
Cycling: More Cofidis Riders Held
January 21: Two more riders from David Millar's Cofidis team have been questioned by police over suspected drug smuggling.
Cycling: 'we Are Not Cheats' Says Millar
January 19: David Millar has said that he does not feel the current drug investigation into his Cofidis team will go much deeper.
Cycling: Cofidis Team at Centre of French Investigation Into Alleged Drug Smuggling
January 14: British rider David Millar's Cofidis team is at the centre of an investigation by French police into alleged drug smuggling.
Millar Looks Beyond the Vuelta
September 6: Fresh from his unexpected stage win in the Tour de France, David Millar starts the Tour of Spain in good form.
Millar Stays With Cofidis
July 29: Britain's only Tour de France rider this year, David Millar, is set to sign a new two-year contract with his team, Cofidis.
Lance Slows Up to Stay on Top
Stage 19: Stage crashes have dominated this year's Tour and again played a key role yesterday as Britain's David Millar won the time-trial stage in spite of falling himself.
Furious Millar Forces Changes at the Top
David Millar reacted quickly and decisively to his heart-breaking defeat in Saturday's prologue time-trial by having the team manager of his Cofidis squad Alain Bondue demoted.
Interview: David Millar
Britain's only rider in this year's Tour de France tells William Fotheringham he is ready to fulfil his promise if he can just steer clear of trouble.
Millar Hails Tourism for London
June 5: David Millar has reacted with delight to the news that London's mayor Ken Livingstone is backing a bid for the capital to host the start of the 2006 Tour de France.
David Millar Threatens to Quit Cofidis
January 22: Britain's top cyclist, David Millar, said he would quit his team, Cofidis, unless they alter their salary structure.
Millar Only Fair to Middling
October 11: David Millar could only manage sixth place at the world time-trial championship where he finished 35sec behind the Colombian winner Santiago Botero.
Revenge drives Millar
World Time Trial Championship: After last year's silver medal David Millar will be looking to go one better by defeating the Belgian Jan Ullrich.
Millar 'sorry' for Vuelta protest
Cycling: David Millar has apologised to his Cofidis team director Francis van Londersele for quitting the Tour of Spain.
Millar quits wind and rain in Spain
Britain's David Millar finally made an impact on the Tour of Spain yesterday, but not in the way he would have wished. The Scot abandoned the race on top of its toughest climb, the Col d'Angliru, as a protest against the conditions of heavy rain and fog in which the 15th stage was run.
Millar Aims to Make His Name in Spain By Racing 'boringly'
September 7: Scotland's David Millar is being tipped by many as an outside chance to win the Tour of Spain.
Mighty Millar Looks to the Alps
July 22: Millar looks forward to the Alpine legs of the Tour after seizing the stage victory on Saturday.
Millar Delight
David Millar gave Britain a first stage win since 2000 with a performance that fulfilled his ambition to take a road-race leg.
David Millar Hopes to Make an Impact on This Year's Tour
July 13: David Millar will be hoping to avoid getting entangled in any more Tour pile-ups if he is to make an impact on this year's race and make a claim for the white jersey.


