after he finished 15 seconds ahead of a group riders led by Robert McLachlan. cyclingpost.com 15 – Former world champion Mario Cipollini will be taken to court or has to pay 1.5 million Euro's in a pending fraud case. dewielersite.net 18 – Le Monde reports that Óscar Pereiro, second in the Tour de France 2006 behind doping affected Floyd Landis also tested positive during the Tour. The substance found in his body, salbutamol is commonly used to cure asthma, and is allowed to be used in cycle racing if the cyclist can provide a medical prescription for the substance. It is alleged that the Union Cycliste Internationale gave Pereiro retroactive permission to use the substance on medical grounds after the positive tests. The French anti-doping agency questions the veracity of the medical grounds. dewielersite.net 19 – Baden Cooke wins the third stage in the 2007 Tour Down Under and celebrates the first victory of the Unibet.com Cycling Team as a member of the Pro Tour. cyclingpost.com 19 – Óscar Pereiro claims he is innocent and claims his use of salbutamol was legal. He said he has sent the correct documentation to the French doping agency to prove his words. dewielersite.net 19 – In the Cofidis doping case from 2004 seven people face punishments to a maximum of one year detention. Cyclists David Millar and Massimiliano Lelli were not punished. guardian.co.uk 23 – Johan Museeuw reveals that he has used doping during the last years of his career. Patrick Lefevere is blamed to be stimulating cyclists to use doping. The UCI announces that the last speculations against Óscar Pereiro were based on nothing. According to the UCI Pereiro did not use doping. , , dewielersite.net 26 – Patrick Lefevere strikes back and takes the newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws to court after their recent doping stories about the Quick Step-Innergetic manager. hln.be 26 – The 2011 road cycling world championships will be held in Copenhagen according to a UCI official in Hooglede, Belgium. telesport.nl 27 – The 2007 Tour of Murcia originally scheduled from 7 to 11 March is cancelled and will not take place in 2007. telesport.nl 29 – Tony Houbrechts a former helper of Felice Gimondi is arrested and set to jail as he is suspected to have set up a drugs laboratorium. telesport.nl Pro Tour Continental Tours UCI Africa Tour UCI America Tour UCI Asia Tour UCI Europe Tour