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The French have found a technicality they think will let them keep Lance Armstrong out of the Tour de France this year. Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong could soon face disciplinary proceedings from the French anti-doping agency AFLD, following what it says was improper behaviour during an ...
It’s becoming a daily occurrence: VeloNews | Riccardo Ricco tests positive; Saunier Duval team withdraws from Tour de France. French anti-doping authorities and Saunier Duval team officials confirmed Thursday that Italian climbing sensation Ricardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) has tested positive for a new form of the blood booster erythropoietin ...
Congratulations to Australia’s Cadel Evans for holding on to the leader’s yellow jersey, but I have to admit that my enjoyment of the Tour de France has been pretty much destroyed by the continuing drug scandals: Second rider tests positive at Tour. Barloworld’s Moises Duenas has been pulled from ...
Here we go again: Tour rider Beltran tests positive for EPO - official. AURILLAC, France (AFP) - An anti-doping chief at the Tour de France confirmed to AFP on Friday that Spaniard Manuel Beltran, who rides for the Liquigas team, has failed a doping test for blood booster erythropoietin ...
An inside look at the ugly prevalence of high-stakes pharmaceutical cheating in professional cycling, at Der Spiegel Online: Pro-Cyclist Patrik Sinkewitz Revisits Doping Scandal: ‘Your Main Concern Is Not to Get Caught’. SPIEGEL: Mr. Sinkewitz, how did you find out about the positive results of your doping test? Sinkewitz: ...
Even Lance Armstrong is cheesed off at the New York Times, after one of their patented guilt-by-association smear jobs: Armstrong blasts cycling-EPO report. Lance Armstrong bristled Tuesday at a report that two former teammates admitted using performance-enhancing drugs, calling it “a hatchet job ... to link me to doping through ...