TagsTagsBefore the start of Stage 10 in the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong gave an in-depth interview to reporters about the recent doping allegations from Floyd Landis; VeloNews has a good report on it: Lance Armstrong hits back at systematic doping allegations, addresses ownership of USPS team. Speaking to reporters ...
The Atlantic Wire has reactions to Lance Armstrong’s poor performance in yesterday’s stage of the Tour de France. Today is a rest day, and Armstrong and the rest of the peloton will need it. Tomorrow’s Stage 9 is a real beast, with two Category 1 climbs and one “beyond category” (HC) ...
Bottom line: Lance Armstrong probably isn’t going to make it to the podium in this year’s Tour de France. This morning was the first serious mountain stage, with two very difficult Category 1 climbs, and Armstrong couldn’t hang. He ended up almost 12 minutes behind in the General Classification. And ...
If you’ve been watching the Tour de France, I don’t think it will be a spoiler to let you know that at today’s finish the three men standing on the podium were the ones who’ve been leading for the past week — Contador, Schleck, and Armstrong, in that order: Contador ...
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The Tour de France is heading into the final stretch, and Lance Armstrong is still within striking distance of the win — but he’ll have to really dig deep to surpass Astana teammate Alberto Contador, who is looking incredibly strong this year, rocketing away from the pack on difficult climbs: ...
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Today’s stage of the Tour de France started in Barcelona on a beautiful route that finished with one of the first real climbs, and this is where the eventual leaders started to take charge. Fabian Cancellara couldn’t hang with the climbers, and lost the yellow jersey: Feillu wins stage 7, ...
Velonews has a good account of today’s team time trial at the Tour de France, in which Lance Armstrong and his Astana team won the stage and came within a fraction of a second of taking the yellow jersey. If anyone still doubted Lance could make a comeback, he ended ...
The 2009 Tour de France opened today, with a time trial in Monaco. And yes, Lance Armstrong was there, riding with the Astana team — he came in tenth, 40 seconds behind winner Fabian Cancellara. The BBC has a blow by blow account of today’s race here, and a story with ...
Those wacky, irrepressible French! What will they think of next? What could possibly go wrong? NANTES, France (Reuters) – Close to 200 prisoners will cycle around France next month, watched by scores of guards on bicycles, in the first penal version of the Tour de France, authorities said Monday. The 196 ...
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 anti-doping ...
Lance Armstrong has crashed while racing in the Vuelta a Castilla y León in Spain, and may have broken his collarbone—which could put an end to his Tour de France comeback. Lance Armstrong crashed hard in Monday’s opening stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León and was transported by ...
The news of Lance Armstrong’s comeback has left the organizers of Le Tour de France bitter, and devoid of joie de vivre: Tour director leaves door open for Armstrong. PARIS - Tour de France organizers are hardly thrilled at the prospect of Lance Armstrong returning for a shot at an ...
Out of retirement, Armstrong eyes 8th Tour de France win. (CNN) — Cyclist Lance Armstrong confirmed Tuesday that he will be returning to road racing and will shoot for an eighth win at the Tour de France. “I have decided to return to professional cycling in order to raise awareness of ...
Is the best cyclist of the century going to attempt a comeback? Sources: Lance Armstrong coming back. Lance Armstrong will come out of retirement next year to compete in five road races with the Astana team, according to sources familiar with the developing situation. Armstrong, who turns 37 this month, will ...
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 (EPO). Informed ...
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 the ...
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 (EPO). Confirming ...
It can be frustrating to try to keep track of the Tour de France over the web, especially if you’re looking for video feeds. The official Tour committee controls the feeds with a Gallic Iron Hand, because they rake in the dough from licensing deals with European media agencies and ...
After years of doping scandals, the Tour de France limped to a start today without a reigning champion: Tour de France looks to emerge from doping cloud. The Lance Armstrong era of the Tour de France couldn’t be more over. After the mighty Texan went seven-for-seven from 1999 through 2005, ...
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: It was ...
It wasn’t difficult to see this one coming, after Floyd Landis’ train wreck of an arbitration hearing: Panel: Landis must forfeit cycling title. PARIS - Floyd Landis lost his expensive and explosive doping case Thursday when arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006 Tour de France ...
Congratulations to Spaniard Alberto Contador, the winner of the Tour de France. However, I’ve gotta be honest—my enjoyment of this event was seriously damaged this year, after two of the best riders, Vinokourov and Rasmussen, were disqualified. And this comes on the heels of the Floyd Landis debacle last year. ...
The Tour de France is now officially in full meltdown mode: Tour leader Rasmussen sacked, out of race. COL D’AUBISQUE, France (Reuters) - Tour de France overall leader Michael Rasmussen was sacked by his team Rabobank on Wednesday. The Dane will not start Thursday’s 17th stage of the race after his team ...
As someone who loves cycling, this is just hugely depressing: Astana pulls out of Tour de France. I hoped that this Tour would finish without a drug scandal, but it’s not to be. PAU, France - Tour de France rider Alexandre Vinokourov tested positive for a banned blood transfusion after winning last ...
The first stage of the Tour de France is under way, in the beautiful green English countryside, and here’s a Sunday morning open thread. Oh, and an important! note: please use your browser’s ‘reload’ button now. The Javascript code that manages our Ajax comment system has changed again and reloading the ...