Tour De France News
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French rider Sylvain Georges tested positive for a banned stimulant at the Giro d’Italia, cycling’s ruling body said.
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Cycling’s governing body will appeal the decision by a Spanish judge to destroy 200 blood bags belonging to cyclists and other athletes after an anti-doping trial.
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Organizers of the Gran Fondo New York bike race don’t want an amateur Lance Armstrong among the 6,000 cyclists competing in the 105-mile event next weekend.
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A National Baseball Hall of Fame- funded survey found 66 percent of Americans believe that hearing about steroid use by professional athletes encourages adolescents to take performance-enhancing drugs.
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A Spanish judge rejected a request by anti-doping authorities to hand over as many as 200 blood bags belonging to cyclists and other athletes, ordering that they be destroyed instead.
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Lance Armstrong, the former champion cyclist, defrauded the U.S. by using banned substances, the government said in a complaint filed under the False Claims Act that joins a lawsuit brought by his ex-teammate Floyd Landis.
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Lance Armstrong tested positive for steroids four times during his first Tour de France win, although he wasn’t suspended because the levels were consistent with his alibi of using a cream to treat saddle sores, cycling’s governing body said.
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British cyclist Chris Hoy retired today, ending a career in which he won a national-record six Olympic gold medals.
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Tour de France cyclists who paid for blood transfusions and drugs to boost performance haven’t suffered repercussions on their health, a defense lawyer said in closing arguments at a trial of five team managers and doctors in Madrid.
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Luxottica Group SpA’s Oakley eyewear company will become a partner of the Tour de France bicycle race next year after ending a long relationship with Lance Armstrong.
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