Gerdemann Decries Doping After Stage Win
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Riding in his first Tour de France, Germany's Linus Gerdemann earns his first stage victory and takes the overall lead on Saturday.
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Lawyers for the 2006 Tour de France winner say an arbitration panel has ended its deliberations and will issue a ruling on cyclistâs failed doping test by next week.
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Another American champion was hit with a shocking positive drug test Saturday &#151; Olympic and world 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin. Gatlin said he has been informed that he tested positive for testosterone or other prohibited steroids &#151; the same violation that, only two days ago, threw Floyd Landis' victory in the Tour de France into question.
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Tour de France leader Fabian Cancellara has a message for coach Bjarne Riis: Thank you, and wish you were here. The Swiss rider and his CSC teammates popped open champagne after his opportunistic victory in Tuesday's wind-swept third stage, the longest of the three-week race. Cancellara extended his overall lead as cycling's showcase event left Belgium and returned home to France.
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While the triathlon world awaits a statement from German Nina Kraft, credible sources from around the world confirm Kraft as having tested positive in an A sample for the performance- enhancing drug Erythropoietin from her victory at the Hawaii Ironman
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PARIS -- Tour de France chief Patrice Clerc said he considers Floyd Landis a cheater who has discredited cycling's showcase race.
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Oscar Pereiro declares himself the true Tour de France winner after confirmation of a positive test for Floyd Landis.
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Fissures within cycling that have plagued the sport again surfaced at the Tour de France Friday when the race director lashed out at cyclingâs governing body.
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The Tour de France veered into Belgium yesterday, and Gert Steegmans responded with a victory before his home fans in a country passionate about its cycling.
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Floyd Landis says he didn't cheat to win the Tour de France, he doesn't know why he tested positive for high testosterone and he's sure he can clear his name. Even if he does, the American cyclist said, the disgrace of doping will probably follow him forever.
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T-Mobile rider Patrik Sinkewitzâs positive drug test, taken a month before the start of the Tour de France, threatens the teamâs sponsorship and could further erode public support for cycling.
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Organizers of the Tour of California, who boasted after last yearâs race that no riders tested positive for banned substances, have acknowledged that riders were not tested for the blood booster EPO.
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On a day when France was focused on its soccer team&#039;s appearance in the World Cup final, Frenchman Sylvain Calzati gave the nation a reason to start celebrating early by winning stage eight of the Tour de France.
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Yesterday, Olympic gold medal cyclist Tyler Hamilton of Marblehead said he will clear his name at a January hearing in Colorado, and asked critics and supporters for patience over his positive test for blood doping last month. Hamilton faces a potential two-year ban from cycling after tests taken at the Spanish Vuelta race indicated he had received a blood transfusion ...
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THE TOUR de France announces that any rider refusing to sign a no-doping pledge before next week's start will be banned from the race. Jason Giambi agrees to meet with baseball's steroid investigator George Mitchell. Barry Bonds closes in on Hank Aaron's home run record, but fans greet him with signs marked simply with an asterisk. After numerous Yankees come ...
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Halfway through the Tour de France, no compelling newcomer has broken through, no favorite has emerged and doping allegations have surfaced yet again. Cedric Vasseur became the first French rider to win a stage this year, but his victory and the Tour were overshadowed by the announcement of the doping test on cyclist Patrik Sinkewitz during a training session last month that turned up high levels of testosterone.
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Thirteen riders tested positive for   banned substances during this year's Tour de France but 12 have   been cleared because they had Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE),   the French anti-doping agency said on Friday.