Rasmussen to start stage, Tour chief slams DCU
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MONTPELLIER, France  - Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen will start the 12th stage, race director Christian Prudhomme said on Friday.
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Lance Armstrong called it a &quot;witch hunt&quot; from the very beginning, saying a French newspaper used dubious evidence to accuse him of doping &amp;#151; even charging that lab officials mishandled his samples and broke the rules.
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Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen, his team and two other cycling teams were subject to a surprise blood test Tuesday before the 9th stage of the race.
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Through the first 12 stages of the Tour de France, at least 10 riders have been cited for violating Articles 12 and 29 of the cycling code, regarding correct comportment on the race course.
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A major doping scandal threw the first Tour de France of the post-Lance Armstrong era into chaos Friday, with favorites Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso forced out of the world&#039;s premier cycling race under a cloud of suspicion.
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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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CALGARY -- Kananaskis Country will take on a Tour de France feel tomorrow as its perennial champion Lance Armstrong leads a swarm of cyclists through the Rockies.
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Cycling's world governing body has called a special meeting of all 20 ProTour teams before the Tour de France to discuss the sport's growing image problem.
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Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme says cycling needs a "revolution" to solve its problems after the latest drugs scandal.
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A former amateur mountain bike racer from Boulder, Colo., has accused Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen of trying to trick him into carrying illicit doping materials into Italy five years ago.
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Paul Casey: The Englishman could get a rough welcome when he starts playing full-time next year on the PGA Tour after comments he made suggesting Americans were generally annoying.
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Alexandre Vinokourov, one of the pre-race favorites to win the Tour de France, grabbed his second stage victory Monday. But the Kazakh rider lost nearly 29 minutes on Sunday to overall leader Michael Rassmussen and stands little chance of winning the overall title.
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Michael Rasmussen put in a stellar ride today in the first of two time trials in the Tour de France and maintained his grip on the yellow jersey by one minute over Cadel Evans.
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The Tour de France has been wounded by doping scandals and must now work to restore its image, according to race director Christian Prudhomme.
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Never mind who wins, Tour de France organizers just want their sport to emerge scandal-free from the three-week race which starts from London on Saturday.
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By Rick Alm, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 9--The pro cycling world's eyes will turn to Kansas City on Sept. 11 when the inaugural 600-mile Tour of Missouri launches from the Country Club Plaza.
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An early leader out of the gate faces stiff competition in the stretch.