Cycling: Gritty rider&#39;s exploits tainted
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Another sweet sports story turned sour with the news that Olympic cycling champion Tyler Hamilton tested positive for blood doping.
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US Olympic cyclist Tyler Hamilton owes someone in an Athens, Greece, laboratory a huge thank you. Hamilton, who was under suspicion by the International Olympic Committee for blood doping, will be able to
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THENS, Aug. 18  Tyler Hamilton had bruises splotched all over his back, painful souvenirs of a Tour de France gone terribly wrong.
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To be an American cyclist in the Tour de France is to toil in the shadows of two prominent and controversial American riders: Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis
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Lance Armstrongâs seven Tour de France titles seemed compelling, while Barry Bondsâs approach to Hank Aaronâs home run record has seemed mostly sour.
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Olympic time-trial cycling champion Tyler Hamilton of the United States has apparently failed tests designed to detect a form of performance-enhancing blood transfusions.
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Bjarne Riis became the first Tour de France winner to admit using performance-enhancing drugs to win the sport's premier race, further eroding cycling's credibility after a series of doping confessions
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There is surprise and shock from a top Kiwi cyclist at the doping allegations against American Tyler Hamilton. Heath Blackgrove raced against Hamilton in the Olympic time trial in Athens.
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It was a ride to make Lance Armstrong and Eddy Merckx proud &#151; except even they never quite managed what Floyd Landis did.
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Olympic cycling champion Tyler Hamilton was suspended yesterday by his pro team, which threatened to fire him if he can&#39;t prove he&#39;s innocent of blood doping.
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Alejandro Valverde of Spain was barred from next monthâs road world championships after cyclingâs world governing body concluded he might have violated doping rules.
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A series of errors and  misunderstandings led to the botched drug test that resulted in  American cyclist Tyler Hamilton retaining his gold medal from  the Athens Olympics, said a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)  report Thursday.
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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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Sport: Tour de France: Cedric Vassweur nicked stage 10, but Michael Rasmussen retains overall lead.
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Two Spanish cycling team directors have criticized how American Tyler Hamilton&#39;s positive test for a blood transfusion was carried out.
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Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton&#39;s pro cycling team fired him after he failed doping tests, the sport&#39;s world governing body said Tuesday.
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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.