No bib number one on Tour de France this year
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The bib number one usually worn by the defending champion has not been awarded for this year's Tour de France, race organizers ASO said on Tuesday.
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The British GP was sensationally axed when Silverstone&#39;s owners failed to meet F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone&#39;s asking price to stage the race, while its French counterpart has had its neck on the block for some time.
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TIGNES, France  - The days when seven-times winner Lance Armstrong was sewing up the Tour de France in the prologue or the first mountain stage are over.
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Don't expect to see Lance Armstong or Tyler Hamilton at Wells Avenue in Newton Sunday; just expect to see a lot of cyclists who aspire to be like the Tour de France veterans.
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Armstrong might not compete in 2005 Tour de France: In his strongest comments yet on next year&#39;s Tour de France, Lance Armstrong said he is unsure if he will ride in the sport&#39;s showcase event because he would like to compete in other races.
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Like a cyclist who can't shake his pursuers, the Tour de France continues to be dogged by the cloud of doping. Race leader Michael Rasmussen became the latest rider to face scrutiny Friday when he had to answer why he had been kicked off the national team for failing to report his whereabouts for drug-testing purposes.
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The Tour de France no longer calls him champion. His cycling team cut him loose.
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For the second straight year, no rider is expected to dominate the Tour, in part because many of the cyclists who would have been expected to compete for the victory are not here.
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Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton&#39;s pro cycling team was refused a racing license Tuesday by the sport&#39;s world governing body, prohibiting it from competing in the Tour de France and other elite events.
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Embattled Tour de France champion Floyd Landis is unlikely to hear the outcome of his doping hearing before this year's Tour starts on July 7.
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DALLAS A five (M) million dollar check owed Austin cyclist Lance Armstrong for winning a record sixth straight Tour de France isn&#39;t in the mail.
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The Tour de France's reigning champion Alberto Contador may not get the chance to defend his title after his Astana team are banned from this year's race.
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Jan Ullrich was denied entry in the Tour de France, a race he won in 1997, after his name surfaced in a Spanish doping investigation.
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The route of the 2005 Tour de France was announced yesterday, and the changes look set to test the dominance of the reigning champion, Lance Armstrong.
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Sport: Race organisers say Tour de France will have to come back to London after success of Grand DÃ©part.
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GHENT, Belgium  - Italian Daniele Bennati was taken to hospital to have his hip checked following a crash in the Tour de France on Monday.
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Sport: Tour de France: Bradley Wiggins leads for most of the sixth stage only to be overhauled at the death.