Report: Armstrong may skip &#39;05 Tour de France
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In his strongest comments yet on next year&#39;s Tour de France, Lance Armstrong says he is unsure if he will ride in cycling&#39;s showcase event because he&#39;d like to compete in other races.
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IN THE brasseries of the Etoile quarter of Paris yesterday lunchtime, the talk was of how many more years the locals would have to endure Lance Armstrongâs domination of their cherished Tour de France.
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Six-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong may come under further investigation in Italy in relation to his trainer&#39;s drug charges.
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With many of cycling's biggest stars sidelined because of doping scandals, a clear favorite has yet to emerge at the Tour de France.
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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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The International Cycling Union is threatening riders with fines in an effort to stop doping. The UCI asked all 600 ProTour cyclists to sign an anti-doping charter saying they are not involved in doping and promise to submit DNA samples to Spanish authorities investigating the Operation Puerto. Riders have until July 7 &#151; the start of the Tour de France &#151; to sign the document.
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Six-times Tour de France winner Lance  Armstrong confirmed on Wednesday that he would take part in  this year's race.
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Six-times Tour de France champion Lance  Armstrong has strongly hinted he could miss the world's leading  cycling race next year to concentrate on other goals.
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Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen is likely face questions on Tuesday's rest day as to why he wasn't available for two drugs tests.
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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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When 60-year-old Harry Stokes mounted his Trek 5000 road bike to follow in Lance Armstrong&#39;s wheelprints, he wasn&#39;t riding alone.
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Lance Armstrong is unsure if he will ride in next summer's Tour de France because he'd like to compete in other races. Armstrong, who won a record sixth straight Tour de France this year, said in Saturday's edition of L'Equipe it is "time to move on to other things."
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Two of Lance ArmstrongÂs 1999 Tour de France teammates said they used the banned endurance-boosting drug EPO in preparing for that yearÂs race.
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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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SILVER SPRING, Md.  - Six-time Tour de Franc  winner Lance Armstrong will decide in late April whether to  take part in the world's leading cycling race this year.
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Six times champion Lance Armstrong will  decide early in 2005 whether to take part in next year's Tour  de France, the itinerary of which was unveiled Thursday.