Doping Accusations Again Dominate Cycling
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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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Cycling and track and field yanked their biggest stars off the marquee in a matter of days after they were implicated in doping cases. Now that those sports have turned summer's center stage back over to baseball, can fans still seething over the use of performance-enhancers expect the same kind of accountability?
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Before the third stage of the Tour de France began Tuesday, 53 competitors submitted blood tests for doping tests. There were no abnormal parameters found and all were deemed apt to race.
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Bjarne Riis, the 1996 Tour de France champion, topped off a week of doping confessions when he said Friday that he used performance-enhancing drugs from 1993 to 1998.
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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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Doping cast its sleazy shadow over the  Olympics again when it was announced on Thursday that five  weightlifters had tested positive for performance-enhancing  drugs.
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Doping allegations have dogged cycling and 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis for the past year, leaving the sport reeling on the eve of the Tour.
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Of the 105 riders tested at the Tour de France, 60 had medical certificates allowing them to take banned substances, creating suspicion of foul play.
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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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ATHENS -- Weightlifting&#39;s aggressive pursuit of drug cheaters will continue even if it jeopardizes its future in the Olympics, its top official said yesterday after six more positive doping cases in what is again becoming the Games&#39; dirtiest sport. Five ...
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Doping scandals have cost the Swiss cycling team, Phonak, a place on next yearâs ProTour circuit, which includes the world&#39;s biggest cycling events.
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The Belgian cycling federation for doping has banned Johan Museeuw, Chris Peers and Jo Planckaert for four years. None of the three failed a test but all have been implicated in the trafficking ring run by vet Jose Landuyt.
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Suspicion of performance-enhancing drug use circles the sport now, but the evidence of past doping remains in black and white.
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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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GRANADA, Spain  - Lance Armstrong's former team   manager has described claims by one of the seven-times Tour de   France winner's team mates that he took a banned blood booster   while preparing for the 1999 race as "unfounded."
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Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong said doping charges leveled in a new book by Irish writer David Walsh are recycled allegations designed to "cash in on my name and sully my reputation."
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LYON, France  - A French judge confirmed on  Thursday a preliminary probe had been launched into doping  claims against Tour de France six-time winner Lance Armstrong.