Cycling: Armstrong question hangs over 2005 Tour
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PARIS Lance Armstrong was absent when the route and difficulties of the 2005 Tour de France were made public in Paris, but his aura filled the hall.
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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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Two years after Lance Armstrong's retirement, his absence is still making almost as big an imprint as his presence did during his seven-year title run.
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Six-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong will attempt to capture a seventh straight title after agreeing to enter the race Wednesday.
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Floyd Landis says he didn't cheat to win the Tour de France, he doesn't know why he tested positive for high testosterone and he's sure he can clear his name. Even if he does, the American cyclist said, the disgrace of doping will probably follow him forever.
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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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Lance Armstrong said Wednesday that he never pushed teammates to use performance-enhancing drugs and did not know they had done so.
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In his strongest comments yet, Lance Armstrong said he was unsure if he would ride in next year&#39;s Tour de France because he wants to compete in other cycling races.
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Six times champion Lance Armstrong will decide early in 2005 whether to take part in next year&#39;s Tour de France, the itinerary of which was unveiled Thursday.
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Lance Armstrong dropped defamation lawsuits in France after winning three legal battles elsewhere over doping accusations.
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Cyclingâs crackdown on doping, and the retirement of Lance Armstrong in 2005, have caused teams to change their strategies and opened up the competition for the yellow jersey.
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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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Cycling is a circus and the thrill is gone &#151; from this year's Tour de France anyway.
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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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Floyd Landis is used to being on the winning team. This time, however, the glory would be all his. Landis needed one decent ride Saturday to likely win the Tour de France &#151; two years after helping Lance Armstrong to his sixth title on Paris' Champs-Elysees.