US cyclist ensnared in doping scandal
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PARIS Tyler Hamilton, the American bicycle racer who won an Olympic gold medal in the time trial last month in Athens, strongly denied Tuesday that he had used illegal performance-enhancing blood transfusions there and in the major race in Spain.
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Olympic time trial champion Tyler Hamilton has been suspended by his Phonak team after failing a dope test. The American, who tested positive for blood doping at the Olympics and the Tour of Spain, is waiting for the results of his &quot;B&quot; samples.
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U.S. prosecutors indicted American cyclist Tammy Thomas on Thursday for lying when she told a federal grand jury investigating the BALCO steroid scandal that she had never used steroids.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Former elite cyclist Tammy Thomas was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges of hindering the government's steroid probe.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.  - U.S. rider Joseph  D'Antoni has been banned for two years after testing positive  for the prohibited substance EPO, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency  (USADA) has announced.
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A doping test developed by Sydney-based researchers and introduced secretly during the Athens Olympics has produced evidence that gold medal-winning cyclist Tyler Hamilton had had an illegal blood transfusion.
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New Zealand&#39;s star cyclist, Sarah Ulmer, last week rode under world record time twice in an hour during a secret training session in France.
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Cyclist Michael Rogers could benefit for the second time in a month from a crackdown on drug cheats, this time by picking up an Olympic bronze medal.
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Colombian cyclist Maria Luisa Calle Williams tests positive for a stimulant, and her bronze medal could go to American Erin Mirabella.
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T-Mobile rider Patrik Sinkewitzâs positive drug test, taken a month before the start of the Tour de France, threatens the teamâs sponsorship and could further erode public support for cycling.
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Tyler Hamilton, who won a gold medal in the time trial in Athens, is suspected of receiving illegal performance-enhancing blood transfusions.
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Two Belgian cyclists &#151; a former world champion and a 2000 Olympic silver medalist &#151; were suspended by their federation in separate doping scandals.
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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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ATHENS, Greece Dec 20, 2004 - An Olympic doping laboratory was charged Monday with destroying a sample that belonged to gold medalist cyclist Tyler Hamilton.
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Cycling, having lived through a prolonged drug binge, is now trying to purge, leaving fans and riders to wonder whether the sport is making progress on getting doping out of its system.
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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.