Tour de France Has Big Hill to Climb
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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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Call it a race for recognition. After Monday's rest day, the Tour de France heads into its last ride through the Alps in the ninth stage Tuesday with the race finally starting to take shape &#151; and a new crop of contenders emerging.
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The sprinters will have a last chance to shine on Friday's 199.5-km sixth stage from Semur-en-Auxois to Bourg-en-Bresse before the Tour de France enters the Alps.
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Michael Rasmussen and Alberto Contador attacked and counterattacked each other in the Pyrenees on Sunday, possibly turning the Tour de France into a two-man 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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Tour de France riders raced south toward the Pyrenees on Tuesday&#039;s stage nine, their last flat ride before the race climbs into the mountains.
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The Tour de France no longer calls him champion. His cycling team cut him loose.
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AMERICAN legend Lance Armstrong looks set to shelve plans to try to win a seventh successive Tour de France. The 33-year-old told L&#39;Equipe newspaper yesterday he had other ambitions in the sport before he
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The Tour de France will have revamped rules and a slightly less mountainous but hopefully more exciting course in 2008, organizers announced on Thursday, looking to inject fresh enthusiasm into cyclingâs doping-battered showcase race.
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LANCE ARMSTRONG has left the question marks hovering over his participation on next year&#39;s Tour de France. Armstrong claimed a record sixth yellow jersey in July when he eclipsed Tour legends Miguel Indurain
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After two days of sprint finishes by a largely intact peloton, the Tour of California will receive a sharp jolt Wednesday, when the route includes two significant climbs.
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Stage 12: Montpellier to Castres, 110.9 miles. Stage winner: Tom Boonen (Belgium), Quick Step Innergetic , in 4 hours 25 minutes 32 seconds.
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Lance Armstrong will be back in the saddle at this year's Tour de France, chasing title No. 7.
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British rider David Millar leads stage one of the Tour de France as it leaves London bound for Canterbury.
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CANTERBURY, England -- Lance Armstrong knew a thing or two about bouncing back from a crash to win a Tour de France stage.
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LONDON -- On a day when the Tour de France made a rare start in Britain and riders sped past Parliament and Buckingham Palace, the shadow of drugs remained inescapable in cycling.
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Michael Rasmussen is starting to resemble Lance Armstrong, and it's not just because the Dane is wearing the yellow jersey as leader of the Tour de France.