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Alberto Contador showed great composure to fend off attacks from all sides in a nail-biting final stage and clinch the Paris-Nice race for the second time overnight.
The twice Tour de France champion was attacked in the 119-kilometre stage by fellow Spaniards Alejandro Valverde and Luis Leon Sanchez but he never panicked.
Contador beat Vuelta champion Valverde [...]

Spain’s Alberto Contador secured a Paris-Nice double whammy this morning (AEDT) by winning the race’s fourth stage in Mende, becoming the overall leader in the process.
The Astana rider attacked 1,700 metres from the line to finish 10 seconds ahead of compatriots Alejandro Valverde and Samuel Sanchez after the 173.5-kilometre ride from Maurs.
Another Spaniard, Joaquim Rodriguez, [...]

London, Sep. 14 (ANI): Less than five-and-a-half months after James Bowthorpe ventured out on his 18,000-mile bike ride through 20 countries, the cabinet-maker from south London is set to become the fastest man to cycle round the globe.

He is days away from taking [...]

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Leadville Trail 100 Ultramarathon (aka The Race Across The Sky or [...]

London, July 14 (ANI): American comedian Robin Williams has visited France to support his cyclist pal Lance Armstrong’s bid for an eighth Tour de France title.

Williams, 57, arrived in the country to watch the ninth stage of the famous race as competitors battled to [...]

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GERONA, Spain (AP) — Tour [...]

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The recent results of the 2009 Tour de France shows Lance Armstrong moving up to third place, after 3rd Stage.
1. Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank in 9:50:58
2. Tony Martin Team Columbia – Htc in 9:51:31
3. Lance Armstrong [...]

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Result Of  Stage 1 of Tour De France 2009 – July 4, 2009:
Tour de France: Monaco – Monaco (15.5 km):
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 00:19:32
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0:00:18
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin – [...]

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The 96th Tour de france [...]

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The 96th Tour de france this year, which will be starting today from Monaco from July 4. This [...]

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The 96th Tour de france this year, which will be starting from Monaco from July 4. This year the bicycle race will tour six nations namely Monaco, France, Spain, Andorra, Switzerland [...]

Paris, June 19 (DPA) Organisers of the Tour de France have said they would not allow 2005 world road race champion Tom Boonen to take part in this year’s race because he tested positive for cocaine.
“Tom Boonen’s image and behaviour are incompatible with the image of the Tour de France,” the Amaury Sports Orgainzation said [...]

Madrid – Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde on Tuesday filed a complaint against the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in his fight against a doping ban.
Valverde’s management said his lawyers have brought the case before Spanish justice authorities, saying that the CONI made use of unlawfully acquired evidence.
The Caisse d’Epargne rider [...]

Monte Petrano, Italy – Reigning Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre of Spain won the 16th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Monday while Russian Denis Menchov retained the overall lead by finishing second.
A 20-strong breakaway group formed early in the crucial 237-kilometres stage from Pergola to Monte Petrano which featured four difficult climbs.
The [...]

Vienna – Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl announced his retirement on Monday in the wake of a doping ban.
“I don’t want to continue a double life which is based on lies. That’s why this is the end,” Kohl told a news conference.
Kohl, 27, tested positive for the latest generation of the blood booster EPO, known as [...]

Bergamo, Italy – Belarussian Konstantin Sioutsu on Saturday won the eighth stage of the Giro d’Italia after breaking away from the peloton.
The 26-year-old managed to edge Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen, who won the seventh stage on Friday, into second place. Italian Danilo di Luca took third place to extend his lead in the overall standings [...]

Hamburg – Olympic cycling champion Tyler Hamilton of the United States retired on Friday after admitting to have failed another doping test.
Hamilton, 38, told the cyclingnews website that he tested positive for the steroid dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) at an out-of-competition test in February.
Hamilton said he was aware that an over-the-counter medication he used to treat [...]

Zurich – Blood doping in Austria, and elsewhere, was an open secret in the cycling community, the former advisor of ex-Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich said in an interview published on Thursday.
Speaking in the wake of allegations that a Vienna blood bank was part of a doping scheme in Austria, Rudy Pevenage told [...]

Melbourne, Apr 17 (ANI): Tourism Queensland’s ‘best job in the world’ campaign has entered the list of top 50 public relations stunts in the world.

The list compiled by renowned public relations company Taylor Herring features the Hamilton Island’s caretaker job campaign at the eight spot.

The campaign continues to rack up international acclaim and has generated [...]

Paris – Lance Armstrong could face punishment by the French anti-doping agency (AFLD) over his behaviour during a doping test last month in southern France.
Samples taken from the seven-time Tour de France winner on March 17 in Beaulieu-sur-mer returned negative but it is alleged that he may have violated the AFLD’s rules regarding observation [...]