Articles filed under Cycling
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Contador banned but was justice served?Feb 05, 2012 11:00 pm - LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Stripping Alberto Contador of his 2010 Tour de France victory on the supposition that he may have eaten a dodgy food supplement is like jailing A...
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Contador stripped of Tour de France titleFeb 05, 2012 11:00 pm - GENEVA — Three days after U.S. prosecutors dropped their investigation of doping claims against Lance Armstrong, fellow Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was stri...
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Fenton’s Witt forging his own athletic pathJan 24, 2012 11:00 pm - Football, basketball, soccer — they all passed quickly through Konrad Witt’s life. Instead the Fenton junior stuck with cycling, a sport you won’t find on Fenton’s gymna...
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Older athletes get caught cheating, tooNov 23, 2011 11:00 pm - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The anti-doping police are sending out a new message to the AARP crowd: We’re keeping an eye on you, too. Looking more skeptically at events ou...
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Tour of Elk Grove joins elite racesSep 30, 2011 12:00 am - The Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove professional men's three-day race has earned the highest ranking — 2.1 — from Union Cycliste Internationale. UCI is cycling's fore...
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Tour De Des Plaines Bike Ride coming SaturdaySep 12, 2011 12:00 am - Des Plaines city, police and park district officials will participate Saturday in the third annual Tour De Des Plaines Bike Ride being held in conjunction with Des Plain...
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Wauconda's roads, lake appeal to bike race organizersSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - Following a presentation, Wauconda residents, business owners and village leaders are pondering a proposal to host a local bicycle race. On Thursday, two representative...
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Tour of Elk Grove adaptive athlete race to return in 2012Aug 11, 2011 12:00 am - After a successful inaugural race at the 2011 Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove, The Heart Of A Marine Foundation’s adaptive athletes’ race will return next year with a...
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600 cyclists to race in Winfield CriteriumAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - Downtown Winfield is in store for some high-speed traffic this weekend. Bike traffic, that is. The more than 600 cyclists will whiz through the area at speeds approachi...
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Stancil’s priority is BMXcellenceAug 10, 2011 12:00 am - Standing tall on her airborne custom-made BMX bicycle, which she recently rode to victory at the world championships, Felicia Stancil dishes dirt. To those trailing and ...