Articles filed under Cycling
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Preliminary charges filed against RiccoJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- A prosecutor says preliminary doping-related charges have been filed against ousted Tour de France rider Riccardo Ricco. The Italian rider tested positive for t...
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And after the 10th stage, the Tour de France restedJul 15, 2008 11:00 pm - PAU, France - Frank Schleck of Luxembourg wants ideas. The Tour de France resumes Wednesday and he's trying to figure out how to erase his one-second deficit to race lea...
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Evans leads as doping hits Tour de France againJul 15, 2008 11:00 pm - LANNEMEZAN, France -- Cadel Evans of Australia led Wednesday's 11th stage of the Tour de France, which was hit by another doping bust after Spanish cyclist Moises Duenas...
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Australia's Evans takes overall leadJul 13, 2008 11:00 pm - HAUTACAM, France - Bruised and sore and aching from head to ankles, Cadel Evans stood on the podium with tears in his eyes and a yellow jersey on his back. The Australia...
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Cyclist removed from Tour after drug testJul 10, 2008 11:00 pm - AURILLAC, France - Tour de France rider Manuel Beltran has been taken away by French police after testing positive for EPO. Liquigas cycling team spokesman Paolo Barbier...
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Schumacher wins time trial, takes overall leadJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - CHOLET, France - Germany's Stefan Schumacher surged to the overall lead in the Tour de France on Tuesday by winning the first individual time trial of the three-week rac...
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Frenchmen's day at Tour de FranceJul 06, 2008 11:00 pm - NANTES, France - Samuel Dumoulin of France won the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday while countryman Romain Feillu finished third to claim the yellow jersey. ...
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Valverde keeps lead; Hushovd wins stageJul 06, 2008 11:00 pm - SAINT-BRIEUC, France - With villagers calling out to him as he sped through the countryside, Alejandro Valverde kept his lead in the Tour de France on Sunday and basked ...
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Tour de France changes in placeJul 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Tour de France cyclists set out on the race's 3,500-kilometer (2,175-mile) route this weekend without last year's champion and an Australian as favorite. Cadel Evans, ru...
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Cyclist Floyd Landis loses appeal of doping banJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Floyd Landis lost his final chance to retain his 2006 Tour de France title Monday, the last step of a long, multimillion-dollar process that poked holes in the anti-dopi...