Archive for the Cycling Category
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A Sports Fan’s Guide to Weekend Television Viewing: July 16-18
Pack up your Vuvuzela as baseball returns for the second half, while Tiger and Phil are back in Scotland, Lance is all but out of it in the Tour de France and boxing has several big cards. On Friday, we open with golf as the British Open or “The
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A Sports Fan’s Guide to Weekend Television Viewing: July 9-11
The World Cup ends this weekend, LeBron James is in Miami and baseball finishes up their last weekend before the All-Star break. On Friday, we open with golf as the PGA Tour is in Silvis, Illinois for the John Deere Classic. The second round cov
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Armstrong out of Tour of California
Lance Armstrong is going to the hospital for X-rays after crashing during the Tour of California. Armstrong's longtime coach Johan Bruyneel tweeted Thursday that Armstrong was involved in a "huge" crash and "had to abandon and is going to the hosp
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Cyclist Landis Admits Doping
Nearly four years after he began waging a costly, draining, and ultimately losing battle to discredit his positive test for synthetic testosterone at the 2006 Tour de France, Floyd Landis admitted on Wednesday to ESPN that he used performance-enhanci
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Tour De France 2009 Winner is Alberto Contador (PHOTO)
The Tour de France 2009 winner wasn't completely surprising, but he was historic. Alberto Contador became the first Tour de France winner in almost ten years to beat Lance Armstrong. Yesterday at the Champs Elysees, Contador became a Tour champion
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Tour de France Stage 12: Sorensen Gets the Win
Lance Armstrong stayed in 3rd place at the Tour de France on Thursday, battling back to the main bunch...even with a punctured tire with about 37 miles left. Teammate Alberto Contador of Spain remained in second place and Rinaldo Nocentini of It
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Tour de France Stage 10 Results
Mark Cavendish of Team Columbia High Road has won his seventh stage of the 2009 Tour de France and third this year in stage 10. Cavendish, who has taken a somewhat cavalier attitude toward the competition, removed his sunglasses and polished them
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Tour de France Stage 9 Results
Pierrick Fedrigo (Bbox Bougyues Telecom) edged Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) in a final sprint between the two survivors from the early break in today’s stage. The GC contenders finished in the peloton 34 seconds back. Tour de France Stage 9 Resu
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2009 Tour de France Stage 7 (Video)
2009 Tour de France Stage 7 Update The New Top Five Overall... After 1,040km of racing the new top five of the general classification is: 1. Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA) ALM 2. Alberto Contador (ESP) AST at 6 3. Lance Armstrong (USA) AST at
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2009 Tour de France Stage 5 Results: Armstrong Tied for Lead
The 2009 Tour de France Stage 5 rolled through France on a hot and steamy day, and in the end it was Thomas Voeckler who won the 196.5-kilometer (122-mile) race. Voeckler stayed away for over 180 kilometers in a six man breakaway. Fabian Can
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