Pin ItemailprintHere are your top stories for this Tuesday, February 7, 2012: – U.S. closing down Syrian embassy – Arson officials tracing Josh Powell’s steps – Parents protest at L.A. school rocked by scandal – 2010 Tour de France winner found guilty of doping Related articles Josh Powell EXPLOSION: Murder-Suicide Kills Powell and 2 Sons [...]
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A French court convicted disgraced cyclist Floyd Landis in absentia today for his role in hacking into the computers of a French doping lab. Landis, who was stripped of the 2006 Tour de France title for doping, was given a 12-month suspended prison sentence, six months less than a state prosecutor had sought. The lab [...]
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Here are your top stories for Monday, July 25, 2011: – Court appearance pending for Norway suspect – Same-sex couples marry in New York – Six dead in Texas roller rink shooting – Australian Cadel Evans wins Tour de France.
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Here’s something to remember…if you’re going to go see the Tour de France live and in-person, keep in mind that this race is kind of a big deal. You don’t want to get to close to the action, or you could cause one of the largest pile-ups in cycling history. That’s exactly what this clueless [...]
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Philippe Gilbert won the first stage of the 2011 Tour de France today, taking the yellow jersey. Defending champ Alberto Contador lost over one minute due to a crash late in the stretch. Gilbert, who won three classics races in April, pulled ahead of the pack in the last several hundred, kissing the jersey as [...]
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When is the last time someone died in a professional cycling accident? If it seems like it’s been a long time, you’re right…it hasn’t happened in 16 years. Unfortunately, it happened today to Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt, who died in a high-speed downhill crash at the Giro d’Italia. Weylandt, 26, wrecked about 12 miles from [...]
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Floyd Landis, the cyclist who was stripped of a Tour de France title after after failing a drug test, then spent the next several years denying any wrongdoing, has now admitted to doping. Is he going down alone? Oh no…he’s also accusing Lance Armstrong of doping too, saying that seven-time Tour de France winner taught [...]
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UPDATE: Floyd Landis has now admitted to doping. An arrest warrant has been issued for cyclist Floyd Landis. According to Pierre Bordry, president of the French anti-doping agency (AFLD), an international warrant was issued on January 28 charging the disgraced cyclist with illegally hacking into an agency computer. As you may recall, Landis had his [...]
German cyclist Jens Voigt suffered a horrific crash on Tuesday’s Stage 16 and is now out of the Tour de France. The 37-year-old Voigt momentarily lost consciousness after a nasty fall early on the descent from the Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard. He was immediately taken to a hospital by ambulance once he was revived. “I only [...]
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The third stage of the Tour de France saw strong crosswinds that allowed a huge breakaway to split the field wide open. This benefited Lance Armstrong greatly. Team Columbia orchestrated a huge 28-man breakaway which shook up the 2009 Tour de France, keeping Fabian Cancellara of Team Saxo Bank in the yellow jersey in the [...]
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