Where should the comments made by Tour de France organizers on Thursday regarding Lance Armstrong rank on the cheap-shot meter?
I'd give them a 10.
In presenting the 2006 Tour de France route to the public, the Le Tour 2006 website quotes Jean-Marie Leblanc, deputy managing director, and Christian Prudhomme, director of cycling: …
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For the first time this decade, bike racing handicappers aren't pondering whether a Tour de France route helps or hurts Lance Armstrong.
The organizers of the Tour de France issued the 2006 route on Thursday, and everyone knows that seven-time Tour winner won't be among the racers.
The 2006 Tour de France travels 2,232 miles in a counter-clockwise route …
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Five bicycle racers, including Dario Frigo, and a trainer received suspended sentences on Monday stemming from a raid by Italian police who found drugs and syringes in their hotel rooms during the 2001 Giro d'Italia.
The most well-known among the five, Frigo, also was forced to drop out of the 2005 Tour de France, reports the TdF 2005 blog, after police …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/25/cyclists-sentenced-in-2001-giro-doping/
Lance Armstrong and 6,500 close and personal friends will ride their bikes anywhere from 7 to 100 miles Sunday morning on the roads east of Austin.
It's time for the 9th annual Ride for the Roses, a major fund-raiser for the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
Cyclists have raised $7.3 million for this year's ride, compared to $5.6 million in 2004, reports the …
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For those of you at home who are keeping score, the Lance Armstrong bike beat the Roberto Heras bike in the charity auction sweepstakes this week.
The diamond-studded Madone 5.9 SL donated by Trek to Richardson's Bike Mart in Dallas brought $75,000 at the Lance Armstrong Foundation's gala auction in New York City, reports BikeBiz.com.…
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You probably wouldn't leave either of these bicycles tethered with a cheap lock and cable outside the neighborhood Starbucks.
Bicycles associated with 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and 4-time Vuelta a Espana winner Roberto Heras are being auctioned this month to raise money for charity. …
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The Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team announced its new team lineup for 2006 on Wednesday.
Lance Armstrong obviously is not among the cyclists, but George Hincapie (right), Tom Danielson, Viatcheslav Ekimov, Yaroslav Popovych, Paolo Salvodelli, and others from 16 countries round out the 27-man roster.
Dan Osipow reports for The Paceline (free registration) that team manager Johan Bruyneel plans to …
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Pro cyclist Levi Leipheimer is getting a hometown parade in Butte, Montana, in his honor.
Why Leipheimer? The former member of Lance Armstrong's US Postal team had an outstanding year cycling in Europe.
Now cycling for Gerolsteiner, Leipheimer finished the year by winning the Tour of Germany, a nine-stage bicycle race …
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Former US Postal Service pro cycling team doctor Prentice Steffens alleged last week that blood doping was common in the peloton.
He retracted those statements over the weekend and apologized to Lance Armstrong, among others.
Steffens' initial comments appeared in the French sporting newspaper L'Equipe. He was quoted in context of the doping scandal raised by L'Equipe over allegations that Armstrong …
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They didn't get to ride, but the 1,500 cyclists who signed up for the 50-mile final leg of the Tour of Hope accomplished what they set out to do: raise money for cancer research.
Heavy rains, 7.25 inches in two days, according to Operation Gadget, forced cancellation of the Grand Finale of the cross-country bicycling tour to raise funds and awareness in the battle against cancer.
There were some bloggers among the cyclists …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/09/poor-communication-at-washed-out-tour-of-hope-finale/
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