Even though Bjarne Riis admitted that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the 1996 Tour de France, he won't lose the title because of the pro cycling's 8-year statute of limitations.
At least the Union Cycliste Internationale should adopt using an “*” after his name and other cheaters as in:
“* — Admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs after the statute of limitations had expired, therefore the title remains on the books but means nothing.”
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/05/26/pro-cycling-keep-1996-tour-de-france-title-send-back-jersey/
Good news! The Versus network's TV broadcast of the Amgen Tour of California is just the beginning of its Cyclysm Sundays bicycle racing package in 2007.
With Lance Armstrong becoming more of a distant memory, Versus's (still OLN in Canada) commitment to cycling still appears strong as many spring classics are on the Sunday schedule, as is daily live coverage of the Tour de France.
Missing, however, is the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/02/20/sunday-cycling-programming-returns-to-versus-in-2007/
More than 8,000 Tour de France wannabes are expected to show up in Foix on July 16 to get a taste of what it's going to be like for the peloton to ride the 121 miles to Loudenvielle about a week later.
Here's a 3-minute trailer of a reconnaissance bike ride video by last year's top British finisher Bill Cotty, produced by UK-based Cyclefilm.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/02/06/2007-letape-du-tour-bike-ride-video/
The French anti-doping authority has dismissed proceedings against Spanish cyclist Oscar Pereiro for failing two doping tests during the 2006 Tour de France.
He showed them a note from his doctor. End of story. Everything is forgiven.
Last week a French newspaper reported the leak that Pereiro tested positive for the banned substance salbutamol (an asthma medication) during the Tour …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/01/26/all-is-forgiven-for-pereiro/
In the irony of ironies, Spanish cyclist Oscar Pereiro is being questioned by French anti-doping authorities for two failed drug tests during the Tour de France.
The number 2 finisher in last year's Tour, Pereiro, left, had been all but annointed with the yellow jersey as 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis fights accusations that he doped during the Tour. If Landis loses the fight, he loses the Tour title.
If Pereiro can't satisfactorily respond to the doping accusations, the title might go to — bear with me while I look this up — No. 3 finisher Andreas Kloden (Germany) of T-Mobile. But the French newspaper Le Monde says six other unidentified cyclists are being challenged.
As we go down the GC, we don't get to a Frenchman until AG2R's Cyril Dresser in No. 7. That might sound a little fishy, but Le Monde reported that some of the cyclists being challenged were Frenchmen. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/01/19/pereiro-joins-landis-under-tour-de-france-doping-scrutiny/
Citizen Cyclist. Are you ready to tackle a 121-mile stage in the Pyrenees that climbs the Col de Peyresourde?
If so, then you can saddle up for the L'Etape du Tour, the day when mere mortal, recreational bicyclists can ride their bikes on a route that will challenge the professional peloton a few days later in the Tour de France.
The 2007 L'Etape du Tour is scheduled Monday, July 16. It's Stage 15 …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/26/the-2007-letape-du-tour-bike-ride-announced/
The route from London to Paris will be 2,201 miles long for bicycle racers in the 2007 Tour de France, scheduled for Saturday, July 7, through Sunday, July 29.
Along the way, the peloton will pass through Belgium and take a clockwise tour of France. Cyclists will climb 21 mountain passes — including three mountaintop finishes — in the Alps (first) and then the Pyrenees. In all six mountain stages are routed, one more than the usual five.
The Tour organizers have saved the best for last, well, next to last. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/26/organizers-present-2007-tour-de-france-bike-race-route/
This year's Tour de France runner-up Oscar Pereiro is expected to be the star attraction at the 2007 Tour de France route presentation on Thursday.
Beleaguered winner Floyd Landis won't be there; he's busy fighting doping charges. He wasn't invited anyway, as his team folded after tests on his urine samples showed out-of-balance levels of testosterone in his system.
It will interesting to see if Landis is even mentioned at the event …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/25/pereiro-oui-landis-non-at-2007-tour-de-france-bike-race-route-presentation/
Cyclist Floyd Landis received word this week from the US Anti-Doping Agency that he's been formally charged with using performance-enhancing drugs during the Tour de France bicycle race.
The next step, a hearing before a three-person arbitration panel, could occur by January. The 30-year-old American cyclist has said he wants that hearing to be open to the public.
If Landis fails to convince the arbiters that the tests carried out by the French lab were flawed, the whole thing will end up in the lap of the Court of Arbitration of Sport. That's the last stop before Landis would be suspended from professional cycling for two years and lose his Tour de France title. He's already …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/23/floyd-landis-case-moves-ahead-to-open-hearing/
Floyd Landis will launch his defense against doping charges next week when his attorney submits materials to a US Anti-Doping Agency review board that there's insufficient evidence to proceed against this year's Tour de France winner.
In a press release posted at FloydLandis.com, attorney Howard Jacobs says he and a team of scientific experts found “inconsistencies in the testing protocol and methodology” after reviewing 370 pages of documents provided by the French lab. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/09/anti-doping-agency-to-begin-floyd-landis-review/
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