http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/CyclingFind stories, videos, and photos about Cycling from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:43:42 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Cycling14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Cycling from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/08/24/cycling.vinokourov.astana.spain/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/08/24/cycling.vinokourov.astana.spain/index.html#cnnSTCTextAstana have confirmed that Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan will return to the team for the Tour of Spain, the third of three major cycling tours, which begins on Saturday.Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/07/22/cycling.diluca.suspension/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/07/22/cycling.diluca.suspension/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for CERA, the International Cycling Union has confirmed.Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:57:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/austin_murphy/07/13/tour.update/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/austin_murphy/07/13/tour.update/index.htmlWell, that was a trifle anticlimactic, no?Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:18:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/the_bonus/07/07/tour/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/the_bonus/07/07/tour/index.htmlAlberto Contador is a 26-year-old professional bike racer from Spain who in two seasons has won the Tours of France, Italy and his homeland. It's a feat matched by only four other riders in history, and by last fall Contador's performances had depleted the European press of its supply of superlatives. Then, in March, wearing the yellow leader's jersey one week into the Paris-Nice stage race, he did what even the finest racers are occasionally known to do, but Contador since his rise to prominence had not yet done. During a mountain stage, he cracked.Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:49:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/austin_murphy/07/02/preview/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/austin_murphy/07/02/preview/index.htmlTwo weeks before the start of the 96th Tour de France, 1,870 days after his last pro victory, Lance Armstrong soloed to first place in the Nevada City (Cal.) Classic, a brief but brutal 40-lap circuit in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Asked afterward about the upcoming Tour, which starts Saturday in Monaco, the Texan poor-mouthed his own chances, pointing to Astana teammates Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer as clear favorites. After those two, he went on, "they got an old man like me to come around and pick up the pieces."Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/07/03/cycling.tour.france.preview/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/07/03/cycling.tour.france.preview/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe most-eagerly anticipated Tour de France in recent history begins with a testing individual time-trial in Monaco on July 4 and fittingly, on U.S. Independence Day, an American will take center stage in cycling's greatest race.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/06/19/cycling.astana.armstrong.contador/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/06/19/cycling.astana.armstrong.contador/index.html#cnnSTCTextLance Armstrong and 2007 champion Alberto Contador will head a strong Astana team for next month's Tour de France.Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/06/11/cycling.dauphine.valverde/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/06/11/cycling.dauphine.valverde/index.html#cnnSTCTextSpain's Alejandro Valverde is the new leader of the Dauphine Libere after a dominant display on the giant Mont Ventoux on Thursday.Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/05/22/cycling.giro.cavendish/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/05/22/cycling.giro.cavendish/index.html#cnnSTCTextBriton Mark Cavendish claimed his third sprint victory of the race when powering away from his rivals to win the 175km 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia.Fri, 22 May 2009 19:51:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/austin_murphy/05/15/giro/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/austin_murphy/05/15/giro/index.htmlLevi Leipheimer doesn't need sunglasses at the poker table. The 35-year-old Astana rider, currently enjoying the best season of his career, seems to be under the impression that he will be fined $100 per facial expression.Sat, 16 May 2009 14:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/05/14/cycling.giro/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/05/14/cycling.giro/index.html#cnnSTCTextControversial Italian Michele Scarponi claimed the biggest victory of his career by coming home alone to win the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday.Thu, 14 May 2009 16:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/05/07/cycling.astana/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/05/07/cycling.astana/index.html#cnnSTCTextWorld cycling's governing body, the International Cycling Union (UCI), have expressed their concern at the financial situation surrounding Lance Armstrong's Astana team.Thu, 07 May 2009 13:53:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/austin_murphy/02/25/lance.armstrong/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/austin_murphy/02/25/lance.armstrong/index.htmlJust because he's lean and ripped and far more fit than he's ever been at this time of year, Lance Armstrong won't necessarily regain the form that won him seven Tours de France. Just because those questions about his past have faded from the foreground, they haven't necessarily gone away. And while none of them care to be quoted, there are plenty of cycling people who wish he'd leave and not come back. He is a magnet for attention that might otherwise redound to more deserving riders -- guys like his Astana teammate Levi Leipheimer, who on Sunday clinched his third straight victory in the Amgen Tour of California, but whose next mention in this story is more than a thousand words away. But give Armstrong this: Three-and-a-half years after his retirement, two races into his comeback, he has plunged an IV full of Red Bull into the arm of a sport sorely in need of a pick-me-up. By his mere presence in the peloton, the 37-year-old Texan makes pro cycling an infinitely more interestingWed, 25 Feb 2009 20:47:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/austin_murphy/02/12/lessons.from.golf/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/austin_murphy/02/12/lessons.from.golf/index.htmlOn the one hand, there was J.P. Hayes, plumb-bobbing a putt on page B13 of yesterday's New York Times. Last November, upon realizing that he'd inadvertently played a prototype ball not yet approved by the USGA, the journeyman from Appleton, Wisc., phoned officials from his hotel room between rounds at Qualifying school to turn himself in. He was disqualified, dashing his chances of earning his Tour card this year.Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:14:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/10/16/cycling.germany/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/10/16/cycling.germany/index.html#cnnSTCTextOrganizers have scrapped next year's Tour of Germany on the same day that German broadcasters pulled the plug on covering the 2009 Tour de France.Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/10/08/cycling.armstrong/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/10/08/cycling.armstrong/index.html#cnnSTCTextSeven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has been cleared to race in the 2009 Tour Down Under in Australia, the International Cycling Union (UCI) have announced.Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/09/21/cycling.contador/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/09/21/cycling.contador/index.html#cnnSTCTextAlberto Contador joined an elite group of cycling greats who have claimed all three major tours as he wrapped up victory in the Tour of Spain on Sunday.Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:23:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/austin_murphy/09/09/lance.return/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/austin_murphy/09/09/lance.return/index.htmlGrim news for gossip rags everywhere: Lance Armstrong confirmed Tuesday that he is, in fact, coming out of retirement. The immediate result, of course -- aside from a defibrillation of interest in cycling in this country -- will be a marked reduction in late-night sightings of the Lone Star State's most prolific Lothario with celebrity blondes of various vintages on his arm. If Lance is going to take the start at the Amgen Tour of California on Valentine's Day, 2009 -- the first of five stages races he's reportedly eyeballing, culminating with the Tour de France next July -- he'll need to maybe be dial down the night life a bit.Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/08/14/cycling.france.cheese/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/08/14/cycling.france.cheese/index.html#cnnSTCTextEvery year more than 200 professional cyclists set off on the epic Tour de France, some preparing for this brutal and astounding journey by embarking on various programs of extreme workouts, strict diet and intense focus. Plus huge quantities of drugs.Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:44:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/24/cycling.tour/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/24/cycling.tour/index.html#cnnSTCTextMarcus Burghardt of Germany won the 18th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, leading a two-rider breakaway as the race left the high mountains of the Alps.Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:27:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/07/08/smallbusiness/tour_de_france_publicity.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/07/08/smallbusiness/tour_de_france_publicity.fsb/index.htmWhile Lance Armstrong chased his record-setting Tour de France winning streak, a number of American businesses rode victoriously along. For Trek Travel in Madison, Wisc., the mid-'00s were boom times: 500 travelers each year booked $5,000 trips to see Lance in action, giving the two-year-old company $2.5 million in revenue a year from the Tour de France alone.Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/06/cycling.tour/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/06/cycling.tour/index.html#cnnSTCTextNorwegian Thor Hushovd has won the 164.5km second stage of the Tour de France from Auray to Saint-Brieuc on Sunday.Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/05/cycling.tour/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/05/cycling.tour/index.html#cnnSTCTextSpaniard Alejandro Valverde, one of the pre-race favorites, won Saturday's opening stage of the Tour de France, held over 197.5km of undulating terrain, to pull on the race's leader's yellow jersey.Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:16:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/austin_murphy/07/03/tour.preview/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/austin_murphy/07/03/tour.preview/index.htmlRhetorical question posed on the eve of the 95th Tour de France, which begins Saturday in Brest, at the tip of the Breton peninsula: Wouldn't it be surprising if cycling, for so long the poster child of pharmacologically jacked-up sports, turned out to be cleaner than, say, the NFL, or the NHL, or Major League Baseball?Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/05/29/cycling.giro/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/05/29/cycling.giro/index.html#cnnSTCTextVeteran German Jens Voigt claimed his first-ever Giro d'Italia stage victory when he took the 18th leg -- a 147km ride from the Swiss town of Mendissio, the venue for the 2009 world championships, to Varese, which will host this year's worlds.Thu, 29 May 2008 16:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/03/12/cycling.france/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/03/12/cycling.france/index.html#cnnSTCTextKjell Carlstrom won the third stage of the Paris-Nice race Wednesday, pulling away early and holding off the pack in the mountains.Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/03/10/cycling.france/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/03/10/cycling.france/index.html#cnnSTCTextBelgian rider Gert Steegmans triumphed in a sprint finish after the first stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race was slashed because of bad weather on Monday.Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/02/14/contador.reax/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/02/14/contador.reax/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Spanish court ordered the reopening of Operation Puerto, a widespread doping probe that has implicated some of cycling's biggest stars.Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/02/13/cycling.contador/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/02/13/cycling.contador/index.html#cnnSTCTextReigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will be unable to defend his title after organizers excluded his new Astana team from competing in cycling's most prestigious race.Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:29:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/12/29/cycling.heras/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/12/29/cycling.heras/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree-time Tour of Spain winner Roberto Heras, whose two-year doping ban ended in October, has confirmed he has decided to quit cycling.Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:06:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/magazine/specials/sportsman/2007/11/25/murphy.vaughters/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/magazine/specials/sportsman/2007/11/25/murphy.vaughters/index.htmlSports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 3. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays, click here.Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:59:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/09/27/cycling.diluca/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/09/27/cycling.diluca/index.html#cnnSTCTextGiro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca faces being stripped of his crown and has withdrawn from the Italian team at the world championships after his national Olympic committee (CONI) recommended that he be banned for four months for alleged doping.Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/09/26/cycling.valverde/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/09/26/cycling.valverde/index.html#cnnSTCTextAlejandro Valverde can compete in the world road cycling championships after a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday, the chief of world cycling Pat McQuaid announced.Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:17:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/09/18/cycling.vuelta/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/09/18/cycling.vuelta/index.html#cnnSTCTextColombian Leonardo Duque has won the 161km 16th stage of the Tour of Spain as Denis Menchov of Russia retained his overall race lead.Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/08/31/cycling.spain/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/08/31/cycling.spain/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe three-week Tour of Spain begins in Vigo this Saturday but last year's first three will be missing because of proven, or suspected doping offenses.Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/07/30/cycling.mayo/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/07/30/cycling.mayo/index.html#cnnSTCTextSpanish climbing specialist Iban Mayo became the latest rider to fail a drugs test after it was revealed he had tested positive for EPO during the Tour de France, it was announced by his Saunier Duval team on Monday.Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:02:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/austin_murphy/07/31/false.positive0806/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/austin_murphy/07/31/false.positive0806/index.htmlFor three weeks they admired his matador's daring, his dark good looks and his abundant charisma. But as Spain's precocious Alberto Contador stepped onto the podium and the strains of La Marcha Real filled the Champs-��lys�es, cycling fans had one overwhelming thought: Please, God, let this kid be clean. Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/07/24/rasmussen.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/07/24/rasmussen.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe team of Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen questioned on Tuesday the legality of drugs tests conducted on the rider by the Danish Anti-Doping Agency (ADD).Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:17:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/austin_murphy/07/24/tour0730/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/austin_murphy/07/24/tour0730/index.htmlThe leaders of the Tour de France were playing chicken in the final climb of stage 14 on Sunday when they were briefly overtaken by ... a chicken. To the Borat impersonator in a lime singlet who ran alongside the cyclists during stage 8, waving the flag of Kazakhstan, and the guy who adorned his bike with gigantic racks of deer antlers in stage 10, add the fellow in the yellow-feathered costume to the list of amusing spectators at this, the most unpredictable Tour in memory. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:21:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/austin_murphy/07/20/stage12.reax/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/austin_murphy/07/20/stage12.reax/index.htmlCASTRES, France -- The staging area for Friday's start was in Montpellier's Pavilion Populaire, a spacious, marble-tiled commons shaded by century-old trees, between which were strung colored lights that make every night a festival. Nearby, a glittering carousel. As the gleaming, brightly colored team buses pulled into the Pavilion before today's start, it occurred to me again that the Tour must be most aesthetically pleasing event in all of sport.Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:35:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/austin_murphy/06/28/tour.preview/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/austin_murphy/06/28/tour.preview/index.htmlThe Greek philosopher Diogenes carried a lantern in broad daylight, in the search, he said, of an honest man. I was thinking of bringing a lantern -- or at least one of those little squeeze lights -- over to the Tour de France this year, in search of a clean rider. Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/06/10/cycling.dauphine/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/06/10/cycling.dauphine/index.htmlBritain's Bradley Wiggins achieved his finest victory as a professional as he took the prologue time trial of the Dauphine Libere in Grenoble on Sunday.Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/05/29/cycling.zabel/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/05/29/cycling.zabel/index.htmlErik Zabel has kept his place in his current Milram team despite admitting to doping during the 1996 Tour de France when he was riding for Telekom.Tue, 29 May 2007 11:17:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/03/16/cycling.paris/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/03/16/cycling.paris/index.htmlUkraine's Yaroslav Popovych, of the Discovery Channel team, won the fifth stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race in Manosque on Friday, crossing the line just ahead of the main bunch.Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/03/05/cycling.parisnice/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/03/05/cycling.parisnice/index.htmlCycling's major teams will be able to compete in the Paris-Nice race without fear of sanctions after the International Cycling Union (UCI) and the race organizers reached an agreement on Monday.Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:32:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/02/28/cycling.paris/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/02/28/cycling.paris/index.htmlInternational Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid has threatened to punish teams that decide to take part in next month's Paris-Nice race, French sports daily L'Equipe reported on Wednesday.Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/02/01/cycling.qatar/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/02/01/cycling.qatar/index.htmlRookie Greg Van Avermaet of the Predictor-Lotto team sprinted to his first win as a professional as he took the fifth and penultimate stage of the Tour of Qatar on Thursday.Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:58:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/01/19/cycling.doping/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/01/19/cycling.doping/index.htmlFormer Cofidis cycling team physiotherapist Boguslaw Madejak was sentenced to 12 months in prison, nine of them suspended, for his implication in a doping case, a French court ruled on Friday.Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:46:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/12/20/cycling.astana/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/12/20/cycling.astana/index.htmlSpain's Astana team will be part of the ProTour peloton next season after being belatedly granted a license by the International Cycling Union (UCI).Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/10/19/cycling.ullrich/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/10/19/cycling.ullrich/index.htmlFormer Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich, a German national who lives in Switzerland, has said he is quitting the Swiss Cycling Federation.Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/10/13/cycling.lombardy/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/10/13/cycling.lombardy/index.htmlThe European Pro Tour series ends on Saturday with the 100th edition of the Tour of Lombardy, a tough 245km trek around Lake Como in northern Italy.Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/09/15/cycling.hamilton/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/09/15/cycling.hamilton/index.htmlOlympic gold medallist Tyler Hamilton, whose two-year suspension for blood doping ends this month, is to be investigated for alleged links to the Spanish doping scandal dubbed "Operation Puerto."Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/06/cycling.landis/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/06/cycling.landis/index.htmlThe second urine sample of Tour de France champion Floyd Landis confirmed a high ratio of testosterone in the American's body before his victory, the International Cycling Union announced Saturday.Sun, 06 Aug 2006 06:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/01/cycling.landis/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/01/cycling.landis/index.htmlSome of the testosterone found in Tour de France winner Floyd Landis' "A" sample is from an external source and not his body's, the New York Times said on Tuesday, quoting an unidentified International Cycling Union official.Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/07/28/landis.lkl/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/07/28/landis.lkl/index.htmlTour de France champion Floyd Landis told CNN that his victory in the world's most-famous bike race had nothing to do with cheating.Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/07/27/cycling.landis/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/07/27/cycling.landis/index.htmlAmerican cyclist Floyd Landis urged the media and public to "take a step back" and not rush to the assumption that he cheated his way to the yellow jersey in the Tour de France.Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/07/16/cycling.tour/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/07/16/cycling.tour/index.htmlFrenchman Pierrick Fedrigo won a war of nerves, surviving a 145-km breakaway to win a crash-hit 14th stage of the Tour de France over 180.5 kms from Montelimar to Gap on Sunday.Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/07/14/cycling.tour/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/07/14/cycling.tour/index.htmlUkrainian Yaroslav Popovych won Friday's 12th stage of the 2006 Tour de France, as American Floyd Landis held on to the race leader's yellow jersey.Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:17:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/07/01/cycling.tour/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/07/01/cycling.tour/index.htmlNorwegian Thor Hushovd was the surprise winner of the prologue when the Tour de France, shorn of its pre-race favorites, began under a doping cloud on Saturday.Sat, 01 Jul 2006 14:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/06/11/cycling.dauphine/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/06/11/cycling.dauphine/index.htmlAmerican Levi Leipheimer confirmed his form for next month's Tour de France with overall victory in the Dauphine Libere on Sunday.Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/06/09/sierra.cycling.ap/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/06/09/sierra.cycling.ap/index.htmlFrom the Tour de France to the Tour of California, bicycle races are well-known for the festive party atmosphere that springs up around the competition.Fri, 09 Jun 2006 13:28:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/06/12/8379241/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/06/12/8379241/index.htmYellow has a mixed history in the Tour de France. The overall leader and eventual winner of the grueling, three-week-long, 2,700-mile bike race wears a yellow jersey. Yellow also signifies a semina... Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/06/04/cycling.ullrich/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/06/04/cycling.ullrich/index.htmlFormer Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich of Germany has dropped a strong hint that he will retire from professional cycling within the next two years.Sun, 04 Jun 2006 15:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/05/28/cycling.giro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/05/28/cycling.giro/index.htmlItaly's Ivan Basso became firm favorite for this year's Tour de France after dominating the Giro d'Italia that ended in Milan on Sunday.Sun, 28 May 2006 16:42:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/26/magazines/fortune/peloton_greatteams_fortune_0612/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/26/magazines/fortune/peloton_greatteams_fortune_0612/index.htmYellow has a mixed history in the Tour de France.Fri, 26 May 2006 20:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/05/13/cycling.giro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/05/13/cycling.giro/index.htmlBelgium's Rik Verbrugghe won the 236km seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia from Cesena to Saltara.Sat, 13 May 2006 16:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/05/09/cycling.petacchi/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/05/09/cycling.petacchi/index.htmlItalian rider Alessandro Petacchi has had an operation on the left kneecap he fractured in a crash during last Monday's stage of the Giro d'Italia.Tue, 09 May 2006 10:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/04/30/cycling.ullrich/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/04/30/cycling.ullrich/index.htmlGermany's Jan Ullrich has confirmed he will take part in the three-week long Giro d'Italia starting on Saturday.Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/04/09/cycling.roubaix/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/04/09/cycling.roubaix/index.htmlSwitzerland's Fabian Cancellara has won the Paris-Roubaix classic ahead of Belgian pair Leif Hoste and Peter van Petegem, who were both later disqualified.Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:48:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/04/02/cycling.boonen/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/04/02/cycling.boonen/index.htmlWorld champion Tom Boonen of Belgium won the 90th Tour of Flanders, the second one-day classic of the Pro Tour season.Sun, 02 Apr 2006 14:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/03/25/cycling.belgium/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/03/25/cycling.belgium/index.htmlBelgium's world road race champion Tom Boonen outsprinted breakaway companion Alessandro Ballan to win his third Harelbeke Grand Prix one-day race in a row.Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/11/12/italy.giro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/11/12/italy.giro/index.htmlThe 2006 Giro d'Italia will start and feature four stages in Belgium before heading for tough mountain stages in the Dolomites and Western Alps, organizers revealed on Saturday.Sat, 12 Nov 2005 18:21:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/07/31/cycling.zabel/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/07/31/cycling.zabel/index.htmlGermany's Erik Zabel is quitting the T-Mobile cycling team, the veteran star announced after finishing out of the leading positions in the latest round of the ProTour in Hamburg.Sun, 31 Jul 2005 16:47:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/07/18/cycling.hondo/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/07/18/cycling.hondo/index.htmlGerman rider Danilo Hondo has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport against his two-year doping ban.Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/07/14/cycling.boonen/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/07/14/cycling.boonen/index.htmlSprint leader Tom Boonen has pulled out of the Tour de France after crashing in Wednesday's 12th stage and the Belgian's green jersey goes to Norway's Thor Hushovd.Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/06/10/cycling.dauphine/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/06/10/cycling.dauphine/index.htmlAxel Merckx once again stepped out of his father's shadow to win a tough 219km fifth stage of the Dauphine Libere.Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:08:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/06/07/pf/tourdefrance/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/06/07/pf/tourdefrance/index.htmSALEM, Ore. (CNN/Money) - In less than a month Lance Armstrong will chase an unprecedented seventh straight victory of the Tour de France, the 21-day bike race covering 2,241 miles in France.Tue, 07 Jun 2005 13:49:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/06/01/cycling.hamilton/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/06/01/cycling.hamilton/index.htmlOlympic cycling time-trial gold medalist Tyler Hamilton has appealed to world sport's top tribunal to overturn a two year ban for blood doping imposed last year.Wed, 01 Jun 2005 15:47:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/05/25/cycling.giro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/05/25/cycling.giro/index.htmlChristophe Le Mevel took a small breakaway group by surprise to win the 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia at the seaside resort of Varazze on Tuesday.Wed, 25 May 2005 15:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/05/22/cycling.catalonia/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/05/22/cycling.catalonia/index.htmlUkrainian Yaroslav Popovych coasted through a trouble free seventh and final stage to win the Tour of Catalonia.Sun, 22 May 2005 13:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/04/18/cycling.armstrong/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/04/18/cycling.armstrong/index.htmlRecord six-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong said on Monday he would quit professional cycling after this year's Tour in July.Mon, 18 Apr 2005 19:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/04/13/cycling.pena/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/04/13/cycling.pena/index.htmlColumbian mountain specialist Victor Hugo Pena says he may miss the Tour de France after injuring his back while falling before Sunday's Paris-Roubaix.Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/03/27/cycling.julich/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/03/27/cycling.julich/index.htmlAmerican Bobby Julich maintained his superb start to the cycling season with victory in the prestigious Criterium International event.Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:48:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/02/16/cycling.armstrong/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/02/16/cycling.armstrong/index.htmlAmerican cycling superstar Lance Armstrong has confirmed that he will be taking part in this year's Tour de France as he bids for an unprecedented seventh win in a row.Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/01/03/cycling.phonak/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/01/03/cycling.phonak/index.htmlTroubled Swiss cycling team Phonak have parted company with their team manager and sporting director after a season blighted by doping incidents.Mon, 03 Jan 2005 18:04:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/10/01/cycling.cioni/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/10/01/cycling.cioni/index.htmlItalian Dario Cioni, one of the 10 team members set to help in Paolo Bettini's bid to win the world championship title, has been replaced after returning an abnormal blood test.Fri, 01 Oct 2004 17:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/09/04/cycling.spain/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/09/04/cycling.spain/index.htmlThe all-conquering U.S. Postal squad left arch-rival T-Mobile trailing to win the opening team time trial stage of the Tour of Spain (La Vuelta) cycle race on Saturday.Sat, 04 Sep 2004 15:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/07/25/tour.armstrong/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/07/25/tour.armstrong/index.htmlLance Armstrong created Tour de France history with his sixth consecutive victory as the 2004 edition finished with the customary sprint finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.Sun, 25 Jul 2004 15:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/07/17/cycling.hamilton/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/07/17/cycling.hamilton/index.htmlTyler Hamilton, one of the favorites to prevent Lance Armstrong from winning a sixth Tour de France, dropped out of the race during Saturday's 13th stage.Sat, 17 Jul 2004 11:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/06/29/cycling.tour/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/06/29/cycling.tour/index.htmlGerman cyclist Fabian Wegmann will enter his first Tour de France starting on Saturday, replacing the injured Markus Zberg in the Gerolsteiner team.Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/06/12/cycling.france/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/06/12/cycling.france/index.htmlFormer mountain bike world champion Michael Rasmussen has won the sixth stage of the Dauphine Libere after breaking away from the start.Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/06/06/cycling.tour/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/06/06/cycling.tour/index.htmlGermany's Patrik Sinkewitz won the Tour of Germany on Sunday with 1997 Tour de France winnner Jan Ullrich trailing by 59 seconds in seventh place.Sun, 06 Jun 2004 16:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/04/29/cycling.kelme/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/04/29/cycling.kelme/index.htmlSpanish cycling team Kelme's future is in jeopardy after the Giro d'Italia followed the example of the Tour de France and barred them from this year's race .Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:49:00 EDT