Latest News on Tour de France

Report: Doping investigation targets Armstrong team - Summary
Paris - The Paris public prosecutor's office has opened a preliminary investigation into doping after the discovery of a substantial amount of suspicious material during the running of this year's Tour de France, the daily Le Monde reported Tuesday o...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Report: UCI gives Armstrong team special Tour treatment - Summary
Paris - A report charges that Lance Armstrong's Astana cycling team was given special treatment by the International Cycling Union (UCI) during this year's Tour de France, the online edition of the daily Le Monde reported Monday. The daily cites a ...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Sports ]

UCI attacks AFLD as war of words escalates - Summary
Hamburg - The ruling cycling body UCI has threatened to sever its ties with the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) as partner for races in France over allegations that Lance Armstrong's Astana team received preferential treatment at the Tour de France....

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Sports ]

UCI attacks AFLD as war of words escalates
Hamburg - The ruling cycling body UCI has threatened to sever its ties with the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) as partner for races in France over allegations that Lance Armstrong's Astana team received preferential treatment at the Tour de France....

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Sports ]

Report: Doping investigation targets Arsmtrong team, others
Paris - The Paris public prosecutor's office has opened a preliminary investigation into doping after the discovery of a substantial amount of suspicious material during the running of this year's Tour de France, the daily Le Monde reported Tuesday o...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Sports ]

All 17 retests to 2008 Tour de France return negative results
Paris - The 17 retests of samples taken from the 2008 Tour de France were negative, the head of the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD), Pierre Bordry, said Wednesday. Our aim is not to find something (suspicious), Bordry told journalists in Paris. ...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Sports ]

Report: Armstrong team given special treatment by UCI during Tour
Paris - A report charges that Lance Armstrong's Astana cycling team was given special treatment by the International Cycling Union (UCI) during this year's Tour de France, the online edition of the daily Le Monde reported Monday. The daily cites a ...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Sports ]

Ullrich to talk about doping allegations at 'a given time'
Hamburg - Former Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich said on Tuesday in the wake of the latest doping allegations that he will give his view at a given time. Citing a police investigation report, Der Spiegel news magazine said that Ullrich went to M...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Sports ]

Ex-Tour winner Pereiro forced to undergo doping test in restaurant
Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Former Tour de France winner Oscar Pereiro was forced to undergo a doping control while on his way to the toilet in a restaurant. The 2006 Tour winner was stopped in view of other customers and subsequently required to...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Sports ]

Tour de France 2010 launched under doping suspicions
Paris - Organizers of the Tour de France presented Wednesday the course for next year's edition of the race as doping suspicions once again plagued the world's most prestigious cycling event. The 2010 Tour de France will start on July 3 in the Dutch ...

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