Italian cyclist Matteo Priamo was banned for four years Thursday for supplying doping products to a teammate. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Priamo last year provided the endurance-booster CERA to CSF Group Navigare teammate Emanuele Sella, who cooperated with authorities and served a one-year ban. Priamo cannot race until February 2013. The Italian Olympic committee appealed to CAS after its own anti-doping tribunal cleared the 27-year-old Priamo for lack of evidence. "Sella... Read Full Story
(Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Europe) About Lance Armstrong Tour de France Records He won the Tour de France a record-breaking seven consecutive years, from 1999 to 2005. He is the only individual to win seven times, having broken the previous record of five wins . Cancer Survivor In 1996, at age 25, Armstrong was diagnosed with testicular cancer. The cancer had spread to his lungs, abdomen and brain. He successfully treated the cancer and returned to competitive racing. Lance... Read Full Story
Lance Armstrong attends the press conference of the 100th Edition of Milano - San Remo cycle race at Castello Sforzesco on March 20, 2009 in Milan, Italy. The Milano -Sanremo is the most important cycle race in Italy and is called "La Classicissima" and "The spring classic". (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Lance Armstrong (Getty Images) more pics » Lance Armstrong says he's capable of winning an eighth Tour de France but is ready, if necessary, to put... Read Full Story
Lance Armstrong is going to gave to get past Alberto Contador if he hopes to pull off the miracle and win another Tour de France - and as of today, that doesn't seem very likely. Race leader Alberto Contador of Spain and Astana rides towards victory on stage 18 of the 2009 Tour de France, a 40km Time Trial around Lake Annecy, on July 7, 2009 in Annecy, France. (Getty Images) more pics » "Now I am more comfortable going ahead toward the GC," Alberto Contador said after the today's stage of... Read Full Story
This is a SingleTrack and YFrog photo of Lance Armstrong competing in the 2009 Leadville 100. Lance won the event and set a new course record. Lance Armstrong won the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race today in record time. He defeated six-time defending champion Dave Wiens with a winning time of 6 hours, 28 minutes, 50 seconds. David Wiens held the previous record of 6:45:45. Over 1,400 bikers took part in the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race today, in Leadville Colorado . The Leadville... Read Full Story
Alberto Contador is the 2009 Tour de France champion.
Cycling and Tour de France rare memorabilia and collectibles can be found here with cycling advice. There are many different kinds of collectibles you can purchase to commemorate the Tour de France. Currently, on this page, there is a great example of this. Shown here is a stamp collection commemorating Alberto Contador’s 2009 Tour de France victory, and it is a great memorabilia item for you to collect to celebrate the... Read Full Story
American cyclist Lance Armstrong won this year's Leadville 100 mountain bike race in Leadville, CO. Armstrong set a new course record. The Leadville 100 is quickly becoming the premiere mountain bike race of the year. The Colorado-based event started in 1994 and has gained a worldwide following as riders such as Floyd Landis and Lance Armstrong joined the competition. The race covers 100 miles of mountainous trail. This year's race was dominated by Lance Armstrong. Lance finished in... Read Full Story
PARIS (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong's RadioShack team has been granted a ProTour license that guarantees the American outfit entry into next year's Tour de France, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Friday. "Following the examination of a request received, the License Commission has awarded a four-year UCI ProTour license for the period 2010 to 2013 to Team RadioShack (USA)," the UCI said in a statement. Seven times champion Armstrong, announced the creation of RadioShack during... Read Full Story
MILAN (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong is expected to miss next May's Giro d'Italia after announcing he will race in the Tour of California. "I've decided to ride the Tour of California in 2010," the American told Twitter (http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong). The Tour of California starts on May 16 while the Giro, the world's second-biggest stage race, begins on May 8 in Amsterdam. The full route for next year's Giro will be announced on Saturday. Armstrong raced this year's Giro for the first... Read Full Story
LA GRANJA, Spain (Reuters) - Double Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is unsure which team he will be racing for in 2010 and said on Friday that his current team Astana was in poor shape for next season. "I'm very worried about the team, I have a lot of doubts about its strength as a squad," the Spaniard told a news conference in La Granja at the finish of stage 19 of the Tour of Spain, which he is not taking part in. "And we can't sit down and discuss this all because right now it's... Read Full Story
