Sabotage mars stage 14 of Tour de France
July 16th, 2012 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, July 16 (IANS) Sabotage in the form of tacks thrown on the road during the day's final climb marred stage 14 of the Tour de France, leaving more than ... Read more...
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Olympic cycling champion Sanchez crashes out of Tour, Olympics
July 8th, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, July 8 (IANS) Samuel Sanchez, who won the gold medal in the men's cycling road race in the Beijing Olympic Games four years ago, crashed midway through the eighth ... Read more...
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Real Madrid extend Leon loan to Getafe
June 30th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, June 30 (IANS) Spanish side Real Madrid confirmed the club has extended the loan of midfielder Pedro Leon to Getafe for a further season.Talented right sided midfielder Leon, joined ... Read more...
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Three Dutch teams to compete in Tour de France
June 21st, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
The Hague, June 21 (IANS) Dutch cycling teams Vacansoleil, Rabobank and Argos this week announced their squad and goals for the Tour de France, which starts June 30 in Liege, ... Read more...
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Lance Armstrong: Random Drug Tested, Illness Causes Setback
April 8th, 2010 - 2:18 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 07 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Seven time Tour de France champion, Lance Armstrong competed for the first time on Tuesday in mainland France. He was called in for a random drug test after ... Read more...
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Stage nine of Tour de France gets underway
July 12th, 2009 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Saint-Gaudens, France, July 12 (DPA) The ninth stage of the 2009 Tour de France got underway Sunday in the Pyrenean city of Saint-Gaudens with Italian Rinaldo Nocentini still the surprise leader of ... Read more...
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Cyclist Beltran out of Tour over doping
July 12th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Aurillac (France), July 12 (DPA) Cyclist Manuel Beltran was kicked out of the Tour de France by his Liquigas team after failing a doping test, just hours after fellow-Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez's ... Read more...
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