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Created by dipity on Mar 23, 2009
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...3 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped an investigation centered on whether seven-time Tour De France champion Lance Armstrong and his teammates cheated the sponsor of their bike racing team with a secret doping program. The decision means that...
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...(Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped an investigation centred on whether seven-time Tour De France champion Lance Armstrong and his teammates cheated the sponsor of their bike racing team with a secret doping program. U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte...
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...3 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped an investigation centered on whether seven-time Tour De France champion Lance Armstrong and his teammates cheated the sponsor of their bike racing team with a secret doping program. U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte...
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...allegations of federal criminal conduct by members and associates of a professional bicycle racing team owned in part by Lance Armstrong.” He didn't disclose the reason for the decision. The pronouncement comes after a pair of less-than-successful cases against...
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...ANGELES (AP) – Federal prosecutors closed their investigation of Lance Armstrong without charging him over allegations he used performance-enhancing drugs Friday, ending a nearly two-year effort aimed at examining whether a doping program was created to keep...
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...summer when prosecutors showed jurors inadmissible evidence. LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors closed their investigation of Lance Armstrong without charging him over allegations he used performance-enhancing drugs today, ending an almost two-year effort examining...
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...prosecutors dropped their investigation of Lance Armstrong on Friday, ending a nearly two-year effort aimed at determining whether the seven-time Tour de France winner and his teammates participated in a doping program. Armstrong has steadfastly denied he...
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...ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors dropped their investigation of Lance Armstrong on Friday, ending a nearly two-year effort aimed at determining whether the seven-time Tour de France winner and his teammates participated in a doping program. Armstrong has...
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...Hamilton told the programme. I saw him inject it more than one time like we all did, like I did many, many times. Fall out: Lance Armstrong (left) and George Hincapie toast with champagne during the start of the 21st stage of the 2005 Tour de France. Now,...
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...Minutes" has learned that at least three of Lance Armstrong's former teammates - including one of his closest, George Hincapie - have told federal authorities they used banned substances and saw Armstrong use them as well. The Scott Pelley team's investigation...
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...with publishers," Armstrong attorney Mark Fabiani said. "But greed and a hunger for publicity cannot change the facts: Lance Armstrong is the most tested athlete in the history of sports: He has passed nearly 500 tests over twenty years of competition." A...
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...his chances with publishers," Fabiani said in a statement. "But greed and a hunger for publicity cannot change the facts: Lance Armstrong is the most tested athlete in the history of sports: He has passed nearly 500 tests over twenty years of competition." Hamilton...
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Leaf Chronicle
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...Armstrong's former teammate Tyler Hamilton claims he saw the embattled seven-time Tour de France winner use EPO the first year he won the race in 1999, CBS News reported today. Source: AP LANCE Armstrong's former teammate Tyler...
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The Australian
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...former teammate of perhaps the world’s greatest cyclist, Lance Armstrong, says he used banned performance-enhancing substances with Armstrong to cheat in pro races, including the Tour de France, the sport’s ultimate event. For the first time, former Armstrong...
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...gave Barry Bonds, U.S. investigators are forging ahead in a separate drug-related case against another superstar athlete — Lance Armstrong. In France, where Armstrong became famous by winning the Tour de France seven straight times, officials received a request...
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Deseret News
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...Armstrong stories in the SI Vault Breaking Away Lance Armstrong of the U.S. is the world cycling champ. Now he's eyeing a bigger prize. Tour De Armstrong America's Lance Armstrong sets his sights on Olympic gold after a stirring win in the Tour DuPont. Heavenly...
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Sports Illustrated
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LOS ANGELES -- The Floyd Landis vs. Lance Armstrong battle of words took another step Friday when in his first television interview since admitting his own performance-enhancing drug use, Landis said that he saw his former cycling teammate and friend
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Huffington Post
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...meanwhile, was probably Armstrong's final chance to win one last stage at the event where he became a worldwide star. "Lance Armstrong is over in about four days," he said. His last Tour has been plagued by bad crashes and bad luck (an inopportune flat tire...
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Los Angeles Times
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...for-him and against-him factions. But, regardless of which side of the room you're on, you've got to acknowledge that Lance Armstrong earned his single-name recognition through effort and by overcoming challenges. Like much about Armstrong's career, his decision...
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Austin American-Statesman
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...Lance Armstrong's talents extend far beyond his bike. He has parlayed his incredible athletic skills -- including a record seven-consecutive Tour De France victories -- and reputation as a tenacious, gracious cancer-survivor into a global brand that continues...
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Daily Finance
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/investing/the-lance-armstrong-brand-is-as-strong-as-ever/19544158/
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...as a has-been or a hero, Armstrong is back to take the Tour — the "Tour de Lance" that is. Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong trains on July 1, 2010 in Ridderkerk, Netherlands. The 97th running of the Tour de France starts Saturday in Rotterdam....
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Global Post
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...officials, too, for not inviting his team to participate in the race. "I certainly understand that my revealing that Lance Armstrong has relied on blood doping, EPO, and anabolics to win the three Tours de France in which I helped him will jeopardize your...
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...Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong of involvement in doping, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Cyclists Lance Armstrong (left) and Floyd Landis riding in the Tour of the Algarve race in February 2004. (AP Photo/Miguel Riopa) Lance Armstrong...
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...Armstrong dismissed claims by Floyd Landis that Armstrong had been involved in dopingTags: Cycling Lance Armstrong dismissed claims by Floyd Landis that Armstrong had been involved in dopingTags: Cycling T.J. Quinn talks about Floyd Landis admitting to PED...
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...Visalia a few miles into the race on Thursday. One rider in the main group skidded on gravel and fell. Others, including Lance Armstrong, crashed. Armstrong's left eye looked swollen, and his left cheek was bloody. At the same time, earlier in the day, Lance...
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...Johan Bruyneel, the man who directed Armstrong to his record seven consecutive Tour victories. Lance Armstrong (R) of Team Radio Shack and teammate Levi Leipheimer (L) address the media during a press conference prior to the 2010 Tour of California at the...
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...successfully sent. Sports Writer Samantha Lane gives a rundown of the upcoming Tour Down Under in Adelaide. Cycling stars Lance Armstrong and Robbie McEwen took over the coastal Adelaide roads this morning with their impromptu social ride. Using the social...
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The Age
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Lance Armstrong is known for being a cancer survivor, a winner of multiple Tours de France and a serial dater of blonde celebrities including Kate Hudson, Tory Burch, Ashley Olsen and Sheryl Crow. But there’s another side to the famously intense athlete
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New York Post
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...2010) as a cyclist, runner and triathlete in events around the globe, which will include the 2010 Tour de France. Lance Armstrong truly is a man who just won't give up. John Wilcockson has written for Outside and Men’s Journal, among other publications. He...
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Basil & Spice
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ASPEN, Colorado — Lance Armstrong may have his day in Aspen after all.
Although there was dissension among Aspen City Council members Monday regarding Mayor Mick Ireland's suggestion that the community honor the seven-time Tour de France winner and can
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The Vail Trail
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Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador (r.) will go their separate ways as they prepare to battle in next year's Tour de France.
Third place finish has Armstrong seeing yellow.
After his performance in this year's Tour de France, how do you think Lance
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New York Daily News
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...Levi Leipheimer will lead a large entourage of cycling's finest riders in the inaugural Tour of Missouri. On September 9th, Lance Armstrong announced his intentions to come out of retirement and race for an unprecedented 8th victory in the Tour de France....
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ANNECY, France -- Alberto Contador all but assured his second Tour de France victory Thursday, winning the race's final time trial while Lance Armstrong struggled with fatigue but moved up one spot to third place.
Contador, Armstrong's Astana
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Title: LANCE: The Making of the World's Greatest Champion
Author: John Wilcockson
Publisher: Da Capo
Pages: 384
Order: HERE
What is it? Comprehensive retelling of the Lance Armstrong Story.
Strengths: Incredibly thorough, well-sourced, well-written;
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Podium Cafe
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LE GRAND-BORNAND, France -- Lance Armstrong couldn't stay in the front during the final Alpine stage in the Tour de France, so he played faithful teammate for Alberto Contador instead.
When all was said and done in Wednesday's Stage 17, the 26-year-old
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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BESANCON, France -- Lance Armstrong was unfazed about slipping to fourth place at the Tour de France. Instead, he was riled that his former lieutenant, George Hincapie, was deprived of the yellow jersey allegedly by a rival U.S. team.
Hincapie, the
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Few sportsmen of comparable global standing have divided opinion quite like Lance Armstrong. Pele, Muhammad Ali, Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Don Bradman, Jesse Owens. These are people whose greatness is a matter of complete consensus. But Armstrong?
Let
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The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/lance-armstrong-the-worlds-greatest-champion-by-john-wilcockson-1749290.html
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VITTEL, France -- Lance Armstrong is ready to climb again, ready to leave the main pack of the Tour de France after days of flat riding that belonged to sprinters.
After three days of sitting back as others challenged for stage wins, the worst thing to
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The Newark Advocate
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The only thing bigger than the Alps in the Tour de France is Lance Armstrong's ego.
Whether he can channel his ambition to his advantage or whether it will prove to be his undoing -- and his team's -- will be the most fascinating psychological drama of
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1145389.html
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After an uneventful week, the Tour de France will start separating the sprinters from the climbers during Friday's 13th stage with three serious ascents from Vittel to Colmar. The toughest of the three climbs is the brutal Col du Platzerwasel, an 8.7
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Orlando Sentinel
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Lance Armstrong plays it cool Wednesday to remain third overall in the Tour de France.
It was another triumphant day for Mark Cavendish, as the British cyclist won his second straight stage and fourth in this year's Tour de France, while seven-time
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New York Daily News
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2009-07-15 07:16:01 -
ISSOUDUN, France (AP) - After taunting his rival and teammate Alberto Contador for more than a week, Lance Armstrong may have realized that too much rivalry could ruin his quest for an eighth Tour de France win.
The
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LIMOGES, France -- Alberto Contador is playing down tensions between him and Lance Armstrong, a rivalry that has left a glaring unresolved issue at the Tour de France: Astana's leadership remains in question while these former champions vie for the
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ESPN
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Armstrong is trying to regain his preeminence at 37, Contador is impatient for recognition at 26, and they are both on the same Astana team. No matter who wins -- and it's conceivable both could lose -- Armstrong's nagging ability to remain in
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The Washington Post
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ARCALIS, Andorra (AP) -- Lance Armstrong dropped one spot to third place in the Tour de France on Friday, with rival and teammate Alberto Contador breaking away in the final sprint up the mountain to claim second.
Italy's Rinaldo Nocentini captured the
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Sports Illustrated
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/more/07/10/tour.de.france.ap/index.html?eref=si_latest
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...this whole post to another site The ad you see here is the new Lance Armstrong spot for Nike, which would be merely standard-issue, inspiromatic marketing schlock if it didn't come so creepily close to suggesting that to criticize Lance now is to somehow enable...
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Deadspin
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In a way, he has won already, establishing at 37 that he can shake off a 3 1/2-year absence and immediately commandeer our attention at the Tour de France. But if this comeback once focused on his crusade against cancer, it's now about the unthinkable.
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AOL Sports
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Lance Armstrong, riding for Astana, today begins his first Tour de France in four years. In 2005, Armstrong won the last of his seven consecutive Tour titles.
BAS CZERWINSKI Associated Press
PARIS Stopped only by world wars since its debut in 1903,
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Sacramento Bee
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JULY 2, 2009 -- Alberto Contador of Spain (second from left), the 2007 Tour de France winner, and teammate Lance Armstrong (center), seven-time winner, participate in a training session Thursday in Monaco, two days ahead of the start of the 96th
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Lance Armstrong leads the pack en
route to winning the Nevada City
Classic in California on June 21.
Armstrong has built a home in Aspen
and has been training in the
Rockies for the 2009 Tour de
France. (Robert Durell, The Associated Press)
ASPEN — The
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