- UCI chief says Spain is by far cycling's major doping problem News
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) _ Spain's government and the nationalfederation are not doing enough to contain cycling's drug culture,the leader of the sport's world g
- Daniele Bennati wins 17th stage of doping tainted Tour de France News
CASTELSARRASIN, France (AP) _ Daniele Bennati of Italy won the17th stage of the Tour de France and Alberto Contador of Spainbecame the new overall leader Thursd
- Vinokourov tests positive for banned blood transfusion, team quits Tour News
PAU, France (AP) _ Tour de France rider Alexandre Vinokourovtested positive for a banned blood transfusion after winning lastweekend's time trial, prompting his
- Alessandro Petacchi cleared of doping by Italian cycling federation News
ROME (AP) _ Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi was cleared ofdoping charges Tuesday by his national federation, which ruled thathe used an asthma drug for legi
- Vinokourov wins 15th stage of Tour de France in second day in Pyrenees News
LOUDENVIELLE-LE LOURON, France (AP) _ Alexandre Vinokourov turnedin a determined ride to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France onMonday as Michael Rasmussen
- Tour leader admits error in drug testing rules after expulsion from team News
MONTPELLIER, France (AP) _ Tour de France leader MichaelRasmussen acknowledged Friday that he made an ``administrativeerror'' involving drug-testing rules that
- German chancellor turns down request to meet cyclist Jan Ullrich News
BERLIN (AP) _ German Chancellor Angela Merkel has turned down arequest to meet with disgraced cyclist Jan Ullrich, who retired fromthe sport earlier this year a