http://www.mail.com/subjects/19576-tour-de-france.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/19576-tour-de-france.html http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2086616-tour-de-france-final-frontier-kick-bikers.html SUMAVA MOUNTAINS, Czech Republic (AP) — A joke over beer could turn into a defining moment for a new sport when an international team of six men attempt to mark the 100th edition of the Tour de France by covering the entire distance on kick bikes. Kick bikes have no pedals, but the sturdy riders say that a combination of passion and great fitness - and no... Wed, 15 May 2013 07:26:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2086616-tour-de-france-final-frontier-kick-bikers.html 2013-05-15T07:26:55Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2058436-wiggins-doping-case-spotlight-giro-starts.html NAPLES, Italy (AP) — With cycling again shadowed by doping, Bradley Wiggins begins his possible attempt Saturday to accomplish that rarest of doubles — victories in the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in the same year. The Briton followed his Tour de France triumph last year by winning the gold medal in the time trial at his home London Olympics. Now... Thu, 02 May 2013 17:01:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2058436-wiggins-doping-case-spotlight-giro-starts.html 2013-05-02T17:01:15Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2040404-justice-armstrong-was-unjustly-enriched.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The federal government is going after Lance Armstrong's money. As much as it can get. The Justice Department unveiled its formal complaint against Armstrong on Tuesday, saying the cyclist violated his contract with the U.S. Postal Service and was "unjustly enriched" while cheating to win the Tour de France. The gov... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:23:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2040404-justice-armstrong-was-unjustly-enriched.html 2013-04-24T07:23:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039058-lemond-no-vendetta-armstrong.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond says he has "no vendetta" against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong and hopes professional cycling can clean up its sport. LeMond spoke Monday night at a University of Texas symposium on doping in sports. Despite more than a decade of clashes with Armstrong in a feud that he said pushed him... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:23:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039058-lemond-no-vendetta-armstrong.html 2013-04-23T14:23:02Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2028176-lance-armstrong-manager-hails-cyclings-new-era.html LONDON (AP) — Lance Armstrong's former team manager believes cycling has entered a new era after months of controversy, much of it provoked by the disgraced former seven-time Tour de France winner. In his first website posting since August, when the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency alleged massive doping by Armstrong's Tour de France teams, Johan Bruyneel wrote on... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:25:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2028176-lance-armstrong-manager-hails-cyclings-new-era.html 2013-04-18T14:25:45Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2002956-armstrong-asks-court-to-dismiss-sca-lawsuit.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lance Armstrong has asked a Texas court to dismiss a lawsuit by a Dallas promotions company seeking repayment of more than $12 million in bonuses paid for winning the Tour de France. SCA Promotions sued Armstrong and his manager, Bill Stapleton, in state district court in Dallas in February. It contends Armstrong committed fraud by us... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 21:28:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2002956-armstrong-asks-court-to-dismiss-sca-lawsuit.html 2013-04-06T21:28:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1908574-us-joins-fraud-lawsuit-lance-armstrong.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department joined a lawsuit Friday against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong that alleges the former seven-time Tour de France champion concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs and defrauded his longtime sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service. The lawsuit alleges that riders on the postal service-sponsored team, including A... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:42:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1908574-us-joins-fraud-lawsuit-lance-armstrong.html 2013-02-22T22:42:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1907450-usada-lobbied-doj-to-join-lawsuit.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency lobbied Attorney General Eric Holder for the Justice Department to join a whistle-blower lawsuit against Lance Armstrong on the same day the cyclist confessed in an interview to performance-enhancing drug use. USADA chief executive Travis Tygart wrote Holder on Jan. 14, urging him to join the ci... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:52:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1907450-usada-lobbied-doj-to-join-lawsuit.html 2013-02-22T04:52:24Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1903038-armstrong-wont-interview-with-usada.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lance Armstrong will not do a tell-all interview under oath with the agency that exposed his performance-enhancing drug use and took his seven Tour de France titles. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency had told Armstrong he would have to reveal all knows about doping in cycling — a process officials expected would take several days — if he wa... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:33:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1903038-armstrong-wont-interview-with-usada.html 2013-02-20T20:33:52Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1901840-tyler-hamilton-discloses-doping-payments-to-doctor.html MADRID (AP) — Cyclist Tyler Hamilton told a Spanish court Tuesday he paid tens of thousands of dollars a year for doping to the doctor at the heart of the Operation Puerto scandal. Hamilton told Judge Julia Santamaria by video he used blood doping about 15 times and also bought the blood booster EPO, testosterone, growth hormone and insulin from defendant... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:31:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1901840-tyler-hamilton-discloses-doping-payments-to-doctor.html 2013-02-19T22:31:41Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1875322-armstrong-sued-12-bonus.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Dallas promotions company sued Lance Armstrong on Thursday, demanding he repay $12 million in bonuses and fees it paid him for winning the Tour de France. SCA Promotions had tried in a 2005 legal dispute over the bonuses to prove Armstrong cheated to win before it ultimately settled and paid him. Armstrong recently acknowledged usin... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1875322-armstrong-sued-12-bonus.html 2013-02-07T20:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1859232-danish-cyclist-rasmussen-admits-to-doping.html HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Danish rider Michael Rasmussen admitted Thursday that he took performance-enhancing drugs for more than a decade, the latest cyclist to acknowledge doping since Lance Armstrong's confession this month. Rasmussen, a climbing specialist who won stage victories in the Tour de France and Spanish Vuelta, said he took testosterone and gr... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1859232-danish-cyclist-rasmussen-admits-to-doping.html 2013-01-31T14:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1857660-frank-schleck-1-year-doping-sentence.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Cyclist Frank Schleck was suspended for a year Wednesday and will miss the Tour de France for using a banned substance on last year's Tour. Luxembourg anti-doping authorities backdated the suspension, sidelining Schleck until July 14 when the Tour enters its last week. Schleck, who finished third in the 2011 Tour, dropped out of the race l... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1857660-frank-schleck-1-year-doping-sentence.html 2013-01-30T21:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1853962-doctor-cyclists-used-doping.html MADRID (AP) — The doctor at the center of Spain's long-awaited Operation Puerto trial testified Tuesday that athletes from sports other than cycling used his blood-doping services. Eufemiano Fuentes said although the vast majority of those who approached him were cyclists, others came to him. He did not give any names. "There were sports people of all sor... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1853962-doctor-cyclists-used-doping.html 2013-01-29T20:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1843220-cyclings-doping-world-exposed-trial.html MADRID (AP) — Just days after Lance Armstrong's doping admission, cycling is set for more damaging revelations when the long-delayed Operation Puerto case finally goes to court in Spain. Seven years after Spanish investigators uncovered one of cycling's most sophisticated and widespread doping networks, some of its central figures will stand trial on Mond... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1843220-cyclings-doping-world-exposed-trial.html 2013-01-24T14:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1830460-anti-doping-officials-armstrong.html For anti-doping officials, Lance Armstrong's admission of cheating was only a start. Now they want him to give details — lots of them — to clean up his sport. Armstrong's much-awaited confession to Oprah Winfrey made for riveting television, but if the disgraced cyclist wants to take things further, it will involve several long days in meetings with anti-... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1830460-anti-doping-officials-armstrong.html 2013-01-18T18:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1830268-confession-lead-to-legal-woes-armstrong.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — By admitting to Oprah Winfrey that he doped during his professional cycling career, Lance Armstrong potentially opened himself up to a stream of litigation that could lighten his wallet for years. And then there's the big question: Will his mea culpa result in the reopening of a criminal investigation by the U.S. government? Some legal ... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1830268-confession-lead-to-legal-woes-armstrong.html 2013-01-18T17:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1829662-ioc-vp-armstrong-tell-whole-truth.html LONDON (AP) — Lance Armstrong's doping confession to Oprah Winfrey was "too little, too late" and failed to provide any new information that will help clean up the sport he tarnished through years of cheating, the vice president of the IOC said Friday. A day after stripping Armstrong of his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the IOC urged the dis... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1829662-ioc-vp-armstrong-tell-whole-truth.html 2013-01-18T16:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1829850-hamilton-armstrong-tell.html Tyler Hamilton recognized what he saw during Lance Armstrong's televised confession to doping. "He's broken. He's broken," Hamilton said in an interview Friday with The Associated Press. "I've never seen him even remotely like that. It doesn't please me to see that." Hamilton rode for Armstrong's U.S. Postal Service team during his first three Tour de Fra... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1829850-hamilton-armstrong-tell.html 2013-01-18T14:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1828862-armstrong-admits-doping-im-flawed-character.html CHICAGO (AP) — He did it. He finally admitted it. Lance Armstrong doped. He was light on the details and didn't name names. He mused that he might not have been caught if not for his comeback in 2009. And he was certain his "fate was sealed" when longtime friend, training partner and trusted lieutenant George Hincapie, who was along for the ride on all se... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1828862-armstrong-admits-doping-im-flawed-character.html 2013-01-18T12:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1828806-armstrong-admits-doping-to-oprah.html CHICAGO (AP) — He did it. He finally admitted it. Lance Armstrong doped. He was light on the details and didn't name names. He mused that he might not have been caught if not for his comeback in 2009. And he was certain his "fate was sealed" when longtime friend, training partner and trusted lieutenant George Hincapie, who was along for the ride on all se... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1828806-armstrong-admits-doping-to-oprah.html 2013-01-18T01:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1827124-lance-armstrong-stripped-olympic-bronze-medal.html LONDON (AP) — On the day he went public with an admission of doping after years of denials, Olympic officials disclosed one more embarrassment for Lance Armstrong: He was stripped of a bronze medal won at the 2000 Sydney Games. The International Olympic Committee sent a letter to Armstrong on Wednesday night asking him to return the medal, just as it said... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1827124-lance-armstrong-stripped-olympic-bronze-medal.html 2013-01-17T19:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1827196-ex-cycling-head-defends-money-link-to-lance-team.html WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) — The former president of cycling's governing body says there was no conflict of interest when he invested in a brokerage account later linked to Lance Armstrong's team owner. It was "cynical" for U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart to suggest to The Wall Street Journal that the business relationship "stinks to high heaven,"... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1827196-ex-cycling-head-defends-money-link-to-lance-team.html 2013-01-17T13:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1826670-lance-armstrong-left-all-table-with-oprah.html All the speculation is about to end. In a matter of hours, viewers can judge for themselves whether Lance Armstrong told the truth this time. Armstrong's confession to Oprah Winfrey about using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France a record seven times in a row will be televised at 9 p.m. Thursday, the first segment of a two-part special o... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1826670-lance-armstrong-left-all-table-with-oprah.html 2013-01-17T12:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1826942-ap-sources-ioc-strips-armstrong-olympic-medal.html LONDON (AP) — The IOC has stripped Lance Armstrong of his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics because of his involvement in doping, officials familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday. Two officials said the IOC sent a letter to Armstrong on Wednesday night asking him to return the medal. The move came after the International... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1826942-ap-sources-ioc-strips-armstrong-olympic-medal.html 2013-01-17T12:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1823918-armstrong-to-ap-people-decide-truth.html Lance Armstrong said viewers can judge for themselves how candid he was in his interview with Oprah Winfrey. "I left it all on the table with her and when it airs the people can decide," he said in a text message to The Associated Press. Armstrong responded to a report in the New York Daily News, citing an unidentified source, that he was not contrite whe... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1823918-armstrong-to-ap-people-decide-truth.html 2013-01-16T23:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1825428-uci-willing-to-offer-amnesty-with-wada.html LONDON (AP) — Following criticism of its investigation into the Lance Armstrong doping scandal, cycling's governing body says it is willing to offer amnesty to riders and officials who provide information to its independent panel on doping, as long as the process is in line with the world anti-doping code. The International Cycling Union has been under at... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1825428-uci-willing-to-offer-amnesty-with-wada.html 2013-01-16T19:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1821298-anti-doping-officials-want-armstrong-under-oath.html A televised confession by Lance Armstrong isn't enough. Anti-doping officials want the disgraced cyclist to admit his guilt under oath before considering whether to lift a lifetime ban clouding his future as a competitive athlete. That was seconded by at least one former teammate whom Armstrong pushed aside on his way to the top of the Tour de France podium. Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1821298-anti-doping-officials-want-armstrong-under-oath.html 2013-01-16T00:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1821010-ap-source-armstrong-tells-oprah-winfrey-doped.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lance Armstrong has finally come clean. After years of bitter and forceful denials, he offered a simple "I'm sorry" to friends and colleagues and then admitted he used performance-enhancing drugs during an extraordinary cycling career that included seven Tour de France victories. Armstrong confessed to doping durin... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1821010-ap-source-armstrong-tells-oprah-winfrey-doped.html 2013-01-15T07:25:00Z