Cycling
Lance Armstrong finishes second in Panama Ironman
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealander Bevan Docherty says he was snubbed by Lance Armstrong after winning the Panama half ironman on Sunday and knocking the seven-time Tour de France winner into second place in his first professional triathlon.
Date: 02/13/2012 | Sports
1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich receives two-year ban
GENEVA -- Sport's highest court banned 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich for two years on Thursday and stripped him of his third-place finish in the 2005 race for blood doping.
Date: 02/09/2012 | Sports
WADA urges Feds to hand over Armstrong info
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday urged U.S. federal authorities to quickly hand over evidence collected in their lengthy probe into seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and doping in American cycling.
Date: 02/07/2012 | Sports
Contador may appeal doping ban, won't retire
MADRID -- Alberto Contador vowed Tuesday to return to the pinnacle of cycling, maintaining his innocence in the face of a two-year doping ban that stripped the Spanish star of his 2010 Tour de France title.
Date: 02/07/2012 | Sports
Prosecutors close Lance Armstrong inquiry, no charges
LOS ANGELES -- 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.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Sports
CAS completes hearing into Contador doping case
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Sport's highest court completed a four-day hearing into Alberto Contador's doping case on Thursday, and the Spanish rider must now wait until early next year to find out if he will be stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title.
Date: 11/24/2011 | Sports
Tour de France to start in Corsica
PARIS — Organizers say the Tour de France will start in Corsica for the 100th edition of the race in 2013.It will be the first time the race visits the French island.
Date: 11/24/2011 | Sports
Around the County
Monroe: Comment on county parksSnohomish County's parks department plans to host the first of three open-house meetings about its parks tonight at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe.
Date: 08/15/2011 | Local News
Schleck wins stage at Tour de France; Voeckler leads
LE MONETIER-LES-BAINS, France -- Andy Schleck led a daring attack in the Alps to win the 18th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, putting him within seconds of the yellow jersey and quashing Alberto Contador's hopes of a fourth title.
Date: 07/22/2011 | Sports
Tour leader has mishaps, loses time
PINEROLO, Italy -- Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway won the 17th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, the first of three days in the Alps, while Thomas Voeckler retained the yellow jersey but lost time after riding off course on the final descent.
Date: 07/21/2011 | Sports
Voeckler: In yellow, but 'zero' chance of Tour win
MONTPELLIER, France -- Thomas Voeckler kept up with the big Tour de France favorites in the mountains. He's had the yellow jersey for six days. And cycling experts such as Lance Armstrong think the Frenchman could even take the treasured shirt home when the race ends on July 24.
Date: 07/17/2011 | Sports
Vanendert takes 14th Tour de France stage, Voeckler remains in yellow
PLATEAU de BEILLE, France -- Belgium's Jelle Venendert won the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday as Thomas Voeckler produced another strong performance in the Pyrenees to hold on to the leader's yellow jersey.
Date: 07/16/2011 | Sports
Tour de France: Daunting climb awaits as riders approach Pyrenees
LOURDES, France -- The most grueling stage yet of the Tour de France looms in the Pyrenees in what promises to be the race's first major turning point."It's going to be one of the key days," two-time runner-up Cadel Evans said. "There'll be fireworks, don't worry."
Date: 07/16/2011 | Sports
Schleck brothers tag team Contador
LUZ-ARDIDEN, France -- Score one for the Schleck brothers -- Andy and Frank -- against defending champion Alberto Contador.
Date: 07/15/2011 | Sports
Can Contador's ailing knee handle today's climbs in the Tour de France?
LAVAUR, France -- Defending Tour de France champion Alberto Contador wants to show his rivals he is still the world's best climber when the race hits the Pyrenees today. It just depends whether his troublesome right knee lets him.
Date: 07/14/2011 | Sports
Sanchez wins Tour's 9th stage; Voeckler takes lead
SAINT-FLOUR, France -- Spain's Luis Leon Sanchez won the ninth stage of the Tour de France on a wild day of crashes, while France's Thomas Voeckler finished second to take the leader's yellow jersey from Thor Hushovd.
Date: 07/11/2011 | Sports
Contador and Schleck save energy at Tour
SUPER-BESSE, France — The attacks never came on the first mountain trek of the Tour de France, as defending champion Alberto Contador and his main rival Andy Schleck both held fire and let others contest victory during the eighth stage.
Date: 07/09/2011 | Sports
Tour de France photos
Gallery: Competition and gorgeous scenery on display
Date: 07/09/2011 | Sports
Tour de France cyclists reach the mountains
CHATEAUROUX, France -- Finally, the mountains.
Date: 07/08/2011 | Sports
Blinding, torrential rain lashes Tour riders
LISIEUX, France — Alberto Contador knew it made little sense to take risks on a day when blinding, torrential rain lashed riders in the Tour de France.
Date: 07/07/2011 | Sports
Cavendish wins Tour stage
Brajkovic breaks collarbone in crash-marred stage
Date: 07/06/2011 | Sports
Wenatchee's Farrar wins Tour de France stage
REDON, France — Two months ago, Wenatchee's Tyler Farrar was demoralized, sleeping 20 hours a day. He had even stopped riding, overcome by sorrow after his best friend died in a crash at the Giro d'Italia.
Date: 07/04/2011 | Sports
Hushovd takes yellow jersey in Tour de France
LES ESSARTS, France — Thor Hushovd of Norway captured the overall lead at the Tour de France on Sunday after his Garmin-Cervelo team won the time trial in the second stage of the race.
Date: 07/03/2011 | Sports
Belgium's Gilbert wins first stage of Tour de France
MONT DES ALOUETTES, France — Philippe Gilbert won the first stage of the Tour de France on Saturday to take the yellow jersey, while defending champion Alberto Contador lost more than a minute because of a late crash.
Date: 07/02/2011 | Sports
Contador vows to handle pressure at Tour
LES HERBIERS, France — Three-time champion Alberto Contador says he is mentally tough enough to defend his Tour de France title under the intense pressure and scrutiny of an ongoing doping case.
Date: 06/30/2011 | Sports
Leipheimer wins Tour of Switzerland
CHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland — Levi Leipheimer of the United States won the Tour of Switzerland on Sunday, overtaking Damiano Cunego of Italy in the final time trial.
Date: 06/19/2011 | Sports
French police pull over bike-riding Contador
PARIS — Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was pulled over by a French police officer on Wednesday for cycling in the descent of the Galibier pass in the Alps without lights.
Date: 06/15/2011 | Sports
Source: Swiss lab chief told feds of suspicious Armstrong test
LOS ANGELES — The director of the Swiss anti-doping laboratory informed federal authorities last fall that Lance Armstrong's test results from the 2001 Tour de Suisse were "suspicious" and "consistent with EPO use," The Associated Press has learned.
Date: 06/01/2011 | Sports
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