Tour de France

Dealing with doping: a question of the benchmark

euractiv.com     6 hrs ago          

Published: Thursday 21 August 2008 Carrying out regular drug tests over time to amass "longitudinal data" on athletes may help improve the accuracy of testing, argues a July 2008 analysis compiled by economics consultancy...                    

Cadel Evans to miss the Vuelta

iht.com     12 hrs ago   1 related          

Cadel Evans of Australia will miss the Spanish Vuelta because of an injury he picked up while celebrating his second place finish in last month's Tour de France. The Silence-Lotto cycling team said Evans' knee injury was "more...                    

Record-breaker Hoy hoping to inspire future golden years

independent.co.uk     yesterday   5 related          

In becoming the first Briton in 100 years to take three gold medals in a single Olympics Chris Hoy has rocketed to celebrity status with a capital C. But the Scotsman also wants his sport - so long confined to a minority in...                    

Roche wins Tour of Limousin stage 1

rte.ie     yesterday   1 related          

Irish cyclist Nicolas Roche, who rides for Credit Agricole, won the first stage of the Tour of Limousin in France. Roche, 24, the son of cycling legend Stephen Roche who won the Tour de France and the Giro D'Italia, powered to...                    

Pictured: Double Olympic champion, Bradley Wiggins, with his first bike at the age of two

dailymail.co.uk     Aug 19, 2008   94 related          

When Briton Bradley Wiggins attempts to rewrite British Olympic history today, he will be riding a machine that took a decade to design and millions of pounds to develop. His first bicycle, a Christmas present, cost just a few...                    

Rwanda: Niyonshuti Keeps Ahead of Tour Rivals

allafrica.com     Aug 19, 2008   2 related          

Posted to the web 19 August 2008 Julius Mbaraga Kigali Adrien Niyonshuti kept his lead intact yesterday after winning stage four (Huye-Karongi) of this year's Tour de Rwanda. The 21-year-old clocked 3 hours, 56 minutes and 52...                    

Cycling: Roulston settles for two medals as Argentina surprise

apn.co.nz     Aug 19, 2008   2 related          

After failing to scale any great heights at the Laoshan Velodrome, Greg Henderson signalled his intention to take a sabbatical from track cycling in a bid to tackle the Tour de France. Henderson and Hayden Roulston finished...                    

Hoy claims historic Olympic gold hat-trick

metro.co.uk     Aug 19, 2008   91 related          

Hoy and mighty: The flying Scot celebrates his third gold medal Chris Hoy has become the first British athlete to claim three gold medals in a single Olympics after beating team-mate Jason Kenny in the men's sprint - making it...                    

Freedom of Douglas for Cavendish

bbc.co.uk     Aug 19, 2008          

Cavendish is the first Brit to win four stages of the Tour de France Manx Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish has been awarded the freedom of the borough of his home town of Douglas. Douglas Borough Council said the decision had...                    

Born Yesterday writer at festival

bbc.co.uk     Aug 19, 2008          

An author who wrote last summer's news as a novel and another who went in search of a sporting superstar will appear at the Inverness Book Festival. Gordon Burn covered the Blair-Brown prime ministerial handover, Glasgow...                    

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