You might not see your favorite rider on this list, but that’s just because they didn’t get caught. Here are some other names: Fausto Coppi, Eddy Merckx,  Jacques Anquetil, Marco Pantani, Levi Leipheimer, Bjarne Riis, Alberto Contador. Got the drift? Yup, all took enough drugs to actually get caught with banned substances in their...
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October 22, 2012 The European governing body for cycling sports has agreed to strip Lance Armstrong of his Tour titles. The seven-time Tour de France winner is now banned for life from competing in any internationally sanctioned cycling competitions following the report by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that accused him of master-minding a doping...
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The Omega Pharma-Quick Step team has fired Levi Leipheimer after learning of his confession to doping as part of the Lance Armstrong investigation. Acting as Armstrong’s teammate for five years at the United States Postal Service, Astana and RadioShack teams, the 38-year-old Leipheimer joined Quick Step in 2012. Team management expressed surprise last week...
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The third annual Gran Fondo of New York has decided to eliminate the medium-distance ride from its mass ride up the Hudson River Valley in 2013. In an email to next year’s would-be participants, the organizers wrote,”What happened to the Medio?”–referring to the option to ride 66 miles. Well, it’s gone. Only the distance...
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By Jen Benepe, July 7, 2012 Wiggins in Yellow Kenyan turned Brit Chris Froome of the Sky Team exploded at the finale of today’s first mountainous stage, stealing first place after completing the final ascent at of the Planche des Belles Filles. Fellow Sky Teammate Bradley Wiggins who was predicted to be one of...
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Today a dramatic end to a flat Tour de France stage with a follow up win by Andre Greipel was over shadowed by bigger news that affected the entire peloton. News broke that a Dutch newspaper De Telegraph had identified five of the riders that had traded reduced 6-month suspensions in return for ratting...
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By Jen Benepe, July 5, 2012 News surfaced today that Levi Leipheimer who is riding in the Tour this year, is allegedly one of the 10 persons to be testifyng against Lance Armstrong in the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s actions against the previous seven-time  Tour winner. “I really don’t have anything to say. All I...
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Levi Leipheimer of US-based RadioShack team won the Tour of Switzerland yesterday, beating Damiano Cunego of Italy in the final time trial. The 37-year-old finished in 31 hours 45 minutes 2 seconds. Cunego had worn the yellow jersey since Monday and finished four seconds behind him. It was a major win for Leipheimer who...
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