| Armstrong’s Return Faces Delay Lance Armstrong may not be able to start his comeback in January because of doping rules that apply to riders coming out of retirement. Those riders need to be in the sport’s antidoping program for six months before they can race, the international cycling union, the sport’s governing body, said Saturday. The federation, known as U.C.I., said it would discuss whether Armstrong had met that requirement with the United States Anti-Doping Agency. The U.C.I. said it would decide next week if Armstr... nytimes.com |
Contador Asserts Himself on the Tour Lance Armstrong’s Astana teammate breaks away late and climbs into second place over all, six seconds behind the new leader, Rinaldo Nocentini. nytimes.com |
Boom Retains Paris-Nice Lead Lars Boom of the Netherlands maintained the overall lead by five seconds over Jens Voigt of Germany in the Paris-Nice race. nytimes.com |
Tour de France Glance A brief look at Tuesday's 16th stage of the Tour de France: rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
Tour de France Doping List Alberto Contador's positive test for the banned drug clenbuterol is the latest case in a long list of affairs involving doping and cycling at ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |