Itay anti-doping prosecutor Torri rebuked by Italian cycling federation for comments

Italy doping boss rebuked by cycling federation

Person familiar with situation tells AP: Contador’s urine sample showed possible blood doping

AP source: Contador samples show plastic residues

Report: Test samples suggest Tour de France winner Contador may have received transfusion

Report: Samples may suggest Contador was doping

WADA’s David Howman: Contador’s positive test should be taken seriously

WADA executive: Contador case is serious

NEW DELHI — World Anti-Doping Agency director-general David Howman says Tour de France champion Alberto Contador’s positive doping test should not be taken any less seriously because only trace amounts were found.

Armstrong’s teammates: He was aloof, not best pal but one of a kind

If Armstrong doped, teammates say they saw nothing

Alberto Contador spokesman denies Tour de France winner had blood transfusion

TDF winner Alberto Contador denies blood doping

3-time champion Alberto Contador tests positive for banned stimulant at Tour de France

Tour champion Contador tests positive, suspended

UCI: Alberto Contador says Tour de France champion suspended

UCI: Contador suspended for stimulant

PARIS — Cycling’s governing body says only a “very small concentration” of a banned stimulant was found in the urine of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, but that he has still been suspended.

Alberto Contador’s spokesman says cyclist tested positive for banned steroid at Tour de France

Spokesman: Contador tests positive for steroid

Landis says his intention to help, not hijack anti-doping conference ahead of world champs

Landis defends his role in world champs conference

King uses fast start to win USA Cycling pro road race championship by less than 2 minutes

King uses fast start to win USA Cycling pro title

Nibali win Spanish Vuelta, while US sprinter Farrar wins final stage in Madrid

Italian rider Nibali wins Spanish Vuelta

MADRID — Vincenzo Nibali won the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday after Tyler Farrar of the United States sprinted to victory in the final stage just ahead of Britain’s Mark Cavendish.

Lance Armstrong’s RadioShack team goes to sports court over Tour of Lombardy snub

RadioShack goes to court over Lombardy race snub

Spanish rider Igor Anton reclaims Spanish Vuelta overall lead after winning tough 11th stage

Anton reclaims Spanish Vuelta lead with stage win

Andy Schleck, Stuart O’Grady ordered out of Vuelta; Erviti wins stage; Rodriguez takes lead

Schleck, O’Grady sent home from Spanish Vuelta

Laurent Fignon, a ‘legendary cyclist’ who won Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, dies at 50

Tour de France champ Laurent Fignon dies at 50

Spain’s Igor Anton wins 4th stage of Spanish Vuelta; Belgium’s Philippe Gilbert keeps lead

Spain’s Igor Anton wins stage of Spanish Vuelta

Laurent Fignon, a 2-time Tour de France champion, dies at 50 after battle with cancer

2-time Tour champion Laurent Fignon dies at 50

Yauheni Hutarovich wins 2nd stage of Spanish Vuelta in sprint finish

Hutarovich wins Spanish Vuelta 2nd stage

MARBELLA, Spain — Yauheni Hutarovich surged ahead of Mark Cavendish and Tyler Farrar to win the second stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday, taking the sprint finish in 4 hours, 35 minutes and 41 seconds.

Climbers look to capitalize on absence of big names as 65th Spanish Vuelta starts Saturday

Key absences mark mountain-heavy Spanish Vuelta

AP Interview: UCI chief questions US probe, says no contact yet with investigators

Cycling chief: no contact from US investigators

Lance Armstrong’s teammate Levi Leipheimer wins Leadville Trail 100 in record time

Armstrong’s teammate Leipheimer wins Leadville

Armstrong pulls out of Leadville 100 race, citing lingering problems from crash in France

Armstrong pulls out of Leadville mountain race

Triathlete, 84, gets nervous before races _ even after fighting with MacArthur, helping Lemond

Triathlete, WWII vet still nervous before races

Trek Bicycle cooperates in federal investigation of cycling, including Armstrong

Trek Bicycle cooperates in cycling investigation

Lance Armstrong a partner and possibly rider in new pro cycling stage race in Colorado

Armstrong returns pro cycling to Colorado

DENVER — Lance Armstrong took to the streets of downtown Denver on Wednesday with Gov. Bill Ritter and hundreds of citizen cyclists to celebrate the realization of his dream of bringing a major international pro-cycling stage race to Colorado next year.

APNewsBreak: Armstrong a partner and possibly rider in new pro cycling stage race in Colorado

APNewsBreak: Armstrong returns pro cycling to Colo

Former Tour de France champion Bjarne Riis says cycling is ‘very clean sport’

Riis: Cycling ‘very clean sport’

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Former Tour de France champion Bjarne Riis says cycling has cleaned up its act since the days when he was competing and is almost free of doping.

3-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador signs 2-year contract with Saxo Bank team

Tour winner Contador signs with Saxo Bank team

Armstrong attorneys say USADA offering riders deals if they produce evidence against him

Armstrong lawyers say USADA offering riders deals

Landis in the hunt after the first stage of the Tour of the Catskills

Landis in the hunt in Catskills race

WINDHAM, N.Y. — Floyd Landis joked around at the start with other riders at the Tour of the Catskills, then showed he still has a kick.

Top prospect Taylor Phinney promoted to ride for Lance Armstrong’s RadioShack team

Phinney to ride for Armstrong’s RadioShack team

Tour champion Contador to leave Astana at end of 2010 season; keeping all options open

Contador to leave Astana at end of 2010

MADRID — Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will leave Astana at the end of this season after the Spanish cyclist rejected the team’s offer to extend his contract.

The reign in Spain is mainly on the gain: Contador’s Tour win adds to tennis, soccer triumphs

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