Articles and News for Aug08
  1. 1-2 for High Road on stage 17

  2. 2nd Tour of Missouri to add extra day, more hills (AP)

  3. 5 Live: Arvesen wins stage 11

  4. 5 Live: Freire storms to stage 14 win

  5. 5 Live: Hushovd wins second stage

  6. 5 Live: Millar moves into contention

  7. 5 Live: Ricco wins stage six

  8. 5 Live: Sanchez takes stage seven

  9. 5 Live: Valverde wins Tour opener

  10. AP Interview: Manager Johan Bruyneel criticizes 'unfair treatment' of Astana (AP)

  11. A Tale of Two Sundays

  12. A look at Tuesday's 16th Tour de France stage (AP)

  13. A look at the 10th stage of the Tour de France (AP)

  14. Ailing Petacchi to miss Giro

  15. American Hincapie wins second stage of Dauphine Libere (AFP)

  16. American Reed denies Pendleton a third world title (Reuters)

  17. American cyclist Thomas convicted of perjury (AFP)

  18. And after 10 stages, the Tour de France rested (AP)

  19. Another Italian cyclist tests positive

  20. Another Tour rider tests postive

  21. Anti-doping officials lay out Tour plans (AP)

  22. Anti-doping passport gets official OK (AP)

  23. Anton attacks to lead Swiss Tour

  24. Argentina's Richeze out of Giro after failing dope test (Reuters)

  25. Argentine banned from Giro d'Italia for doping (AP)

  26. Armstrong finishes second in cycling return (AFP)

  27. Arvesen claims break-away win

  28. Astana Team out, Rabobank in for Tour de France race (AP)

  29. Astana invited to race in Spanish Vuelta (AP)

  30. Astana overlooked by Tour de France

  31. Astana rider Iglinsky wins 1st stage of Tour de Romandie (AP)

  32. Astana to send strongest possible team to Giro (Reuters)

  33. Astana will compete in Giro

  34. Australian Evans crashes during 9th stage (Reuters)

  35. Australian officials review O'Neill ban (AP)

  36. Australia's McEwen wins again in Swiss Tour (Reuters)

  37. Authorities drop fraud probe against cyclist Ullrich in return for fine (AP)

  38. Awang to be Malaysia flag-bearer

  39. Balducci on top in Lombarda

  40. Banned Italian Petacchi denies doping (Reuters)

  41. Basso set for UCI drug role

  42. Bastianelli fails drug test

  43. Belgium's Boonen suspected of cocaine possession (Reuters)

  44. Beltran fails dope test

  45. Bennati claims maiden Giro stage win (Reuters)

  46. Bennati edges out Cavendish in thriller

  47. Bennati holds off Bettini

  48. Bennati snatches Giro d'Italia sprint (Reuters)

  49. Bennati wins 12th Giro stage (AP)

  50. Bennati wins Giro d'Italia ninth stage (Reuters)

  51. Bennati wins Giro stage (AP)

  52. Bennati wins Giro's 3rd stage (AP)

  53. Bennati wins second Giro d'Italia sprint (Reuters)

  54. Bennati wins stage three

  55. Bertolini avoids crash to win Giro 11th stage (Reuters)

  56. Bertolini benefits from Fortunato's fall

  57. Bettini has broken rib not hip

  58. Bettini to make quick return despite second crash (Reuters)

  59. Bettini to miss Flanders

  60. Blood tests show 23 "suspect" riders

  61. Boardman's peek behind the bike sheds

  62. Boonen Tour fate unsettled after cocaine probe (Reuters)

  63. Boonen chooses Tirreno-Adriatico

  64. Boonen out of Tour over cocaine probe (Reuters)

  65. Boonen suspected of cocaine possession-report (Reuters)

  66. Boonen tests for cocaine

  67. Boonen undecided on Tour in wake of cocaine probe (Reuters)

  68. Boonen wins Paris-Roubaix

  69. Bosisio claims Giro stage seven

  70. Bosisio seizes pink

  71. Bosisio wins 7th Giro d'Italia stage (AP)

  72. Bradley Wiggins takes third gold of cycling worlds, American woman wins bronze (AP)

  73. Brailsford backs banned Hayles

  74. Brailsford sets 2010 target for GB team

  75. Brailsford sets Olympic targets

  76. Breschel conquers Cauberg

  77. Britain's Cavendish wins Tour de France stage (AP)

  78. British Cycling uses motorbike technology

  79. British gold rush continues at track world championships (Reuters)

  80. Briton Cavendish wins stage four of Tour of Italy (Reuters)

  81. Briton Wiggins wins track pursuit world title (Reuters)

  82. Briton fails blood test at world championships

  83. Bruseghin wins stage Giro stage 10

  84. Brutt claims solo glory, as Millar suffers

  85. Brutt wins 5th Giro stage; Pellizotti retains lead (AP)

  86. CAS to consider Petacchi doping case, say team (Reuters)

  87. CAS uphold Landis doping ban

  88. Calvente claims Rioja win

  89. Cancellara celebrates birthday with Tirreno win (Reuters)

  90. Cancellara takes Adriatico lead with TT win

  91. Cancellara wants yellow in Tour's first time trial (AP)

  92. Cancellara wins Eroica

  93. Cancellara wraps up Tirreno win

  94. Car plows into Mexican bike race, 1 dead (AP)

  95. Cav doubles up at De Panne

  96. Cav grabs debut stage win

  97. Cavendish/Wiggins roar back for gold

  98. Cavendish claims second win

  99. Cavendish credits team after third stage win

  100. Cavendish doubles his fun

  101. Cavendish ecstatic with victory

  102. Cavendish fails to impress in early Tour stages (Reuters)

  103. Cavendish makes cycling history

  104. Cavendish targets Tour stage win

  105. Cavendish trebles his fun

  106. Cavendish wins 4th Giro stage (AP)

  107. Cavendish wins Giro d'Italia stage four

  108. Cavendish wins Tour of Romandie prologue

  109. Cavendish wins Tour of Romandy prologue (Reuters)

  110. Cavendish wins his first Giro d'Italia sprint (Reuters)

  111. Cesar reigns in Catalonia

  112. Chavanel in yellow as Carlstrom sprints home

  113. Chavanel wins 48th Brabantse Pijl

  114. Clasica San Sebastian results (Reuters)

  115. Colorado-based team wins Tour de Georgia time trial (AP)

  116. Columbia name Cavendish

  117. Contador champion

  118. Contador claims Basque Tour

  119. Contador moves into pink

  120. Contador plays down chances of Giro success (Reuters)

  121. Contador plays down comparisons with Indurain (Reuters)

  122. Contador ready to attack in last two mountain stages (Reuters)

  123. Contador wins Basque opener

  124. Contador wins Castilla y Leon opener

  125. Contador wins Giro d'Italia; Pinotti takes final stage (AP)

  126. Contador's Giro lead slashed (Reuters)

  127. Contraband discovered in rider's hotel

  128. Court of Arbitration for Sport asked to protect Paris-Nice riders from sanctions (AP)

  129. Cunego hopes Giro decision will help Tour bid (Reuters)

  130. Cunego wins Amstel Gold

  131. Cunego wins Amstel Gold Race at first attempt (Reuters)

  132. Cunego wins Amstel Gold cycling race (AP)

  133. Cycling: Cancellara wins time trial gold

  134. Cycling: Silver for Brit Pooley

  135. Cycling body sues former WADA president Dick Pound over 'biased comments' on doping (AP)

  136. Cycling results

  137. Cycling rift deepens as UCI opens disciplinary case against French federation (AP)

  138. Cycling's Sarah Hammer eyes gold in Beijing despite losing out in worlds (AP)

  139. Cycling's crisis grows as bitter feud adds to doping problems (AP)

  140. Cyclist Davis Phinney recovering from brain surgery (AP)

  141. Cyclist Marzoli banned for six months

  142. Cyclist Reed ends British hopes of ten gold at track worlds (AFP)

  143. Danish cyclist Rasmussen abandons bike (AP)

  144. David Herrero takes 3rd stage of Tour of Basque Country; Alberto Contador retains overall lead (AP)

  145. De Waele victorious in GP de Wallonie

  146. Decision on Landis appeal set for Monday, says CAS (Reuters)

  147. Defiant Contador takes lead at Giro d'Italia (Reuters)

  148. Dessel takes stage, Valverde leads

  149. Dessel wins 3rd stage of Volta (AP)

  150. Dessel wins stage, Menchov loses time

  151. Di Luca claims first win of season

  152. Di Luca cleared of doping

  153. Di Luca cleared of doping (Reuters)

  154. Di Luca doping decision delayed (Reuters)

  155. Di Luca fans to protest against doping charge (Reuters)

  156. Di Luca wins in Lombardy

  157. Dominguez wins first stage of Tour de Georgia (AP)

  158. Dumoulin and Feillu claim glory for France

  159. Dunkirk victory for Dessel

  160. Duque wins stage 16 in Vuelta a España

  161. Eddy Mazzoleni gets 2-year ban, Domenico Quagliarello gets life ban for doping scandal (AP)

  162. Evans in yellow, Piepoli triumphant

  163. Evans wins Coppi e Bartali

  164. Fedrigo takes Catalonia stage, Pauriol leads

  165. First victory of the season for McEwen (Reuters)

  166. Fofonov tests positive

  167. Former cycling champ Boonen apologizes to fans (AP)

  168. Former world champion Tom Boonen barred from Tour de France (AP)

  169. Fothen wins Tour of Switzerland stage five

  170. Freire first Spaniard to win Ghent-Wevelgem (Reuters)

  171. Freire wins Gent-Wevelgem

  172. Freire wins opening stage of Tirreno-Adriatico (Reuters)

  173. Freire wins sixth Tirreno-Adriatico stage

  174. French riders dominate on Tour of Catalonia (Reuters)

  175. From the Editor: Cyclingpost to change focus

  176. Gasparotto claims Elektrotoer lead

  177. Gerdemann a doubt for Tour

  178. Germans to bar Saunier Duval

  179. Germany ends fraud inquiry into cyclist Ullrich (Reuters)

  180. Germany's Fothen avoids crash to win in Switzerland (Reuters)

  181. Germany's Greipel wins stage 17 of Giro d'Italia (Reuters)

  182. Germany's Voigt wins Giro d'Italia 18th stage (Reuters)

  183. Gerrans takes opener

  184. Giro d'Italia - Kiryienka claims stage win, Contador loses time

  185. Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca skips doping hearing (AP)

  186. Greg Henderson grabs Tour de Georgia lead with stage win (Reuters)

  187. Greipel wins Giro's 17th stage (AP)

  188. Guarded Tour well armed against doping (AP)

  189. Guerra wins Llodio Grand Prix

  190. Gusev out of Games

  191. Haedo wins 2nd stage of Tour de Georgia (AP)

  192. Hamilton still on his bike, says doping troubles in the past (AP)

  193. Henderson takes Georgia Stage Three

  194. Henderson takes Tour of Georgia lead (AP)

  195. High Road dominate Giro sprint, Contador keeps race lead (Reuters)

  196. Hincapie wins Dauphine stage with late attack (Reuters)

  197. Hincapie wins stage two of Dauphine

  198. How tough is Stage 10 of the Tour?

  199. Hoy strikes gold again

  200. Hoy thrilled with medals

  201. Hushovd wins Paris-Nice prologue (Reuters)

  202. Hushovd wins second stage at Catalunya (AP)

  203. Hushovd wins second stage in Tour of Catalonia (Reuters)

  204. Hushvod wins Paris-Nice prologue

  205. Hutarovich swaps with Clerc

  206. Hutarovich wins again

  207. Hutarovich wins stage two

  208. INTERVIEW-Cycling-Tour chief vows to beat the drug enemy (Reuters)

  209. Iglinskiy gives Astana something to cheer (Reuters)

  210. Iglinsky wins Romandie first stage

  211. Injured Soler pulls out of Tour de France (Reuters)

  212. Ista wins Route Adélie

  213. Italian Bosisio wins Giro stage, Visconti retains lead (Reuters)

  214. Italian Olympic Committee sets April 1 hearing for Danilo Di Luca's irregular test (AP)

  215. Italian cyclist Emanuele Sella admits doping (AP)

  216. Italian cyclist suspended for positive test (AP)

  217. Italian duo can compete in Giro

  218. Italian rider Ricco admits 'mistake' during Tour (AP)

  219. Italian rider Sella confesses to doping (Reuters)

  220. Italian rider Sella fails dope test (Reuters)

  221. Italian rider suspended from Giro

  222. Italy's Mazzoleni given two-year doping ban (Reuters)

  223. Italy's Ricco on the move after Giro stage win (Reuters)

  224. Italy's Ricco to participate in Tour de France after all (Reuters)

  225. Italy's Ricco wins Giro d'Italia eighth stage (Reuters)

  226. Jennie Reed wins gold for US at cycling track worlds (AP)

  227. Kirchen maintains Luxembourg's cycling tradition (Reuters)

  228. Kirchen makes late surge to win Fleche Wallonne (Reuters)

  229. Kirchen wins Fleche Wallonne Classic

  230. Kirchen wins Swiss sixth stage, takes lead (Reuters)

  231. Kirchen wins in Erandio

  232. Kirchen wins stage, takes overall lead (AP)

  233. Kiryienka wins Giro 19th stage; Contador leads (AP)

  234. Kloeden finished with Germany

  235. Kloeden leads Tour of Romandie after winning time trial (AP)

  236. Kloeden ready for Giro after winning Tour de Romandie (AP)

  237. Kloeden takes TT and yellow

  238. Kloeden wins Romandie as Bennati takes finale

  239. Kloeden wins Tour of Romandie, Bennati takes last stage (Reuters)

  240. Kloeden wins third stage to seize Tour of Romandie lead (Reuters)

  241. Kohl set for podium

  242. Koldo wins stage, Kunitski leads

  243. Kreuziger wins Tour de Suisse (AP)

  244. Kroon wins sprint finish

  245. Kunitski takes Burgos opener

  246. Lampre rider tests positive

  247. Lance Armstrong finishes 2nd in Leadville 100 race (AP)

  248. Landis begins final appeal against doping ban (Reuters)

  249. Landis decision expected in June

  250. Live: Tour de France

  251. Live: Tour de France enhanced commentary

  252. Luxembourg rider takes Tour lead (AP)

  253. Luxembourg's Kirchen wins Swiss sixth stage, takes lead (Reuters)

  254. Luxembourg's Kirchen wins stage two in Spain (Reuters)

  255. Mandri still in hospital after crash

  256. Markus Fothen takes Tour de Suisse stage win (AP)

  257. Martin takes Ster Elektroer prologue

  258. Mayo's 2-year cycling ban upheld by CAS (AP)

  259. Mazzoleni banned for two years

  260. McEwen takes Romandie stage

  261. McEwen unlikely to ride at Beijing Games (Reuters)

  262. McEwen wins Stage Four of Tour of Switzerland

  263. McEwen wins second Swiss Tour stage (AP)

  264. McEwen wins third stage of Tour of Switzerland

  265. McQuaid laments Spanish apathy towards doping (Reuters)

  266. Milan snags Rioja win

  267. Millar hails phenomenal Cavendish

  268. Millar moves third overall

  269. Millar promises more at Tour (AP)

  270. Milram sack Petacchi

  271. Mirco takes stage in sprint

  272. Moletta suspended by team after father's car searched (Reuters)

  273. Moreau one of three out of Tour

  274. Nibali claims Trentino stage

  275. Noval out of Grio d'Italia

  276. Ogilvy takes clubhouse lead

  277. Okla. man sues Armstrong Foundation over pet collars (AP)

  278. Olympic champion Wiggins wins title at cycling world championships, 2 riders banned (AP)

  279. PREVIEW-Cycling-Tour de France facing decisive image challenge (Reuters)

  280. Paris-Nice riders protest Van Impe test

  281. Paris-Nice riders set to ignore UCI warnings and start race Sunday (AP)

  282. Paulinho out of Olympics

  283. Pendleton wins another gold

  284. Perez Rodriguez takes stage 18 in Spain

  285. Petacchi a Giro doubt

  286. Petacchi guilty of doping at Giro (AP)

  287. Petacchi leaves Milram after drug ruling by CAS (AP)

  288. Petacchi to miss Tour after ban

  289. Petacchi to miss Tour de France after CAS ban (Reuters)

  290. Pinotti finishes on a High

  291. Police detain Spanish rider after failed drug test (AP)

  292. Posthuma wins Three Days van de Panne

  293. Priamo claims stage six

  294. ProTour Tour of Romandie first stage results (Reuters)

  295. ProTour Tour of Romandie third stage results (Reuters)

  296. ProTour teams won't renew 2009 contract (AP)

  297. QuickStep rider Gert Steegmans wins first stage of Paris-Nice (AP)

  298. Rabobank ordered to compensate cyclist Rasmussen (AP)

  299. Rasmussen banned for two years (Reuters)

  300. Rasmussen sacking 'legal'

  301. Ravard wins stage one of Circuit de Sarthe

  302. Reed pips Pendleton in keirin

  303. Report: Carlos Sastre wins Tour de France

  304. Report: Sastre keeps ahead of Tour rivals

  305. Report: Sastre set to win Tour de France

  306. Report: Schleck holds on to slender lead

  307. Report: Schleck takes over in yellow

  308. Ricco admits taking EPO at Tour (Reuters)

  309. Ricco admits taking EPO before Tour de France (Reuters)

  310. Ricco bust aided by drug maker: WADA (AP)

  311. Ricco set for Tour de France

  312. Ricco shines again

  313. Ricco signals Giro intent with stage two victory (Reuters)

  314. Ricco takes stage as Kirchen grabs yellow (Reuters)

  315. Ricco tests positive

  316. Ricco tried to avoid testing say AFLD

  317. Ricco triumphs, Kirchen in yellow

  318. Ricco victorious in Tivoli

  319. Ricco wins Giro stage, Visconti keeps overall lead (AP)

  320. Ricco wins Giro's 2nd stage, Pellizotti takes overall lead (AP)

  321. Ricco wins, Pellizotti in pink

  322. Riders association calls for meeting with UCI boss (Reuters)

  323. Riders association wants McQuaid meeting

  324. Riders entering Paris-Nice risk suspension, says UCI (Reuters)

  325. Riders unhurt in scary Tour crashes (AP)

  326. Rock Racing added to Tour de Georgia lineup (AP)

  327. Rock Racing bringing new -- and different -- look to cycling (AP)

  328. Russian Brutt wins Giro stage with late attack (Reuters)

  329. Russia's Brutt wins fifth stage of Giro (Reuters)

  330. Sainz calls anti-doping fight a 'hoax' (AP)

  331. Sanchez breaks Tour duck

  332. Sastre benefits from exceptional circumstances (Reuters)

  333. Sastre poised for stunning Tour win

  334. Sastre wins doping-scarred Tour de France (AP)

  335. Saunier Duval pull out of Tour

  336. Savoldelli to retire

  337. Schleck and team ready to finish off rivals (Reuters)

  338. Schleck holds Tour lead after Stage 16 (AP)

  339. Schleck leads Tour as it heads into toughest stage (AP)

  340. Schumacher claims second ITT

  341. Schumacher wins ITT to take lead

  342. Schumacher wins Tour de France time trial (AP)

  343. Scott-American Beef excluded from Spain's Vuelta (AP)

  344. Second win for Bennati in Vuelta a España

  345. Sella seals Giro hat-trick

  346. Sella storms stage 15

  347. Sella wins again in Giro d'Italia mountains (Reuters)

  348. Sella wins stage 14

  349. Shearer gets on his bike for Sport Relief

  350. Shimizu takes halfway lead

  351. Shimizu wins Paris-Correze

  352. Sinkewitz free to look for new cycling team when doping ban runs out (AP)

  353. Sivtsov claims Tour de Georgia victory

  354. Sivtsov wins Tour de Georgia (Reuters)

  355. Sivtsov wins Tour de Georgia in first US race (AP)

  356. Sivtsov wins in Georgia

  357. Slipstream take stage one

  358. Slipstream vow to bring fresh breeze to Tour (Reuters)

  359. Soler pulls out of Tour with injury

  360. Spain's Freire wins opening stage of Tirreno-Adriatico (Reuters)

  361. Spain's Oscar Freire wins Ghent-Wevelgem cycling race (AP)

  362. Spaniard Contador wins Giro d'Italia (Reuters)

  363. Spaniard Oscar Freire wins 1st stage of weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico in sprint finish (AP)

  364. Spanish rider Astarloa fired (Reuters)

  365. Sport Relief: Chiles & Shearer in training

  366. Star riders finish mammoth ride

  367. Steegmans storms to rainy Paris-Nice win

  368. Steegmans wins back-to-back

  369. Steegmans wins on Champs

  370. Storm forces Paris-Nice move

  371. Team Slipstream renamed Garmin

  372. Teams vote to ride Paris-Nice

  373. Technology helps Olympic team

  374. Thirty Tour de France riders tested for doping ahead of race (The Canadian Press)

  375. Thomas targeting gold in Beijing

  376. Top cycling teams to leave ProTour series

  377. Top teams seek CAS ruling in Paris-Nice row (Reuters)

  378. Top teams split from UCI's ProTour series (Reuters)

  379. Tour-Australian Evans crashes during 9th stage (Reuters)

  380. Tour-Italy's Ricco eyes hat-trick (Reuters)

  381. Tour-Valverde ready to yield yellow jersey in 2nd stage (Reuters)

  382. Tour de France 2008 preview

  383. Tour de France Glance (AP)

  384. Tour de France hit by new drugs scandal (Reuters)

  385. Tour de France in turmoil again because of doping (AP)

  386. Tour de France organizers pray for scandal-free day (Reuters)

  387. Tour de France put under French federation jurisdiction (Reuters)

  388. Tour de France riders tested for doping (AP)

  389. Tour de France rivals have mixed fortunes (AP)

  390. Tour de France teams agree to doping fines (AP)

  391. Tour de Georgia on better financial footing (AP)

  392. Tour digest-Climber Soler goes on despite wrist fracture (Reuters)

  393. Tour of Romandie final stage results (Reuters)

  394. Tour of the Basque Country third stage result

  395. Tour put under French federation jurisdiction (Reuters)

  396. Tour rider Duenas Nevado tests positive for EPO (Reuters)

  397. Traksel wins in Flanders

  398. Trofimov surprises favourites

  399. Trofimov surprises favourites for Dauphine stage win (Reuters)

  400. Trofimov wins 5th stage of Dauphine Libere (AP)

  401. UCI announce steps to end Tour de France impasse (Reuters)

  402. UCI chief demands help from WADA

  403. UCI promise to ban Paris-Nice teams

  404. UCI says no Olympic bans for Tour riders (AP)

  405. UCI to sue former WADA chief Pound (Reuters)

  406. USA names Beijing bike squad (AFP)

  407. US cyclists don anti-pollution masks

  408. U.S. team win Tour de Georgia time trial (Reuters)

  409. Ullrich pays to end fraud case

  410. Ullrich to face questions about alleged doping (AP)

  411. Valverde hangs on for Murica win

  412. Valverde outsprints Hushovd in Dauphine Libre (Reuters)

  413. Valverde takes lead in Dauphine Libere (AP)

  414. Valverde takes second Liege win in three years (Reuters)

  415. Valverde victorious

  416. Valverde wins 1st Tour de France stage (AP)

  417. Valverde wins Dauphine stage one

  418. Valverde wins Paris-Camembert

  419. Valverde wins another Liege-Bastogne-Liege

  420. Valverde wins first stage of Dauphine Libere (AP)

  421. Van Dijk wins scratch world title

  422. Vandenbroucke off the payroll

  423. Vermeltfoort wins Profonde van Drenthe

  424. Veteran sprinter McEwen wins 2nd stage in Switzerland (AP)

  425. Voigt claims fourth Critérium win

  426. Voigt takes solo Giro win

  427. Voigt wins 18th Giro stage (AP)

  428. Vos takes points gold

  429. Vuelta a España classifications after stage 16

  430. Vuelta a España results: stage 16

  431. Vuelta a España results: stage 17

  432. Vuelta director proposes playoffs to liven up first week (Reuters)

  433. WADA spent $1.3 million in Landis case (AP)

  434. WADA steps in, helps pay for USADA's expensive case against cyclist Floyd Landis (AP)

  435. We couldn't catch the break - Cavendish

  436. White jersey just a step for gifted Andy Schleck (Reuters)

  437. Wins for Britain and France at track world championships (Reuters)

  438. With Tour out, Contador to focus on Olympics (AP)

  439. Young dirt-biker severs fingers in tug-of-war game (AP)

  440. Zabriskie out of Giro after second stage crash (AFP)

  441. Zubeldia signs with Astana

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