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A 16-year-old schoolboy from Haverfordwest is training hard in his chosen sport of cycling, his ultimate goal to compete in the Tour de France.
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Floyd Landis continues to sling accusations at Lance Armstong regarding blood doping, drug use and other forms of cheating in cycling.
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US cyclist Lance Armstrong, seeking an eighth Tour de France title, suffered a major setback in Tuesday’s cobblestone-loaded Stage 3, an ill-timed flat tire that dropped him from 5th place going in to 18th place.
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Lance Armstrong continues to have to defend himself against allegations being levied by former teammate Floyd Landis. The latest round of allegations come concerning the selling of bikes for blood doping
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Floyd Landis has continued his allegations that seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong was involved in blood doping while part of the United States Postal team.
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Cycling's premier event, the Tour de France, begins on Saturday. But even before the first stage gets underway in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, scientists claim that the Tour's anti-doping test are flawed and some riders have found new ways of cheating.
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Alberto Contador, the brilliant Spanish rider and mountain specialist, has won the Tour de France after 3 gruelling weeks of battle that have seen dreams broken and new heroes emerge. Lance Armstrong has handed his crown over to the new King of cyclism.
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The hardest stage of the Tour, day 17, was won by Frank Schleck. Today saw a lot of action, abandons and attacks in the Alps and maybe saw the end of any hopes Armstrong may have of winning the Tour de France. Alberto Contador now looks untouchable.
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A thrilling end to day 15, with Alberto Contador staging an explosive breakout on the last climb. He's a brilliant climber and today's result spells big trouble for a tired looking Armstrong. The Tour de France has taken a dramatic and decisive turn.
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The last two days have seen two serious incidents on the tour de France. A woman was killed and two others injured yesterday by a police motorcycle. Friday saw two riders being slightly injured by air-gun fire.
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Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence - and is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title.
 Federal prosecutors say they are closing a criminal investigation of Lance Armstrong and will not charge him over allegations the seven-time Tour de France winner used performance-enhancing drugs.
 Nearing the long-awaited verdict on his Tour de France doping case, Alberto Contador finished 98th in the Mallorca Challenge race on Sunday. The Spaniard was due to later to return to Madrid with the Court of Arbitration for Sport delivering its ruling on Monday on whether he will be banned.
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday urged U.S. federal authorities to quickly hand over evidence collected in their lengthy probe into seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and doping in American cycling.
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