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Lance Armstrong Tip Cadel Evans Favourite In Tour De France Betting
OLBG Betting News - Bristol,Bristol,UK
The 2008 Tour de France gets underway on Saturday and there is a hot
favourite in the form of Australian Cadel Evans who is 5/2 with Ladbrokes
but as short ...
http://www.online-betting-guide.co.uk/news/18228490/Lance+Armstrong+Tip+Cadel+Evans+Favourite+In+Tour+de+France+Betting.html

Viagra--new performance-enhancing drug?

Bangkok Post - Thailand
... Gerolsteiner team under suspicions of doping, was found with 82 Viagra
pills - hidden in toothpaste tubes - in his possession during the Giro
d'Italia. ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/sportsplus/sportsplus.php?id=128649

inky calls "farce of tour de france"

Bob Ford: The farce of the Tour de France
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
The 2008 Tour de France begins on Saturday, and the winner of the 2006 Tour
will be decided today. Floyd Landis has taken the longest ride in cycling
...
<http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20080630_Bob_Ford__The_farce_of_the_Tour_de_France.html>

Denver Post Calls Vaughters "anti-cyclist"

At the time, it wasn't an indication he'd spend his entire life
thinking outside the box. How can a mother look at her newborn baby
and project he'll change the image of an entire sport? Instead,
sitting in the recovery room, Donna Vaughters was scared. There was
something different about Jonathan. Shortly after he was born, the
nurse came in to see her and said, "Your son . . ."
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_9725620

Manxman gets Tour nod and love from local paper

Mark Cavendish gears up for Tour de France
Isle of Man Today - Isle of Man,UK
While Cavendish is satisfied with his stage wins and the excellent support
he had from his High Road team he knows that the Tour de France will be
even ...
http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/Mark-Cavendish-gears-up-for.4228148.jp

Danielson's hometown paper on his non-start (again)

Danielson not part of Tour de France
Durango Herald - Durango,CO,USA
Although Tom Danielson's goal for 2008 was to ride in the Tour de France,
the Garmin-Chipotle (formerly Slipstream) rider was not selected to be part
of the ...
http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=sports&article_path=/sports/08/sports080629_2.htm

Paul Kimmage: the tour is on the brink

How can we save one of sport's greatest competitions, the Tour de ...
Times Online - UK
- A good friend, and great journalist, Pierre Ballester, sent me a copy of
his latest work last week, 'Tempetes sur la Tour'. A brilliant
deconstruction on ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/cycling/article4232269.ece

another "clean tour" story--from South Africa

TDF needs dope free race
News24.com - Green Point,South Africa
Paris - For a second year running, the Tour de France has no defending
champion and no star. More than ever, the showcase event desperately needs
a clean ...
<http://www.news24.com/News24/Sport/More_Sport/0,,2-9-32_2348649,00.html>

Drug cleanup begins before the start of the tour

Guarded Tour well armed against doping
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
By JEROME PUGMIRE, AP Sports Writer For a second year running, the Tour de
France has no defending champion and no star. More than ever, the showcase
event ...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/06/27/sports/s165634D49.DTL

Stuart O'Grady using le Tour for Olympic Prep

O'Grady using Tour de France as Beijing 'preparation'
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
He said the Games was all he was focused on, despite the Tour de France
starting next Sunday. "Coming into this Olympics is probably the most
difficult," he ...
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,23941039-5014197,00.html

Paul Kimmage interviews Jonathan Vaughters

Countdown to the Tour de France: Jonathan Vaughters and his drugs ...
Times Online - UK
It happened on a sunny Tuesday morning in the city of Pau, as he prepared
for the start of the 14th stage of the 2001 Tour de France. ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/cycling/article4232249.ece

Garmin-Chipotle Getting More Canadian Love

Team brings American flavour, no-doping message to Tour de France.
KBS Radio - Trail,BC,Canada
Vaughters hopes the up-and-coming team, which will race in its first Tour
de France beginning July 5, can recapture the attention of American cycling
fans ...
http://www.kbsradio.ca/news/15/745406

Liggett on the 2008 TdF

Tour de force
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Phil Liggett tells David Sygall why this year's Tour de France will be a
landmark in Australian sport. Cadel Evans is coming off a fine season, ...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/tour-de-force/2008/06/28/1214472833590.html

fresh Tour for Hincapie

After 7 wins with Armstrong, American Hincapie riding Tour de ...
International Herald Tribune - France
But given the upheaval in professional cycling since Armstrong's retirement
following the 2006 Tour de France, Hincapie's offseason move to the team he
and ...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/28/sports/NA-SPT-CYC-Tour-de-France-Hincapie.php

Garmin-Chipotle takes Anti-Doping Seriously

Garmin-Chipotle team takes its anti-doping philosophy seriously
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
Another American rider, David Zabriskie, likely would have made the squad
but is recovering after fracturing a vertebra in a fall at the Giro
d'Italia in ...
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/other/story/4192385p-4783393c.html

Landis Appeal--Does he win the Tour? Finally?

Landis appeal verdict due Monday
BBCSlovak.com - London,UK
American Floyd Landis will learn on Monday whether he has succeeded in his
appeal to regain his 2006 Tour de France victory. Landis tested positive
for ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7478019.stm

Movies and Bikes

The tour de fierce
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
IT WAS A SHOT IN THE opening minutes of Hell on Wheels, a documentary about
the 2003 Tour de France, that started me wondering about the relationship
...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/bfilmb-the-drama-of-cycling-makes-for-cinematic-gold/2008/06/26/1214472678519.html

Pro Cycling Manager TdF Game

PRO CYCLING MANAGER- TOUR DE FRANCE 2008 races through the
MCV - Hertford,Hertfordshire,UK
Pro Cycling Manager- Tour De France 2008, the latest version of the
popular racing management game for PC and PSP, is released today by
Ascaron. ...
http://www.mcvuk.com/press-releases/38067/PRO-CYCLING-MANAGERndash-TOUR-DE-FRANCE-2008-races-through-the-finish-line-AND-into-retail-today

Book: Bad Blood--The Secret Life of the Tour de France

Bad Blood: The Secret Life of the Tour de France
SheCycles - London,UK
By David Arthur Jeremy Whittle's Bad Blood is an insider's story of 10
years following the Tour de France, and of how a sport has been corrupted
by ...
http://www.shecycles.com/news/article/mps/uan/2398

Rogers will Miss TdF

Rogers will miss Tour de France
The Canberra Times - Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,Australia
BY JOHN-PAUL MOLONEY Canberra cyclist Michael Rogers has sacrificed riding
in the Tour de France to give himself a chance of winning Olympic gold. ...
http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/news/local/sport/cycling/rogers-will-miss-tour-de-france/798855.aspx