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Cycling Event Gets Unexpected Participant

On Saturday, my husband competed in the Sea Gull Century, a hundred mile bike race on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. But what we saw was an unexpected surprise.

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Leipheimer starts petition to appeal Astana's Tour de France exclusion

Tour de France contender Levi Leipheimer is stepping up efforts to get his Astana team into the French Grand Tour this summer.

Astana banned by ASO - Contador unable to defend Tour de France title

Alberto Contador, the winner of the 2007 Tour de France, will not be able to start this year's event after his team, Astana, was not invited to participate in La Grande Boucle.

Let Levi Leipheimer Ride

On February 13th, the Amaury Sports Organization (ASO) barred Team Astana from competing in any race or event organized by the ASO in 2008. The ASO owns premiere cycling events like Paris-Nice, Paris-Roubaix, Paris-Tours, and the famed Tour de France.

Cycling Union Takes Leap in Fight Against Doping

After a wave of doping scandals, the International Cycling Union has agreed to let a laboratory create biological records of its top riders in yet another effort to catch cheats.

2008 Tour de France course

It is official, the 2008 Tour de France will start in the Brittany on July 5th. There will be 21 stages with the last stage on July 27th in the city of lights - Paris after 3500 kilometers or 2175 miles of riding.

Discovery Channel cycling team to disband

Discovery Channel, the only U.S.-based professional level cycling team, will announce today that it has been unable to find a new sponsor and will disband at the end of the 2007 racing season, according to sources

Millar, Vande Velde and Zabriskie to Slipstream in 2008

On the same day that two riders from a U.S.-registered team stood on the final podium of the 2007 Tour de France, Slipstream Sports manager Jonathan Vaughters announced that he had signed compatriots Christian Vande Velde and Dave Zabriskie, both from team CSC, and Scottish rider …

10 Reasons to Watch the Tour de France

Before I met my husband, I'd never heard of the Tour de France. Now it's a tradition every summer to tune in to the hottest cycling event in the world. Not yet a fan? Here are my Top 10 Reasons for you to give it a shot. Remember this list is from a non-die hard cyclist.

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Scores of Bicyclists Go Nude

Nude cyclists are expected to ride through the streets of cities around the world to highlight the vulnerability of cyclists on the road and protest against oil dependency

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