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Liquigas Team Now At Risk Of Tour Expulsion As Beltran Tests Positive
by Justin Davis
AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) - French police have taken Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran, of the Liquigas team, away for questioning in the wake of the first doping scandal to emerge at this year’s Tour de France.
Beltran, best known for helping Lance Armstrong to the [...]
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- Yellow Jersey Within Reach Of Cadel Evans
July 3rd, 2008by Justin Davis
BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) - Australia’s Cadel Evans will saddle up as the Tour de France favorite this Saturday with a chance of making history
- and settling some scores in the process.
Evans came agonizingly close to winning the yellow jersey in 2007, [...] - Contador Predicts Cadel Evans Is Tour Favorite For Tour de France
June 24th, 2008MADRID, June 24, 2008 (AFP) - Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of Spain has given cycling rival Cadel Evans a pre-race boost by predicting the Australian will win this year’s July 5-27 race.
Contador, who recently won the Giro d’Italia despite a last-gasp invitation for his Astana team, will [...] - Winning Tour of Spain Better Than Olympic Medal - Says Alberto Contador
June 23rd, 2008MADRID, June 23, 2008 (AFP) - Spain’s Alberto Contador, who is looking to win the Tour of Spain in September to add to victories in the Tour of Italy and Tour de France, said Monday that winning the world’s three main cycling races would be better than winning an Olympic medal.
[...] - Giro Winner Alberto Contador Talks About The Beijing Olympics
June 17th, 2008Giro winner Contador ready for Olympics
MADRID, June 17, 2008 (AFP) - Spain’s recently-crowned Tour of Italy champion Alberto Contador has said he wants to compete in the Beijing Olympics.
“The next objective is the Olympic Games,” he told Spanish public television late Monday.
Contador said he wants to [...] - Astana’s Contador Has That Champions Attitude Says Bruyneel
June 2nd, 2008Spain’s Alberto Contador, who Sunday won the Italian Giro, has all the attributes to be as great a rider as legend Lance Armstrong, according to Astana cycling team boss Johan Bruyneel.
“When climbing I have seen him do things that only only Armstrong knows how to do,” the Belgian [...]
