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‘End of the Pro Tour’ As Top Teams Ditch License
PAU, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) - Seventeen of the world’s top cycling teams said on Tuesday they would not be seeking a Pro Tour license for 2009, according to a statement released here at the Tour de France.
The Pro Tour was launched by the International Cycling Union (UCI) in [...]
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- Liquigas Team Now At Risk Of Tour Expulsion As Beltran Tests Positive
July 11th, 2008by 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 [...] - Tour de France Is Wrong To Break Away From UCI, McQuaid Says
July 2nd, 2008by Jean Montois
PARIS, July 1, 2008 (AFP) - Top cycling official Pat McQuaid has expressed his wish for a trouble-free Tour de France but says that it was a mistake for the event to have broken away from the International Cycling Union (UCI).
The Irishman says he regrets that the [...]
