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• Two Time Doper Tyler Hamilton Accepts His Eight Year Ban
  June 16th, 2009
  

  One-time Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton has accepted an eight-year doping ban, marking the end of a career tarnished by drugs.
  The US Anti-Doping Agency meted out the penalty on Tuesday, two months after Hamilton admitted taking a product to battle depression that contained a steroid.
  “I took [...]

• Mauro Finetto of CSF Group-Navigare
  April 18th, 2009
  

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  Mauro Finetto of the CSF Group – Navigare [...]

• Tyler Hamilton Calls It Over After Drug Test Positive And Depression
  April 17th, 2009
  

  American cyclist Tyler Hamilton has retired from the sport after testing positive for DHEA that he is claiming he took in an herbal supplement he used on February 7th and 8th 2009 to self treat clinical depression after going off his prescription drug Lexapro.
  The 38-year-old tested positive for the [...]

• Scheduling Conflict Means Hamilton Will Miss Worlds
  September 18th, 2008
  

  Boulder, Colo. — Rock Racing announced Thursday that Tyler Hamilton has declined his automatic selection to represent the United States at the World Championship road race due to a scheduling conflict with a ride for his charity.
  Speaking earlier this week at an appearance at Harrods of London following the team’s participation at the Tour of [...]

• Rock Racing’s Hamilton Wins National Title In Photo Finish
  September 1st, 2008
  

  Greenville, S.C. — Rock Racing’s “Fast Freddie” Rodriguez predicted it. Tyler Hamilton made it happen. But ultimately it took a photo to decide it.
  Hamilton edged Blake Caldwell (Garmin-Chipotle presented by H3O) by two-thousandths of a second Sunday at the Greenville Hospital System USA Cycling Professional Road Race Championship. The thrilling finish capped the 115-mile (185 [...]

• Rock Racing Autograph Signing Follows Saturday’s Race at The Tour of Utah
  August 16th, 2008
  

  Salt Lake City — Two of the top cyclists in U.S. history will join Rock Racing Team Owner Michael Ball at a free autograph signing this weekend at Utah’s premier bicycle shop, Contender Bicycles.
  Olympic time trial gold medalist and Tour de France stage winner Tyler Hamilton and three-time U.S. national road race champion Fred [...]

• Rock Racing’s Hamilton Wins Tour of Qinghai Lake
  July 21st, 2008
  

  Xining, China — Tyler Hamilton delivered Rock Racing its most prestigious victory to date Sunday when he captured the overall title at the Tour of Qinghai Lake in China.
  Hamilton crossed the finish line with the peloton at the end of a 68-mile (110 km) circuit race through the streets of Xining to secure a 10-second [...]

• Rock Racing’s Hamilton Rolls Into Lead At Qinghai
  July 19th, 2008
  

  Menyuan, China — Rock Racing’s Tyler Hamilton won his first race in nearly four years Friday while grabbing the overall lead at the Tour of Qinghai Lake with only two stages of the race in China remaining.
  Hamilton easily out-sprinted Mark Rutkiewicz (Polish National Team) at the end of Stage 8 as the pair finished more [...]

• The Soft Side of Rock Racing
  February 18th, 2008
  

  With so much focus on the the hardness and hyper-competitiveness of the professional cycling circuit, its nice to see that these guys out on the bikes are true sportsmen and truly nice guys.
  Our creative director was working his way through Palo Alto on the day before the prologue and came upon the bad boys [...]