Spain leaves others to do its dirty work in war against doping

The stain on Spain is shown up again

PARIS — Lance Armstrong could not have been more wrong.

Armstrong, Contador to race at Criterium in Corsica, 1st meeting since 2009 Tour de France

Armstrong, Contador to race in Criterium

MADRID — Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador will compete in the Criterium International, their first race together since the Tour de France last year.

Contador of Spain wins Paris-Nice for the 2nd time, Valverde 2nd

Contador wins Paris-Nice for the 2nd time

NICE, France — Alberto Contador of Spain won the Paris-Nice race for the second time Sunday after successfully defending his narrow lead over Alejandro Valverde in the seventh and final stage.

Armstrong looks to add extra race to Tour preparations after average Vuelta de Murcia

Armstrong looks to add race to Tour preparations

Bruyneel: Too much talk of Armstrong-Contador helps other Tour de France contenders

Armstrong-Contador rivalry helps Tour contenders

Lance Armstrong feels physical demands of his 2nd year back in pro cycling

Armstrong feels physical demands of cycling

Lance Armstrong 46th in 1st leg of Tour of Murcia; focusing on weekend time trial

Armstrong 46th after 1st leg of Tour of Murcia

Lance Armstrong focusing on time trial in Murcia race as part of Tour preparations

Armstrong focusing on time trial in Tour of Murcia

Lance Armstrong to challenge world, Olympic champions in two-day stage race in Corsica

Lance Armstrong to race in Criterium International

CONI bans Danilo Di Luca for 2 years for doping at last year’s Giro

Cyclist Di Luca banned 2 years for doping

ROME — Cyclist Danilo Di Luca has been suspended for two years for doping at last year’s Giro d’Italia.

Smaller, stronger Armstrong begins bid for 8th Tour de France by finishing 25th Down Under

Bruyneel says Armstrong smaller and stronger

Andre Greipel wins Tour Down Under as Team Sky takes final stage

Greipel wins Tour Down Under

ADELAIDE, Australia — Andre Greipel of Germany won the Tour Down Under for the second time in three years on Sunday, finishing fifth in the sixth and final stage of the ProTour event captured by Chris Sutton.

Armstrong-Contador rivalry “good for cycling,” says UCI chief

Armstrong-Contador rivalry “good for cycling”

Greipel wins stage 4 of Tour Down Under; Armstrong 50th, with 2 stages to go

Greipel wins stage Down Under, Armstrong 50th

Cardoso wins 3rd stage of Tour Down Under; Armstrong 30th

Cardoso wins 3rd stage of Tour Down Under

ADELAIDE, Australia — Portuguese national champion Manuel Cardoso won the arduous third stage of the Tour Down Under on Thursday while Lance Armstrong ended a day of sapping heat 30th on the stage and 26th overall.

German sprinter Andre Greipel wins opening stage of Tour Down Under, Armstrong back in bunch

Greipel wins opening stage of Tour Down Under

Armstrong shelves script, takes leading role in Tour Down Under criterium

Armstrong fronts up in criterium

ADELAIDE, Australia — Lance Armstrong said criteriums weren’t his strong point, then he undermined that claim by taking a daring, leading role in Sunday’s 31-mile prelude to cycling’s Tour Down Under.

Kiwi Henderson wins Tour Down Under prelude race, Armstrong in attack pack

Kiwi wins street race ahead of Tour Down Under

Armstrong: Cycling’s biological passport makes independent drug tests unnecessary

Armstrong’s team abandons independent drug tests

Danish cyclist Rasmussen ready for comeback, signs contract with small Italian team

Cyclist Rasmussen signs with Miche

COPENHAGEN — Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen is gearing up for a comeback after signing a one-year contract with small Italian team Miche Silver Cross.

Lance Armstrong should focus on more than Contador at Tour, says great Eddy Merckx

Merckx expects fiercely fought Tour for Armstrong

Lance Armstrong interested in racing Milan-San Remo classic again

Armstrong considers racing in Milan-San Remo

Tour de France champ Alberto Contador says cold European weather hampering training

Contador: Cold weather hampering training

MADRID — Tour de France champion Alberto Contador says the unusually cold weather in Europe is hampering his preseason training plans.

Tour de France champ Contador says cold European weather hampering training

Contador: Cold weather hampers cycling training

ATHLETE OF THE DECADE: Armstrong beats Woods, Federer and others in pure physical endurance

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Alberto Contador calls his Astana team weaker than Lance Armstrong’s new squad

Contador: Astana weaker than Armstrong’s team

World champ Taylor Phinney’s track cycling event is off 2012 London Olympic program

Phinney’s effort to keep pursuit falls short

Washington mayor requests 2012 Giro d’Italia to start in US capital

Washington requests 2012 Giro start

MILAN — The mayor of Washington will reportedly meet with organizers of the Giro d’Italia to request that the start of the 2012 race be held in the U.S. capital.

Phinney’s quest to keep individual pursuit in Olympics getting some last-minute help

Phinney getting some last-minute help with IOC

Lance Armstrong’s Team RadioShack selects squad for Tour Down Under

Armstrong’s team selected for Tour Down Under

Former Giro winner Ivan Basso will return to the Tour de France next year

Ivan Basso to ride next year’s Tour de France

Kazakhstan’s government fund pledges $22 million for trouble-ridden Astana cycling team

Kazakhs pledge $22 million for Astana cycling team

World champion cyclist Cadel Evans predicts bigger and better 2010 for Lance Armstrong

Cyclist Evans expects big things from Armstrong

Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin to be stripped of silver medal from Beijing Games for doping

Italian cyclist loses Olympic silver for doping

CAS gives Italian rider Matteo Priamo 4-year doping ban for supplying drugs to teammate

Priamo banned 4 years for giving drugs to teammate

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