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7 hrs ago | Globe and Mail

A bicyclist's guide to Toronto: Where to go and what to avoid

The army of road warriors spawned by Lance Armstrong obscured a more fundamental cycling shift: riding a bicycle is increasingly just another form of commuting in cities across North America.

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Related Topix: Discovery Channel, Cycling

Sat May 18, 2013

The Age

Goss: report showed less skin, more transparency

Australian sprinter Matt Goss has welcomed the report of an independent review into his Orica-GreenEDGE team's anti-doping processes.

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Inside Bay Area

Amgen Tour of California: In San Jose, cycling fans lining route look ...

From left, spectators Mark Gong and Peter Myers encourage cyclist Lucas Sebastian Haedo during the Amgen Tour of California Stage 6 Time Trial, in San Jose, Calif.

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Related Topix: Tour de France, Cycling, Discovery Channel

The Journal Newspaper Online

Legend Lance Armstrong's words are now fit for the floor

DISGRACED Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has become a permanent fixture on the Newcastle cycling scene after former fans donated hundreds of copies of his autobiography to make into an unusual artwork.

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Instapundit.com

James Taranto: President Asterisk: Why the Obama Irs scandal may be ...

JAMES TARANTO: President Asterisk: Why the Obama IRS scandal may be worse than "a cancer on the presidency." "No one can deny that Lance Armstrong and Mark McGwire were highly skilled athletes.

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Globe and Mail

Why childless people are persecuted

Is it true that the childless don't give a damn for the planet or its future? That's the criticism historian Niall Ferguson recently aimed at the late economist John Maynard Keynes, who was bisexual, married and childless: "Keynes was a homosexual and had no intention of having children," the Harvard historian told a business conference in ... (more)

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Contra Costa Times

Tour of California: Van Garderen retains overall lead

The slender Montanan struck decisively on a 19.6-mile individual time trial designed by descendants of the Marquis de Sade and in the process all but won the Amgen Tour of California.

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Related Topix: Cycling, Michael Rogers, Quickstep, Floyd Landis, Discovery Channel, Phonak Hearing Systems, Tour de France

RTE.ie

Cycling body slammed at EU meeting over doping

The world's top cycling body has been accused of failing to act since the unmasking of seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong as a drugs cheat.

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Related Topix: Tour de France, Cycling, Discovery Channel, Sports, Olympics

Fri May 17, 2013

Globe and Mail

In Pictures: The city on two wheels

If you don't want to do that just use Show me the gallery please to go right to the gallery.

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The Age

USADA chief executive Travis Tygart.

ASADA officials have travelled to the United States to pick the brain of the man who drafted the WADA code and helped crack the BALCO and Lance Armstrong doping cases.

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Related Topix: Discovery Channel, Cycling, Tour de France, Phonak Hearing Systems, Floyd Landis

Thu May 16, 2013

The Age

Review recommends reinstating Matt White

The report by anti-doping expert Nicki Vance also said they should retain sport director Neil Stephens, who was involved in the infamous 1998 Festina Affair.

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BBC News

Dettori: I feel like Lance Armstrong

Three-time champion jockey Frankie Dettori says he "feels like Lance Armstrong" as he prepares for a return to action after a six-month drugs ban.

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Velonews

French legislature could match 1998 Tour samples with names; Jalabert ...

A commission of inquiry for the senate in France will soon be able to put names on the anti-doping samples taken during the 1998 Tour de France, Senator Jean-Jacques PS Lozach said on Wednesday.

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Ananova

McQuaid bid endorsed by Swiss

Irishman Pat McQuaid's bid for a further term as president of cycling's world governing body has been endorsed by Switzerland.

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Velonews

Chasing Giro podium, Gesink welcomes possible Belkin backing

Locked in a battle for the overall podium at the Giro d'Italia, Robert Gesink welcomed the news on Wednesday that American company Belkin could take over sponsorship of his Blanco team.

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Related Topix: Discovery Channel, Cycling, Rabobank, Sports, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Olympic Cycling, Summer Olympic, Marianne Vos, Vincenzo Nibali, Ryder Hesjedal

Wed May 15, 2013

The Globe and Mail

Pound's WADA report cites major failings in global drug-testing

Dick Pound has written a report for the World Anti-Doping Agency assessing the current state of drug-testing. It doesn't paint a pretty picture.

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The Charlotte Observer

South Mecklenburg baseball coach Jon Tuscan, 29, battles cancer

A week after his 29th birthday and just a few months before his second wedding anniversary, South Mecklenburg baseball coach Jon Tuscan learned he had testicular cancer.

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Tue May 14, 2013

Pasadena Star-News

Amgen Tour of California rolls into Santa Clarita

The start of Stage 3 of the Amgen Tour of California. Stage 3 winds from Palmdale to Santa Clarita.

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JD Supra

Justice Department Files Formal Lawsuit Against Lance Armstrong

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Lance Armstrong ahead of the April 23 deadline to file a formal complaint, alleging that he violated his contract with the U.S. Postal Service.

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Star-Telegram.com

Ditch the spandex for new commuter clothes

Johnny Woodside's cycling clothes are almost as cool as his name. The 30-year-old Minneapolis hydrogeologist dons flannel shirts and Red Wing boots, and has a tapered mustache.

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