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	<title>RoadCycler.com &#187; Tour de France</title>
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		<title>Tour de France is a GO for Armstrong</title>
		<link>http://www.roadcycler.com/2009/04/tour-de-france-is-a-go-for-armstrong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong certainly knows how to stay in the news.  The latest on Armstrong is that he has been cleared by the French anti-doping agency over the questions surrounding his latest drug test, and the incident with the shower.  He passed the test, but was later found under suspicion due to his request to take a shower prior to taking the drug test.  The shower was ok&#8217;d by the official requesting the test, so it was a bit strange that there was outrage following the event.
&#8220;The [agency] has decided to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Armstrong expected to race the Giro, Tour de France uncertain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the organizers of the Giro d&#8217;Italia, Astana&#8217;s Lance Armstrong will be participating in the race on May 9th.  Surprisingly, the twittering phenom hasn&#8217;t raced the Giro in his career, so this could be an interesting showing.  It&#8217;s doubtful he&#8217;ll actually go for the win, but it will could help with training for the Tour de France.
The big question is if the organizers of the Tour de France will let Armstrong race.  According to the Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage (AFLD), Armstrong took a shower prior to taking a ...]]></description>
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		<title>Bernhard Kohl banned 2 years for doping</title>
		<link>http://www.roadcycler.com/2008/11/bernhard-kohl-banned-2-years-for-doping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bernhard Kohl has been banned from cycling for 2 years due using CERA, the latest version of EPO, during the Tour de France.  Kohl came in third, but was later found to have tested positive.
Obviously Kohl was not happy about the penalty.

&#8220;I&#8217;ve made my statement and I&#8217;ve been honest,&#8221; said Kohl, who declined to comment on whether he told NADA the names of his suppliers. &#8220;It&#8217;s a shame that I got the same penalty as someone who denies everything. This is the wrong way. I definitely made clear how I ...]]></description>
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		<title>Scott-American Beef team no longer sponsored by Scott Bicycles for 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.roadcycler.com/2008/08/scott-american-beef-team-no-longer-sponsored-by-scott-bicycles-for-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ricardo Ricco&#8217;s former team sure hasn&#8217;t had much luck with keeping sponsors lately.  Scott Bicycles has announced that they will no longer sponsor the Spanish ProTour team, Scott-American Beef, formerly named Saunier Duval.
Saunier Duval dropped their sponsorship of the team in July, after Ricco and teammate Leonardo Piepoli were caught using EPO-CERA during the Tour de France.  Scott announced that they would continue to sponsor the Spanish team, but it looks like it wasn&#8217;t meant to be.
I suppose they&#8217;ll be called the American Beef team now?  It sounds a bit ...]]></description>
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		<title>Ricardo Ricco admits to using EPO</title>
		<link>http://www.roadcycler.com/2008/07/ricardo-ricco-admits-to-using-epo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After coming out of nowhere and winning two Tour de France stages, Ricco was tested positive for EPO (erythropoietin), and today has actually admitted to taking the drug to the Italian Olympic Committee&#8217;s anti-doping prosecutor.
Ricco, and teammate Leonardo Piepoli were fired by Saunier-Duval due to the scandal, and cheating. Piepoli hasn&#8217;t tested positive, but the team let him go out of their distrust of him being clean.
Interestingly, Ricco goes after the poor quality of the testing:
&#8220;They made 10 tests in about 13 legs, two were positive and in fact in ...]]></description>
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		<title>The One Stop Shop For Tour de France News</title>
		<link>http://www.roadcycler.com/2008/07/the-one-stop-shop-for-tour-de-france-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.roadcycler.com/2008/07/the-one-stop-shop-for-tour-de-france-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tour de France]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note:  I ran across the most useful way to keep up to date on the 2008 Tour de France.  KWC.org has put together an amazing rundown of every bit of Tour de France info from around the web.  Just check the page every few hours and get your fill of the absolute latest information.
Click Here to get your Tour de France fix.
]]></description>
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		<title>Tour de France: The 10 best American performances</title>
		<link>http://www.roadcycler.com/2008/07/tour-de-france-the-10-best-american-performances/</link>
		<comments>http://www.roadcycler.com/2008/07/tour-de-france-the-10-best-american-performances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ESPN has put together a top ten list of the best American performances in the Tour de France.  The list covers the best moments, from Lance Armstrong&#8217;s 2003 cruise through a hay field, to the narrowest winning margin in Tour history by Greg Lemond.
The 8-second win differential still remains the smallest margin of victory in Tour history. LeMond&#8217;s average speed of 54.545 kph also remains the fastest time trial pace in the event.
An 8-second difference over the length of the Tour de France is pretty crazy.  If it wasn&#8217;t for ...]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch team Rabobank owes Rasmussen</title>
		<link>http://www.roadcycler.com/2008/07/dutch-team-rabobank-owes-rasmussen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.roadcycler.com/2008/07/dutch-team-rabobank-owes-rasmussen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Rasmussen has won 665,000 euros ($1 million dollars) from the Dutch team Rabobank, for their rapid dismissal of Rasmussen from the team.
Rasmussen also received a two year ban from professional cycling by the Monaco Cycling Federation.
Rasmussen was leading last year’s Tour de France until he was withdrawn amid claims from his Rabobank team that he “lied about his whereabouts” leading up the race.
The telegraph includes some additional details about Rasmussen&#8217;s big day.
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		<title>Floyd Landis loses Tour de France appeal</title>
		<link>http://www.roadcycler.com/2008/06/floyd-landis-loses-tour-de-france-appeal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.roadcycler.com/2008/06/floyd-landis-loses-tour-de-france-appeal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Floyd Landis latest appeal to keep his 2006 Tour de France victory has been denied.  He has spent millions of dollars trying to prove his innocence, but all he&#8217;s gotten from it is a $100,000 bill for the legal fees of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
From the AP Article:
In its 58-page decision, the panel at sports&#8217; highest court said the lab that analyzed Landis&#8217; positive test results used some &#8220;less than ideal laboratory practices, but not lies, fraud, forgery or cover-ups,&#8221; the way the Landis camp had alleged.
I don&#8217;t think Landis ...]]></description>
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		<title>New Study Proves Doping Tests Worthless</title>
		<link>http://www.roadcycler.com/2008/06/new-study-proves-doping-tests-worthless/</link>
		<comments>http://www.roadcycler.com/2008/06/new-study-proves-doping-tests-worthless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 Olympics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Tour and the Olympics quickly approaching, mainstream media seem to be refocusing its attention on the big black cloud over professional cycling.  The NY Times is running an article about a study that will soon be published online at The Journal of Applied Physiology, which proves that tests looking for doping agent &#8220;recombinant human erythropoietin,&#8221; or EPO, in athletes&#8217; blood are completely unreliable.
From the article:
&#8230;The investigators gave eight young men EPO and collected urine samples on multiple occasions before, during and after the men were doping. The men’s ...]]></description>
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