Alexander Vinokourov, one of the favorites to win the Tour de France, acknowledged that he had used the services of the Italian doctor Michele Ferrari, but not for medical products.Ferrari, who once advised Lance Armstrong, was found guilty of fraud and malpractice in 2004 but was acquitted on charges of distributing doping products. He won an appeal two years later.Vinokourov, the leader of the ...

Alexander Vinokourov, one of the favorites to win the Tour de France, acknowledged that he had used the services of the Italian doctor Michele Ferrari, but not for medical products.Ferrari, who once advised Lance Armstrong, was found guilty of fraud and malpractice in 2004 but was acquitted on charges of distributing doping products. He won an appeal two years later.Vinokourov, the leader of the ...

Manhattan Beach Grand Prix Live: The 90-minute race will be broadcast live on the Internet by iBN Sports www.ibnsports.com and archived for later viewing. Race starts at 12 noon Pacific time, adjust for your local time. Toyota/United's Ivan Dominguez returns to the action in tomorrows race.

Seven years ago the grotesque and grotty space-age-style giant domes and turrets of France's Futuroscope theme park near Poitiers were witnesses to a key moment in British sport. Against the backdrop of what looked like a bad film set for the French version of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Scot David Millar hurtled into the upper echelons of the pro scene with a victory in the Tour de ...

When the Tour de France starts next weekend, it will not just look for a winner, it will also be looking for some kind of credibility as a sporting event. And it will be looking hard. For some, as usual, it is all the media's fault that this sorry state of affairs has come about. Ken Livingstone has stated that if the British public read the newspapers about the Tour's 48 hours in England, they ...

SMITHSBURG - Although it looked like a treacherous way to finish, the final hill of the 2007 Smithsburg Road Race was a piece of cake for Stephen Koelbl.

Tour de France: Team Milram Announces Tour Squad The squad in the "Baby Blue" colors brings a "Well Balanced" team to the tour capable of controlling the sprints... but will the squad arrive with Ale Jet as his participation hangs in the wind.

PARIS (AP) - Cycling cannot afford another doping scandal, and desperately needs a clean Tour de France winner this year.

Denmark's Soren Hansen fired a five-under 66 Saturday to take a one-shot lead through three rounds of the Open de France.

Wiesbaden, Germany - T-Mobile team chief Bob Stapleton expects police raids and an unprecedented amount of blood tests in the fight against doping at the upcoming Tour de France. There will be more tests than in the past. The amount of blood tests b...