Floyd Landis took an apparent called third strike Monday, and it cost him at least another $100,000. The American rider who finished first in the 2006 Tour de France, seemingly inheriting the famed yellow jersey from former U.S. Postal Service teammate and seven-time champion Lance Armstrong, has lost his latest bid to retain cycling's most prized title.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 14-year-old girl riding in a mountain bike race was severely injured when she was mauled by a bear. The girl, whose name was not immediately released, suffered head, neck, torso and leg wounds early Sunday.

The costly legal battle by the cyclist Floyd Landis to recover his title as the winner of the 2006 Tour de France came to an apparent end on Monday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport, the final international appeals body, upheld a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency panel's decision that synthetic testosterone had played a role in Landis' victory.

CADEL Evans is quite happy to wear a big target on his back in the Tour de France.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport have thrown out Floyd Landis's appeal to regain the 2006 Tour de France title and upheld his two-year drugs ban.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport have thrown out Floyd Landis's appeal to regain the 2006 Tour de France title and upheld his two-year drugs ban. Landis had hoped for a reprieve.

A 14-year-old girl riding in a mountain bike race was severely injured when she was mauled by a bear in Alaska.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday dismissed US cyclist Floyd Landis' appeal to overturn a positive doping test that resulted in the stripping of his 2006 Tour de France title.

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