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- Giovanni Visconti wins snowy stage in Giro d'Italia
- Heavy snow wasn't a problem for Giovanni Visconti, who broke away to win the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday.
- Vincenzo Nibali extends lead in Giro d'Italia
- Vincenzo Nibali of Italy finished second in Saturday's 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia, extending his overall lead in the prestigious annual event
- Canada's Ryder Hesjedal pulls out of Giro d'Italia video
- Canadian cyclist cites 'deteriorating physical condition' for withdrawal
- Mark Cavendish wins another stage at Giro d'Italia
- Mark Cavendish won another stage Thursday at the Giro d'Italia but Vincenzo Nibali continues to lead the event while favourite Bradley Wiggins dropped out of contention.
- Canada's Ryder Hesjedal slips 4 more spots at Giro d'Italia
- Lithuanian rider Ramunas Navardauskas won the 11th stage of the Giro d'Italia with a solo breakaway Wednesday while Vincenzo Nibali held on to the overall lead and Canada's Ryder Hesjedal slipped to 37th.
- updated Canadian cyclist Ryder Hesjedal out of contention at Giro d'Italia
- Canadian cyclist and defending champion Ryder Hesjedal suffered during the 10th strage of the Giro d'Italia, finishing in 71st place to plummet down the event leaderboard.
- Canada's Ryder Hesjedal up to 3rd place at Giro d'Italia
- Australian rider Adam Hansen won the hilly and rainy seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia on Friday with a solo breakaway while Benat Intxausti of Spain took the overall leader's pink jersey.
- Vincenzo Nibali takes Giro d'Italia lead, Canada's Hesjedal 6th
- Saturday's eighth stage of the Giro d'Italia saw favourite Bradley Wiggins slowed by a flat tire while rival Vincenzo Nibali grabbed the overall lead. Alex Dowsett won the stage, an individual time trial.
- Salvatore Puccio is new Giro d'Italia leader video
- Salvatore Puccio is the new leader of the Giro d'Italia after Sky won the team time trial in Sunday's second stage.
- Mark Cavendish wins 1st stage of Giro d'Italia video
- Mark Cavendish won the first stage of the Giro d'Italia, sprinting to victory Saturday in Naples. He completed the 130-kilometre stage in two hours, 58 minutes, 38 seconds.
- German cyclist Stefan Schumacher admits to doping
- Cyclist Stefan Schumacher has acknowledged in an interview with a German magazine in Berlin that he used banned substances including EPO and human growth hormone.
- Belgian cycling body seeks fine from Leif Hoste in anti-doping case
- The Belgian cycling federation is seeking a 300,000 euros ($385,000) fine from retired cyclist Leif Hoste in an anti-doping case based on alleged irregular blood values in his biological passport.
- analysis Ryder Hesjedal hopes to lead cycling into new, cleaner era video
- As Ryder Hesjedal competes in his first race of the season and prepares to defend his Giro d'Italia title, the Canadian sees himself as part of a new wave of cyclists who can usher the sport out of its doping-tainted past.
- Cyclist Michael Boogerd admits to doping for decade
- Michael Boogerd of the Netherlands admitted Wednesday to using performance-enhancing drugs for most of his professional cycling career.
- Lance Armstrong will not talk doping with U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
- Lance Armstrong's attorney says the disgraced cyclist won't interview under oath with U.S. Anti-Doping Agency officials who wanted him to tell them all he knows about doping.
- USADA extends Lance Armstrong's deadline to cooperate
- The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says it has been in contact with Lance Armstrong and is giving him more time to decide if he wants to co-operate with its investigators and tell more about what he knows of doping in cycling.
- Michael Rasmussen latest cyclist to admit to doping
- In the latest doping scandal to hit the sport of cycling since Lance Armstrong's confession earlier this month, Danish rider Michael Rasmussen admitted on Thursday that he took performance-enhancing drugs for more than a decade.
- Lance Armstrong says amnesty is 'only way' to deal with doping crisis in cycling
- Lance Armstrong says a truth and reconciliation program is the "only way" to deal with cycling's doping crisis and the sport's governing body should have no role in the process.
- Frank Schleck to miss Tour de France due to positive drug test
- Luxembourg's anti-doping authorities have suspended RadioShack Nissan Trek leader Frank Schleck until July 14 after he tested positive for a banned substance during last year's Tour de France.
- UCI disbands Lance Armstrong panel
- Cycling's governing body disbanded an independent panel put together to review any involvement it had in the Lance Armstrong scandal, saying it will go ahead with a "truth and reconciliation commission" instead.
- Attorney says Lance Armstrong will help 'clean up cycling'
- An attorney for Lance Armstrong told the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency the cyclist will co-operate with efforts to "clean up cycling," though it's the sport's governing body and world anti-doping officials who should take the lead.
- Hein Verbruggen defends UCI warning suspected cheats
- Former International Cycling Union president Hein Verbruggen defended the governing body's doping policy during the Lance Armstrong era, claiming that it deal with doping appropriately.
- Oprah Winfrey says Lance Armstrong can be a 'hero again'
- Speaking at a lecture in Edmonton on Monday, talk show host Oprah Winfrey said she believes Lance Armstrong has the opportunity to be a hero again.
- French cyclist Steve Houanard banned 2 years for doping
- French rider Steve Houanard has been suspended for two years for doping with EPO, and a disciplinary case has been opened against former Lance Armstrong teammate Leif Hoste of Belgium, the International Cycling Union said on Tuesday.
- Alberto Contador says Lance Armstrong admission may help sport
- Alberto Contador, a two-time winner of the Tour de France who was stripped of a third title for using a banned substance, says cycling needs to take something positive from the Lance Armstrong scandal.
- Lance Armstrong told his son 'don't defend me anymore' video
- Lance Armstrong finally cracked. Not the way anti-doping authorities hoped or as disillusioned fans wanted, while expressing deep remorse or regrets, though there was plenty of that in Friday night's second part of Armstrong's interview with Oprah Winfrey.
- Reaction to Lance Armstrong interview with Oprah, part 2
- In part two of Lance Armstrong's interview with Oprah Winfrey, the cyclist revealed the impact his web of lies had on his family as the Twitter world reacted to his teary-eyed confessions.
- IOC wants 'whole truth' from Lance Armstrong video
- IOC vice-president Thomas Bach contended Friday that Lance Armstrong's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs isn't enough to satisfy relevant sports governing bodies.
- point of view Reaction to Lance Armstrong interview with Oprah
- Lance Armstrong admitted the use of performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during the first installment of his interview with Oprah Winfrey and, as expected, the Twitter world flooded with reactions.
- Lance Armstrong admits to doping in Oprah interview video
- Lance Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, reversing more than a decade of denial.
- IOC strips Lance Armstrong of Olympic medal
- The International Olympic Committee has stripped Lance Armstrong of his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics because of his involvement in doping.
- Lance Armstrong 'left it all on table' in Oprah interview
- Part 1 of Lance Armstrong's confession to Oprah Winfrey about using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France a record seven times is being aired at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday.
- Doping officials urge Lance Armstrong to confess under oath video
- Lance Armstrong's admission of drug use to TV host Oprah Winfrey may not be enough because anti-doping officials are demanding the disgraced U.S. cyclist confess under oath.
- video Lance Armstrong's history of denials
- Lance Armstrong denied doping for 10 years before an avalanche of conflicting information and testimonials forced him to
- analysis Lamb: Lance Armstrong's confession is about money video
- Lance Armstrong has spent well over a decade vehemently denying he used performance-enhancing drugs. So why confess to Oprah Winfrey now? The short answer is money, writes CBC World Report's David Michael Lamb.