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Drugs in sports: A quiz
Doping. HGH. Steroids. Lance Armstrong. Chinese swimmers. Outfielder Jose Conseco. The revelations and allegations over the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs span sports from cycling to baseball to the Olympic Games. How much do you know about the role drugs have played in major sports?
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10 great books about cycling
Whether you ride a bike or not, summer is the perfect time to pick up a book about cycling.
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Tour de France 101: Americans to watch
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In Pictures: Scenes from the 2010 Tour de France
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 07/12
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Classic review: The Only Game in Town
A sparkling, eclectic collection of sports profiles from the pages of the New Yorker.
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Tour de France 2010 delivers drama – without the doping
After a lackluster 2009 edition, this year's Tour de France was filled with action, from the cementing of Contador and Schleck's rivalry to Armstrong's bumpy exit from the sport he dominated in unprecedented fashion.
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Tour de France Stage 18: Yellow jersey beyond reach, riders battle for lesser awards
The Tour de France, which ends Sunday, offers $2.6 million in prizes. Beyond battling for the yellow jersey, racers can collect points (think: Super Mario) for smaller awards.
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Microsoft (MSFT): the Lance Armstrong of tech stocks?
Like the Tour de France champ, Microsoft has strength and durability. But it isn't winning the races that count.
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Tour de France Stage 17: Contador second by a hair, but likely to win overall
In the Tour de France's Stage 17 today, defending champion Alberto Contador hung with rival Andy Schleck up the race's most iconic climb, the Col du Tourmalet. French President Nicolas Sarkozy cheered their effort from the festive sidelines.
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Tour de France Stage 17: Why fans will camp out for days to glimpse cyclists
Mountain stages like the Tour de France's Stage 17 today, which could decide the battle between defending champion Alberto Contador or rising star Andy Schleck, are favorites among spectators.
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Tour de France Stage 16: Lance Armstrong attacks, just misses win
In Stage 16 of the Tour de France today, Lance Armstrong attacked on the final climb – dusting the two men vying for the overall win, Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck, by nearly seven minutes.
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Tour de France: Will Contador pay for his breach of cycling's unwritten rules?
Tour de France Stage 15: Alberto Contador won the yellow but some say he committed a breach of race etiquette by attacking in the last climb of Stage 15 just as race leader Andy Schleck's chain popped off.
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How the Tour de France's yellow jersey came to be yellow
Wearing the yellow jersey, which indicates the overall leader in the Tour de France, confers power in the peloton – the pack slows if he has to make a pit stop – and financial gain.
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Tour de France Stage 15: Schleck vows 'revenge' after Contador steals lead
Two-time winner Alberto Contador bumped Andy Schleck out of the lead during the Tour de France Stage 15 today. But fans whistled with displeasure at Contador, who attacked when Schleck's chain fell off.
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Alberto Contador strikes hard in Tour de France Stage 12
Alberto Contador today shaved 10 seconds off the lead of Andy Schleck in the Tour de France Stage 12. Lance Armstrong's Team RadioShack took the overall team lead.
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Tour de France Stage 11 turns into 'gladiator arena'
Tour de France Stage 11 finished in a wild sprint, with Mark Cavendish claiming his third stage win. But his HTC-Columbia teammate was disqualified for head-butting another rider.
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Tour de France Stage 10: French riders give strong showing for Bastille Day
The Tour de France Stage 10 was won in a sprint by Portugal’s Sérgio Paulinho. Meanwhile, his RadioShack teammate Lance Armstrong fell another two minutes behind overall leader Andy Schleck.
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Tour de France Stage 9 whittles contenders down to Schleck, Contador
After Stage 8 of the Tour de France took Lance Armstrong out of the race, two other possible contenders – Cadel Evans and Carlos Sastre – lost critical time. Now it's a race between defending champion Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck.
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In Pictures: Scenes from the 2010 Tour de France
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 07/12
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Lance Armstrong, beaten, resigned to Tour de France defeat
Lance Armstrong conceded that his ambitions of an eighth Tour title were at a premature end.
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In Stage 6 of Tour de France, Cavendish claims victory again
Mark Cavendish burst into the lead in the final few hundred meters for an exciting end to Stage 6 of the Tour de France. American Tyler Farrar finished second. Tomorrow brings the first mountain stage.
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The Only Game in Town
A sparkling, eclectic collection of sports profiles from the pages of The New Yorker.
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Tour de France 101: Who’s favored to win?
The obvious pick for the 2010 Tour de France winner is last year's victor Alberto Contador. But youngster Andy Schleck, a consummate climber, could do well on this year's especially hilly course.
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Tour de France Stage 5: Cavendish redeemed; Lance Armstrong still 18th
British cyclist Mark Cavendish won Stage 5 – his first stage win – of this year's Tour de France after a bumpy start to the 2010 season. Lance Armstrong stands 18th, two minutes and 30 seconds behind the leader after 613 miles of racing.
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Tour de France 101: What's the peloton?
A thing of beauty, efficiency, and danger, the peloton cuts wind drag by up to 40 percent and is where many riders spend most of their time during Tour de France.
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Tour de France Stage 4: Petacchi wins, Lance Armstrong lags
Italian Alessandro Petacchi won the Tour de France Stage 4 today, his second win of the race. Racers used the smooth roads to recover from a grueling Stage 3 that saw Lance Armstrong fall to 18th place.
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Tour de France Stage 3: Why Lance Armstrong lost ground
After the Tour de France Stage 3 today, Lance Armstrong sits in 18th place in overall standings. One of the seven cobblestone sections gave him particular trouble.
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Tour de France: Can Lance Armstrong keep his Teflon image?
As the Tour de France gets under way, defrocked 2006 winner Floyd Landis has put forward fresh, detailed doping allegations against Lance Armstrong. But Armstrong has become as famous for deflecting scandal as for leading the peloton.
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