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Spaniard Alberto Contador celebrates on the podium after winning this year's Tour de France in Paris on July 25, 2010. Contador won his third Tour de France title in the last four years. UPI/David Silpa
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Jan Ullrich, the 1997 winner of the Tour de France and a five-time runner-up in the race, has been suspended from competition because of a doping violation.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Alberto Contador has been stripped of his 2010 Tour de France championship because he was found to have used a prohibited substance during the race.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. attorney said Friday the Justice Department has ended an investigation into whether cycling champion Lance Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Members of an international committee say they will discuss easing rules on a popular performance-enhancing drug at a meeting in Switzerland this weekend.
SYDNEY, July 27 (UPI) -- An Australian man made good on a bet about the outcome of the Tour de France by taking a daylight bike ride in a lime green "mankini."
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 26 (UPI) -- An appeal of a drug-related disciplinary action concerning three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has been postponed to November.
PARIS, July 24 (UPI) -- Australian Cadel Evans wrapped up his first Tour de France victory in Sunday's traditional ride down the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
GRENOBLE, France, July 23 (UPI) -- Cadel Evans took the overall lead in the Tour de France Saturday by taking second in the time trial stage in Grenoble with a time of 55 minutes, 40 seconds.
HUEZ, France, July 22 (UPI) -- Pierre Rolland claimed the final mountain stage of the 2011 Tour de France Friday and Andy Schleck took the overall lead with two stages left to be run.
GRENOBLE, France, July 21 (UPI) -- Andy Schleck, with a daring charge up Thursday's final climb, nearly took the overall lead in the 2011 Tour de France with a victory in the race's Stage 18.
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