Road bicycle racing
Why they’re dyeing local sheep pink as the Giro d’Italia gets underway
The Giro d’Italia is one of the world’s biggest races after the Tour de France. It gets underway Friday. 198 riders will cover nearly 1,990 miles over 21 stages. They’ll cross the finish line in the Italian port city of Trieste. But can you name the city where the race begins?
Should Doping Be Legal?
While the Olympics may have been the highlight of this year in sports, Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal threatens to overshadow the athletic world as we reflect on 2012. In August, Lance Armstrong announced he would no longer fight charges of using performance enhancing drugs. By October, the International Cycling Union had stripped Armstrong of his […]
International Cycling Union Revokes Lance Armstrong’s Seven Tour Wins
The International Cycling Union (known as UCI for Union Cycliste Internationale) announced this morning that it will strip Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France wins. The United States Anti Doping Agency has already banned Armstrong for life and has called for Armstrong’s name to removed from the record books. The doping scandal has already […]
In France, Little Surprise at Lance Armstrong’s Looming Doping Sanctions
While some French cycling professionals welcomed the US Anti-Doping Agency’s announcement others feel that this is a sad day for cycling.
Fabrice Jouhaud of L’Equipe, France’s largest daily sports newspaper-says the news has not surprised anyone there.
