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Italian cyclist Danilo di Luca who finished runner up in the recent Giro d’Italia has been provisionally suspended after proving positive to tests for the banned blood booster Cera.
“The decision was made in response to a report to blood samples collected during the Giro on 20 and 28 May 2009,” said the International Cycling Union.
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Great Britain gained two silver and two bronze medals but could not secure a win on day one at track cycling’s World Championships in Pruszkow, Poland.
Wendy Houvenaghel was beaten by New Zealander Alison Shanks in the individual pursuit final and GB’s Olympic champion team sprint trio were pipped to the finishing line by 0.3 seconds [...]

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Lance Armstrong has crashed out of the Spanish Vuelta Castilla y Leon cycle race with a suspected collar bone fracture after being caught up an incident involving several riders with just 20km of the race to complete.
The American appeared in pain as he was taken by ambulance to nearby Valladolid and the University Clinic.
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Seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is to return to cycle racing in Europe this week, the first time since announcing his retirement in 2005.  The 37 year old American will race in the first one day classic of the season, Milan to St Remo where he will compete as part of the [...]

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The Belgian cyclist Frederiek Nolf has died in his sleep only hours after competing in the fourth stage of the Tour of Qatar. Nolf who was just 21 years old was not known to suffer from any health problems.
Out of respect the fifth stage of the Tour of Qatar which takes place today, will be [...]

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