Cycling: Vinokourov 'fails test'
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Alexandre Vinokourov's Astana team withdraw from the Tour de France after he tests positive for blood doping.
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Alexander Vinokourov tests positive for blood doping after winning Saturday's Tour de France time-trial.
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Alexandre Vinokourov wins the 13th stage time trial Saturday in the Tour de France, and Michael Rasmussen of Denmark retains the overall lead.
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A Greek athlete loses his medal after testing positive, and a Russian is also reported to have failed a test.
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Olympic champion Tyler Hamilton will keep his gold medal because of a laboratory error, but the Marblehead cyclist still may face a two-year ban for blood doping after another positive test this month.
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Lawyers for the 2006 Tour de France winner say an arbitration panel has ended its deliberations and will issue a ruling on cyclistâs failed doping test by next week.
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Olympic time trial champion Tyler  Hamilton has been suspended by his Phonak team after they were  informed he had failed dope tests.
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Olympic cycling champion Tyler Hamilton has been told he can keep his gold medal after the results of a drug test at the Athens Games proved inconclusive.
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Team Astana missed last year's Tour de France over a doping probe. Now, its star riders have another problem: crashes on the course.
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The most consistent rider in cycling, Erik Zabel (Germany), once again had to settle for a second place as he was beaten by Oscar Freire in the final sprint of the Elite Men&#39;s Road Race in Verona yesterday.
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Olympic time trial champion Tyler Hamilton has been suspended by his Phonak team after failing a dope test. The American, who tested positive for blood doping at the Olympics and the Tour of Spain, is waiting for the results of his &quot;B&quot; samples.
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Halfway through the Tour de France, no compelling newcomer has broken through, no favorite has emerged and doping allegations have surfaced yet again. Cedric Vasseur became the first French rider to win a stage this year, but his victory and the Tour were overshadowed by the announcement of the doping test on cyclist Patrik Sinkewitz during a training session last month that turned up high levels of testosterone.
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BOURG-EN-BRESSE, France  - Injured Tour de France favorite Alexander Vinokourov and his Astana colleague Andreas Kloeden will start Saturday's seventh stage, the team said on Friday.
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OLYMPIC gold medallist Tyler Hamilton, who is under investigation for blood doping, has been fired by his Swiss pro cycling team. The Swiss-based International Cycling Union (UCI) said today the Phonak team
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MONTREAL A series of errors and misunderstandings led to the botched drug test that resulted in Tyler Hamilton, the American cyclist, retaining his gold medal from the Athens Olympics, the World Anti-Doping Agency has said in a report.
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Olympic time-trial cycling champion Tyler Hamilton of the United States has apparently failed tests designed to detect a form of performance-enhancing blood transfusions.
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Olympic champion Tyler Hamilton faces a ban after failing a test for blood doping.