Star cyclist Richard Virenque retires
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French cycling star Richard Virenque retired Friday, ending a career marked by his fierce mountain climbs but tainted by his part in the Tour de France&#39;s worst doping scandal.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Four-time Olympic medallist Stephan Eberharter announced his retirement from competitive skiing on Friday. In 16 seasons on the World Cup circuit, Eberharter won 29 races and four world
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Olivier Panis has today announced that he is to retire as a Formula 1 race driver after the 2004 season finale in Brazil. However, Panis has signed a new two-year deal with Panasonic Toyota Racing, which will
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Brazil's three-times French Open champion and former world number one Gustavo Kuerten said on Tuesday he would retire this year.
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Professional cycling is beginning its new season about where it finished the last one, with the consequences of the use of performance-enhancing drugs casting a broad shadow over the sport.
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Matthew Pinsent, the four-time Olympic gold medallist, confirmed today that he is to retire from the sport - as reported in The Times yesterday.
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When 60-year-old Harry Stokes mounted his Trek 5000 road bike to follow in Lance Armstrong&#39;s wheelprints, he wasn&#39;t riding alone.
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Real Madrid midfielder Zinedine Zidane will retire from football in 2007 at the latest.
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TIGNES, France  - Briton Mark Cavendish of the T-Mobile team pulled out of the Tour de France on Sunday.
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Damian Woetzel, a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, said Monday he would retire at seasonâs end, making official what he had predicted a year ago. Mr. Woetzelâs final performance will be on June 18 after 23 years with the company. He earned a masterâs degree in public administration from Harvard University last year and is artistic director of the summer Vail International Dance Festival. Mr. Woetzel said it was fitting to leave as the company commemorates the 10th anniversary of the death of Jerome Robbins by featuring his choreography. âHis presence was the reason I joinedâ the company, Mr. Woetzel said. He said he will focus his energy âbeyond the limited space of performingâ in âareas where I hope to make an impact in the second part of my life.â.
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Cycling is a circus and the thrill is gone &#151; from this year's Tour de France anyway.
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Sport: Spanish star, who won five major championships during a stellar career, announces retirement.
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The International Cycling Union says the Phonak team informed the group that Hamilton&#39;s contract was terminated last week. Hamilton confirms that on his Web site.
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The route of the 2005 Tour de France was announced yesterday, and the changes look set to test the dominance of the reigning champion, Lance Armstrong.
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Two years after Lance Armstrong's retirement, his absence is still making almost as big an imprint as his presence did during his seven-year title run.
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Controversial French cyclist Richard Virenque, a record seven-time winner of the Tour de France&#39;s King of the Mountains jersey, will retire at the end of the current season when he turns 35.
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Ronald Waterreus, the veteran Dutch goalkeeper for the Red Bulls, announced Friday that he would retire at the end of the season.