Cycling

Lance Armstrong accuser Floyd Landis wore wire for HGH probe of cycling owner Michael Ball: sources

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:11:00 -0500

Former pro cyclist Floyd Landis, who has accused his sport's biggest hero, Lance Armstrong, of doping, helped the federal government collect potentially incriminating audio and video recordings for its sprawling investigation into doping conspiracies in professional cycling, according to sources close to the case.

Floyd Landis Tells Cameras for First Time: 'I Saw Lance Armstrong Using Drugs'

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:38:00 -0400

On a warm summer's night this week in Bend, Ore., the man at the center of one of the biggest scandals in sports history couldn't have looked more out of place. Floyd Landis was racing his bike in a simple T-shirt -- no fancy cycling jersey. It has been an epic fall from grace for Floyd Landis. But the former Tour de France winner's biggest surprise wasn't the disgrace of losing his Tour title -- or of being banned from the sport he loves as a drug cheat. It was the decision to come clean about his own doping and make sweeping accusations against others, including one of the biggest names in all of sport, Lance Armstrong.

Electric bikes? Call for checks at Tour de France [VIDEO]

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:07:00 -0400

French cycling team chief Alain Deloeil called for checks at the Tour de France to ensure that racers are not cheating by using motors hidden in their bike frames.

Woman Attempts 12-hour World Record on New Front-Wheel-Drive Recumbent Bicycle

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:11:00 -0400

Maria Parker, a 46 year-old mother of four, will be testing her endurance and a new front-wheel-drive recumbent bicycle as she attempts to set the world record in the 12-hour unfaired recumbent bicycle event on October 10th. She undertook this challenge after she not only won her first bicycle race in July, but set the course record .