STUTTGART, Germany (AP) _ Spain's government and the nationalfederation are not doing enough to contain cycling's drug culture,the leader of the sport's world governing body said Monday. ``The biggest problem we have in doping and cycling comes fr ...

CASTELSARRASIN, France (AP) _ Daniele Bennati of Italy won the17th stage of the Tour de France and Alberto Contador of Spainbecame the new overall leader Thursday, a day after MichaelRasmussen was sent home for lying to his team in another devastati ...

PAU, France (AP) _ Tour de France rider Alexandre Vinokourovtested positive for a banned blood transfusion after winning lastweekend's time trial, prompting his Astana team to pull out of therace. The positive test of the Kazakh rider, a one-time fa ...

ROME (AP) _ Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi was cleared ofdoping charges Tuesday by his national federation, which ruled thathe used an asthma drug for legitimate medical reasons. Petacchi had registered a ``non-negative'' test for salbutamolaft ...

LOUDENVIELLE-LE LOURON, France (AP) _ Alexandre Vinokourov turnedin a determined ride to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France onMonday as Michael Rasmussen held off several challenges to defendhis overall lead. Rasmussen retained a two-minute, 2 ...

MONTPELLIER, France (AP) _ Tour de France leader MichaelRasmussen acknowledged Friday that he made an ``administrativeerror'' involving drug-testing rules that prompted his expulsionfrom the Danish national cycling team. Denmark's cycling federation ...

BERLIN (AP) _ German Chancellor Angela Merkel has turned down arequest to meet with disgraced cyclist Jan Ullrich, who retired fromthe sport earlier this year after being implicated in the Spanishdoping scandal. One of Ullrich's friends and business ...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) _ Eric Zabel and Rolf Aldag, formerteammates of two Tour de France winners, admitted Thursday that theytook performance-enhancing drugs while riding for the Telekom teamin the 1990s. Zabel, who is still active, and Aldag were ...

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) _ Floyd Landis' former manager was set toenter rehab Monday, a revelation made in the hours before the Tourde France champion was to take the witness stand for what promisedto be a hostile cross-examination. In a letter written b ...

ROME (AP) _ Rome prosecutors formally opened a criminal investigation into allegations of doping against Ivan Basso on Thursday, three days after the Giro d'Italia champion admitted involvement in the Spanish doping scandal. Basso is being investiga ...