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Outside June 2008 Andrew Tilin |
Vanishing Point How badly do professional cyclists want to compete in the fast and fabled pelotons of Europe? Even riders without a prayer of winning big still roll with drugs, lies, and mortal danger. It's a life that can ruin more than a career. Just ask Joe Papp, an ex-pro who lives the doper's nightmare. |
Sports Illustrated July 19, 2001 Alexander Wolff |
Riding in circles Lance Armstrong still has questions to answer about doping... |
Sports Illustrated December 14, 2000 E.M. Swift |
Backpedaling Lance Armstrong threatened not to defend his title if all the allegations of illegal drug use didn't go away. Armstrong's threat only adds to suspicion... |
Outside July 2009 John Bradley |
Remembering Armstrong's First Tour Victory Ten years ago this month, Lance Armstrong was a little-known cancer survivor who showed up at the Tour de France. And no one had any idea what would happen next. |
Outside February 2009 Christopher Keyes |
King of Pain He's got seven yellow jerseys. He's not getting paid. He's 37 years old. So why is Lance Armstrong racing again? Because he still has something to prove -- and nothing else hurts so good. |
Outside November 2003 Stuart Stevens |
Drug Test Everybody knows that many athletes cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs like steroids, testosterone, and EPO. But what is it like to take these banned substances? Do they really help you win? To find out, we sent an amateur cyclist out to try them and report back. |
Outside March 2007 John Bradley |
Back Pedaling After a two-year ban from pro cycling for doping violations, Tyler Hamilton wants to prove he's the same clean-cut guy once picked to succeed Lance. At 36, does he still have what it takes to win? And if he does, will anyone cheer? |
HBS Working Knowledge December 18, 2013 Michael Blanding |
Lessons from the Lance Armstrong Cheating Scandal Clayton S. Rose's recent case study looks at the behavior of teammates who were swept up in Lance Armstrong's cheating scandal. When do followers need to break away from their leader? |
Sports Central July 25, 2005 Eric Poole |
Lance Armstrong: Long Live the King Thoughts about Lance Armstrong, his role as a pioneer in equipment and training, his interaction with teammates and competitors, and who will succeed him. |
AskMen.com October 21, 2015 Matt Chappell |
Doping In Sport 2015 Nearly three years on from the scandal that was the Lance Armstrong confession, the journalist that spent 13 years of his life trying to bring him down, David Walsh, still has his eye on the ball. |
Outside June 2004 Heil & Bradley |
Spinning in Their Graves The Tour's new scandal: Elite cyclists are mysteriously dropping dead. |
Outside December 2006 John Bradley |
Unchain My Heart If pro cycling is so dirty, why can't I make a clean break? |
BusinessWeek March 12, 2007 Jack Ewing |
T-Mobile's Unlikely Cleanup Rider T-Mobile has tapped VoiceStream founder Bob Stapleton to get its cycling team back on track. |
Sports Illustrated July 30, 2001 Jack McCallum |
Armstrong tactics Giving Lance the benefit of the doubt... |
Outside June 2003 Eric Hagerman |
Force Majeure That's the simplest way to define Lance Armstrong's turbulent, awe-inspiring tug-of-war between an irresistible, superior force and events that cannot be anticipated or controlled. |
Sports Central July 7, 2006 Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Real Deal, Please Sit Down Why is "retired" Evander Holyfield returning to the ring?... Will the doping scandal "cycling's greatest event"?... |
Outside July 2009 John Bradley |
Tour de France Contenders In July, one of the deepest Tour de France fields in years will see several riders not named Lance staking their claim for yellow. Here are the ones to watch. |
Outside July 2006 Bill Gifford |
Generation Lance Two decades after Greg LeMond became the first American to win the Tour de France, the world's biggest bike race is our party now. The only question: How long will we stay? |
Outside July 2004 Hampton Sides |
Six-Shooter Lance's 2003 Tour victory was almost a loss-in his own words, he "dodged a bullet." This year the Tourminator is plenty fit, a little less furious, and hungrier than ever. A revealing interview with the greatest rider on earth. |
Outside July 2008 Michael Hall |
There Will Be Blood. Clean Blood. Team Slipstream thinks it can save cycling with a drug-testing program unlike anything else in sports. I wasn't so sure -- until I wound up living with their team captain at the Tour of California. Pass the remote. |
Outside December 2005 Joe Lindsey |
J'Accuse Over the coming months Lance Armstrong will confront his accusers in courtrooms and legal proceedings in the U.S., England, and France. |
AskMen.com January 17, 2013 Michael McKenna |
Lance Armstrong On Oprah It's over. Even to those who really needed this particular kind of hero. Lance Armstrong has admitted to Oprah Winfrey that he did, indeed, use performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career in professional cycling. |
Outside June 2006 Bill Gifford |
High Rollers Meet the Champions Club, an elite group of bike-crazy execs who are richer than Croesus, can hammer with Lance, and are donating millions to ensure a gold-plated future for U.S. cycling |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2006 Robert Sheard |
Yellow-Jersey Investing How can you put Lance Armstrong's strategies to work for your portfolio? Individual investors win their own race with Wall Street the same way cyclists win the Tour de France -- homework, teamwork, and consistency. |
Wired January 2007 Mark McClusky |
The Righteous Fury of Dick Pound As head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, this man is on a crusade to rid elite sports of performance-enhancing drugs. And he's making a few enemies along the way. |
Outside July 2005 Hal Espen |
Breaking Away As he rolls for number seven, wrap your mind around the life and legacy and farewell Tour de France of Lance Armstrong. |
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Contador Leads Tour, Armstrong 2nd Tour de France leader Alberto Contador and second-place Astana teammate Lance Armstrong have started on the 17th stage of the race, which features five tough climbs. |
Outside February 2006 Bill Gifford |
Is California Dreamin'? The Golden State gets set to host America's richest bike race ever. |
Sports Central February 19, 2012 Diane M. Grassi |
Looks Like Lance, Inc. Too Big to Fail For nearly a two-year period, the U.S. Department of Justice invested untold millions of dollars, at taxpayer expense, for various investigations pertinent to Lance Armstrong. |
Outside July 2004 |
Tour de France Living Legends Eddy Merckx (Belgium)... Bernard Hinault (France)... Miguel Indurain (Spain)... |
Outside July 2005 Andrew Vontz |
Coming Attraction Is there a "next Lance" in the American ranks? Meet Craig Lewis, a 20-year-old who still has a long way to go but is already turning heads with his physiological gifts and grit. |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Victor Conte Interview We caught up with Victor Conte, possibly the most infamous non-athlete associated with steroids, to find out if the next generation of athletes are destined to raise the bar by juicing, just as snowboarders and tennis players do by continuously getting improved equipment? |
Outside July 2006 |
Tour de France 2006 Guide All the background stories about the Tour de France and its riders. |
Sports Central April 17, 2009 Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Lance Armstrong: Wee, Monsieur Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong believes French doping officials may ban him from the 2009 Tour because of disagreements over a recent drug test. |
Sports Central January 20, 2011 Mark Chalifoux |
Let's End the Lance Armstrong Witch Hunt The Lance Armstrong narrative is too powerful and valuable to be tarnished. |
Popular Mechanics August 2004 Wendy Booher |
Wheels Of Fortune Don't just admire Lance Armstrong's Tour de France bike. Buy it! |
CIO June 15, 2004 Christopher Koch |
Cycling Power By measuring how many watts he expends on a mountain climb, road racer Lance Armstrong can develop a training program that duplicates those race efforts down to the watt. |
Outside July 2006 Daniel Coyle |
The New American in Paris From his offbeat stunts to his anything-goes demeanor, Floyd Landis is the anti-Lance in every way but one: He'll stop at nothing in his quest to finish the Tour de France wearing the yellow jersey. |
AskMen.com |
Tour De France Victories A look at those rare cyclists who were not only able to win the Tour, but who were able to do it in game-changing fashion. |
Outside May 2008 John Bradley |
Men in Black A maverick fashion mogul has assembled a team of cycling's most infamous riders. And wait till you hear how he plans to save the sport. |
Outside July 2005 Bill Gifford |
Hit Squads Although few riders have a shot at winning the overall Tour de France, there is still the glory of stage wins and the races within the race -- for the green sprinter's jersey and the polka-dot climber's jersey, among others. The following teams should see a lot of podium time in July. |
Outside July 2006 Andrew Vontz |
Seven Straight. Ten of the Last 20. But, Hey, Who's Counting? Tour dominance by LeMond and Armstrong has given the Euros fits for two decades. And if this group of U.S. pros is any indication, their suffering has only just begun. |
Fast Company April 2012 Rachel Z. Arndt |
Lance Armstrong's Livestrong Lives On In Spite of Doping Allegations Federal prosecutors announced in early February they had closed the investigation into Armstrong's possible drug use. This news relieves the organization of the burden of what Livestrong chief of staff Morgan Binswanger called a "time-sucking" investigation. |
Sports Illustrated July 23, 2003 Kelli Anderson |
Tour de Force In these heady times for cycling, Lance Armstrong has company in the spotlight as U.S. rider Tyler Hamilton rides on courageously, broken bones and all. |
Sports Illustrated July 18, 2000 Leigh Montville |
Tour De Amerique Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong used a triumphant whirlwind return to the U.S. to peddle a message of hope |
InternetNews July 6, 2005 Colin C. Haley |
Tech Rolls With Tour de France IT plays an increasingly important role in bike design, training and communications on Lance Armstrong's team. AMD is the "official technology sponsor" of the team. |
Outside July 2010 Joe Lindsey |
Whistle. Blown. We all know Floyd Landis is a liar. But is he telling the truth this time with his allegations of drug abuse? |
Outside July 2007 |
Last Man Standing Levi Leipheimer rises to the top of U.S. cycling for the Tour de France. |
Sports Illustrated July 12, 2002 Tim Layden |
Armstrong is gunning for history Armstrong and his United States Postal Service teammates subtly defend a yellow jersey that Armstrong isn't even wearing yet at the Tour de France. |
Outside July 2005 Daniel Coyle |
Street Fighting Man "Lance Armstrong's War" is a true-life sports thriller about how the Armstrong machine smashed the opposition. In this excerpt, the author chronicles the brutal turning point of Lance's greatest triumph. |