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U.S. Anti-Doping Agency charges Armstrong

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 4:43pm

AUSTIN, Texas -- The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is bringing doping charges against seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, questioning his victories in those storied cycling races.

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Lance Armstrong finishes 2nd in Panama Ironman

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 13, 2012 - 3:37pm

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealander Bevan Docherty says he was snubbed by Lance Armstrong after winning the Panama half ironman on Sunday and knocking the seven-time Tour de France winner into second place in his first professional triathlon.

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This Sept. 24, 2011 file photo shows Lance Armstrong talking to the media after the 2011 Xterra Nationals triathlon at Snowbasin Ski Resort, near Ogden, Utah. Armstrong is relieved the federal investigation into doping allegations against him has ended, and says he always stayed confident he would not be charged.

Armstrong says he's happy investigation over

Jim Vertuno The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 5:44pm

AUSTIN, Texas -- As far as Lance Armstrong is concerned, it's all over.

The stress, the waiting, the whispers about whether he doped during his stellar cycling career, all of it ended when -- after nearly two years -- federal prosecutors closed an investigation of him last week without bringing any charges.

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Armstrong: Ferraris are friends, not trainers

Lynn DeBruin The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, September 24, 2011 - 4:01pm

SNOWBASIN -- Lance Armstrong denied he’s receiving training help from a banned Italian doctor or his son, but maintains “those guys are my friends and that’s not going to change.”

Armstrong spoke Saturday at the XTERRA USA Championship — an off-road triathlon, where he finished fifth — in the wake of allegations that appeared in Italian media this week. The report by Corriere della Sera cited the work of unidentified Swiss and Italian investigators and said that Dr. Michele Ferrari was at the center of a widespread doping ring.

Corriere said Armstrong made payments to Ferrari through a now liquidated company but did not say when.

Ferrari, who was barred for life by the Italian Cycling Federation under a 2002 ruling, was Armstrong’s adviser for years but the seven-time Tour de France winner severed their professional relationship in 2004. Earlier this year, Armstrong acknowledged occasionally meeting with Ferarri socially.

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(NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner) Gavin Gagestein races down the sidewalk near downtown Ogden’s Grant Avenue during the Xterra Kids Bike Race on Friday. Today’s races include the Xterra USA Championships and Xterra Utah Championships starting at 9 a.m. at Pineview Reservoir and finishing at Snowbasin.The top finishers are expected shortly after 11 a.m.

Look out, Lance! Xterra competition on the way

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, September 24, 2011 - 12:20am

OGDEN -- Gavin Gagestein races down the sidewalk near downtown Ogden’s Grant Avenue during the Xterra Kids Bike Race on Friday.

Today’s races include the Xterra USA Championships and Xterra Utah Championships starting at 9 a.m. at Pineview Reservoir and finishing at Snowbasin.The top finishers are expected shortly after 11 a.m. Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will be among the competitors.

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Can Lance win Xterra? 'We'll see,' he says

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, September 23, 2011 - 8:59pm

OGDEN -- Utah has put on its best dress for today's Xterra USA Championship.

With perfect fall weather expected for the entire weekend of racing in Ogden Valley, the buzz at Friday's Xterra Expo and Kids Zone Challenge at the city's Amphitheater Park was for cycling legend Lance Armstrong, entered in his first triathlon in 22 years.

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Ferrari says his son gives advice to Armstrong

Andrew Dampf The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 23, 2011 - 1:54pm

ROME -- Lance Armstrong is receiving training advice from the son of banned Italian physician Michele Ferrari, the doctor says.

Responding to allegations that appeared in Italian media this week linking him to the center of a widespread doping ring, Ferrari denied any wrongdoing in a statement posted online Thursday.

Corriere della Sera reported Wednesday that Ferrari's son also was involved in the distribution of performance-enhancing drugs, and that Armstrong called the son before last year's Tour de France, referring to him as "No. 1."

"My son Stefano is administering a website which offers personalized training consultancy to various cyclists and triathletes; Lance Armstrong is among them," Ferrari said in the statement.

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(TERTIUS PICKARD/The Associated Press) Lance Armstrong (shown here in Brisbane, Australia, in January) will be back on the bike competing in the Xterra USA Championship at Snowbasin ski resort.

Lance Armstrong to return to triathlon roots at Snowbasin

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Last updated Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 11:29pm

SNOWBASIN -- Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong plans to compete in the Xterra USA Championship at Snowbasin ski resort.

Mike Caldwell, Ogden mayoral candidate and past president of the GOAL Foundation that serves as the local host for the event, said Thursday he received a message Wednesday from Xterra's organizers about Armstrong's decision, but cautioned that the note had some wiggle room.

"They think he's 98 percent, but with international people like Lance you never are sure." Caldwell said Armstrong could still change his mind "if something else pops, but we're pretty confident he's going to be here."

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This Jan. 24, 2011 file photo shows Seven-time Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong preparing to ride in a 25-kilometer flood fundraiser in Brisbane, Australia. Armstrong will be back on the bike competing in the XTERRA USA Championship at Snowbasin Ski Resort in Utah. Armstrong has confirmed he will compete Sept. 24 in the XTERRA course that covers a 1-mile swim, 20-mile mountain bike ride and 6-mile trail run. (Tertius Pickard/The Associated Press file)

Lance Armstrong will compete at Snowbasin XTERRA

Lynn DeBruin The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 1:27pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Six days after celebrating his 40th birthday, seven-time Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong will be back on the bike competing in the XTERRA USA Championship at Snowbasin Ski Resort in Utah.

Armstrong confirmed Thursday he will compete Sept. 24 in the XTERRA course that covers a 1-mile swim, 20-mile mountain bike ride and 6-mile trail run.

He scouted the course for three hours last week with the past president of the foundation that sponsors the XTERRA championship, and has tweeted four-time XTERRA world champion Conrad Stoltz about it.

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