...organizers have asked that two riders being investigated for suspected doping be withdrawn from the race. Tour director Jean-Marie Leblanc said Monday that organizers don't want the riders, Stefano Casagranda and Martin Hvastija, in the race when...
...organizers have asked that two riders being investigated for suspected doping be withdrawn from the race. Tour director Jean-Marie Leblanc said Monday that organizers don't want the riders, Stefano Casagranda and Martin Hvastija, to start Tuesday's...
...proven scientific facts" from a newspaper report alleging he cheated to win cycling's most prestigious event. Jean-Marie Leblanc's comments appeared in the French sports daily L'Equipe on Wednesday, a day after the newspaper reported that...
...the list of banned substances at the time but there was no effective test to detect it. Tour de France director Jean-Marie Leblanc said the report published Tuesday appeared "credible" and meticulously researched, adding that Armstrong must...
...of the route have safety barriers. Pompele was hit by a car belonging to candy maker Haribo, but Tour director Jean-Marie Leblanc said there was no evidence the boy was reaching for candy thrown from the vehicle when he was hit. Leblanc added...
...in the final mountain stage, closing the gap to 30 seconds. So astounding was the turnaround that race director Jean-Marie Leblanc, who has overseen this event 18 years, called it "the best performance in the modern history of the Tour...
...longer interesting to anyone," Jalabert said. "We won't cycle and that's the end of it." Tour director Jean-Marie Leblanc helped negotiate the start to the stage in a meeting with team directors. The scandal has haunted the Tour since...
...of testing samples frozen six years ago, and how the samples were handled. In October, Tour de France director Jean-Marie Leblanc said there was relief in the sport that Armstrong will not be returning to next year's race. Armstrong criticized...
...last Fourth of July," he said. As for security concerns, Armstrong said he'd asked Tour de France director Jean-Marie Leblanc earlier this year about increasing security for the event. Following coordination between French police, tour...
...conditions. I prefer to work in a factory and be a normal person than be treated like this."' Tour director Jean-Marie Leblanc asked the riders to restart. He promised to speak with them and have "assurances concerning the conditions...
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