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The big news for today is the announcement of the teams that have been invited to the Tour de France. As expected, Astana has been excluded and defending champ Alberto Contador will be blocked out. Rabobank, who kicked out Michael Rasmussen during the race over lying about his whereabouts will be back.

The ASO says that Astana […]

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Here are some of the latest headlines from around the web:

Rock Racing has announced plans to implement an aggressive anti-doping program.

Specific details have yet to be released, but sources close to the team say that team owner Michael Ball will hire the re-animated corpse of Ronald Reagan to urge his racers to “Just Say No.”

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From CyclingNews.com:
The Astana team was given a resounding vote of no confidence on Wednesday when the Tour de France organiser, Amaury Sport Organisation, announced that the team would not be invited to any of the ASO’s events. This means its star, Alberto Contador, will not be able to defend his titles in either the Tour […]

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Will Iban Mayo race in 2008? Most likely “no” as his B-sample from the Tour de France has come back positive for EPO. The always reliable French doping lab in Chatenay-Malabry carried out both tests after a library in Ghent, Belgium found the B sample inconclusive. There’s some good, fair and impartial testing for you.�
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Quick on the heels of the UCI Anti-Doping Summit, the ASO and TdF Race Director Christian Prudhomme have announced the route of the 2008 Tour, and have hinted at some upcoming changes in the makeup of the race field.
First off comes the course. It will be slightly less mountainous, but is said to be a […]

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