Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador (pictured) Tuesday said he did not rule out appealing the two-year ban handed down to him by sport’s highest court for failing a doping test. Contador blames his positive test on contaminated meat.
Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador on Monday was stripped of his Tour de France 2010 title and received a two-year suspension after being found guilty of doping. The ban was backdated, and Contador will be allowed to resume competition in August.
Emotional pictures of Gilad Shalit's reunion with his family make all the French front pages - but they're also looking at the diplomatic consequences. There are also plenty of French scandals - police have questioned the head of the intelligence service over phone tapping, and they'd like to question Dominique Strauss Kahn over links to a prostitution ring.
The Tour de France's official website accidentally published the route for the 2012 race more than a week early, specialist cycling media reported on Monday. The formal unveiling of the route is scheduled to take place in Paris next week.
Arnaud Montebourg is the star of the French front pages this morning - after his breakthrough third place showing in Sunday's Socialist primary. The papers ask if he'll push the other two candidates to the left - and what his own political ambitions might be.
The maid at the centre of the scandal that led to the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn in New York gives her version of events. Also, the head of France’s emergency social services, the "Samu Social", steps down as budget cuts hit the homeless. Finally, we look at why it has been an unprecedented year for the Tour de France.
Cadel Evans, a two-time runner-up at the Tour de France, became the first Australian to win cycling's most prestigious race on Sunday, in what has been described back home as one of Australia's finest ever sporting achievements.
With only one stage left, Australian Cadel Evans (pictured, centre) on Saturday looked set to become the first Australian to win the Tour de France as he is heading into Sunday’s final stage with a 1:34 lead over his nearest rival.
Rupert Murdoch stonewalls but the end may be near, François Picard’s panel predicts. Also, why the plan to save the eurozone is a work in progress, and why cycling seems to have come clean of doping.
Rupert Murdoch stonewalls but the end may be near, François Picard’s panel predicts. Also, why the plan to save the eurozone is a work in progress, and why cycling seems to have come clean of doping.
