Year: 2017

Women’s Tour 2017: London to host to final stage, with race to open in Daventry

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Women’s Tour 2017: London to host to final stage, with race to open in Daventry

London will host the 2017 Women’s Tour final stage, with the race to open on 7 June in Daventry. The five-stage event, won by Britain’s Lizzie Deignan last year, will conclude in the capital on Sunday, 11 June. Its fourth edition will also include stages in Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire and Derbyshire. All of the world’s top 15 teams will take part in the race, which is a part of the UCI Women’s WorldTour….

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Track World Cup: Neah Evans finishes 11th, team pursuit fifth in Colombia

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Track World Cup: Neah Evans finishes 11th, team pursuit fifth in Colombia

Banned cyclist Lance Armstrong’s fight against a $100m (£79m) lawsuit by the US government has been set for a trial starting in Washington on 6 November. He is accused of fraud by cheating while riding for the publicly funded US Postal Service team. The lawsuit was filed by Armstrong’s former team-mate Floyd Landis before being joined by the government in 2013. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life…

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Lance Armstrong: Banned cyclist faces November trial in £79m US lawsuit

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Lance Armstrong: Banned cyclist faces November trial in £79m US lawsuit

Banned cyclist Lance Armstrong’s fight against a $100m (£79m) lawsuit by the US government has been set for a trial starting in Washington on 6 November. He is accused of fraud by cheating while riding for the publicly funded US Postal Service team. The lawsuit was filed by Armstrong’s former team-mate Floyd Landis before being joined by the government in 2013. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life…

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