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...Landis's win was a dream result for the Tour. For a few days at least, the comeback overshadowed yet another cycling doping scandal that eliminated several of the pre-race favorites, like Germany's Jan Ullrich and Italy's Ivan Basso. Their withdrawals could take nothing away from Landis's alpine achievement. "That was just crazy - the most impressive thing I've ever seen," says Jonathan Vaughters, who has been riding and coaching on the pro cycling circuit for the last 13 years. "It was like throwing a Hail Mary from one end zone to the other with...
Besides Armstrong's legacy, Tour organizers are coping with a fresh drug scandal. A Spanish doping investigation resulted in three prerace favorites--Italy's Ivan Basso, Germany's Jan Ullrich and Spain's Francisco Mancebo, who finished second, third and fourth, respectively, behind Armstrong in the 2005 Tour--being forced out of the race the day before its start. The French newspaper L'Equipe called it a "decapitation." Says Daniel Baal, former president of the French Cycling Federation: "The credibility of the Tour has been called into question." It's certainly the most damaging crisis to hit the race since...
...Catalan living in London and, of course, a great Barcelona club supporter. Usually Catalans are portrayed as selfish people focused upon their narrow-minded identity, but your article offers an evenhanded take on what my nation is-a small but vibrant, civic and open community. Ivan Serrano-Balaguer London...
...Catalan living in London and, of course, a great Barcelona club supporter. Usually Catalans are portrayed as selfish people focused upon their narrow-minded identity, but your article offers an evenhanded take on what my nation is - a small but vibrant, civic and open community. Ivan Serrano-Balaguer London
...behind the cameras as well. Benedict made a key personnel shift last week in Rome, scaling back the role of a John Paul favorite, powerful Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, who was moved from the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples to the Archdiocese of Naples. Cardinal Ivan Dias, the longtime archbishop of Bombay known to be respected by the new Pope, was brought in to take Sepe...