Cyclist Alberto Contador has been banned from competition for two years and stripped of his 2010 Tour de France victory after being found guilty of using a banned substance during the 2010 race.
Like it or not, Lance Armstrong is not a criminal -- or at least he won't be considered one anytime soon. In a late Friday press release, the Department of Justice announced that it was going to drop its case against the seven-time Tour de France winner.
A tense confrontation between rivals could be construed as witness tampering
The news magazine pushed back hard today at the cyclist's lawsuit threat
New revelations come from Armstrong's former teammate Tyler Hamilton
Teammate tells the show he and Armstrong used a banned substance in the Tour de France
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