Armstrong to ride in support of teammate Levi Leipheimer at Giro, will go for stage victory

ROME — Lance Armstrong will ride in support of teammate Levi Leipheimer in the Giro d’Italia, saying he is not ready to contend for the title.

Lance Armstrong says he will ride in support of teammate Leipheimer in Giro d’Italia

ROME — Lance Armstrong will ride in support of teammate Levi Leipheimer in the Giro d’Italia.

Cyclist Lance Armstrong brings cancer awareness campaign to Rome ahead of Giro d’Italia

ROME — Lance Armstrong took his cancer awareness campaign to the Italian capital Tuesday as he prepared for his first Giro d’Italia.

Tour of the Gila salvaged by Lance Armstrong and sponsor Sram, but will star return?

SILVER CITY, N.M. — Long before Lance Armstrong showed up, the Tour of the Gila was widely respected within the tight-knit cycling community. With a fresh 3-year sponsorship commitment, the race looks stronger than ever.

Armstrong finishes second in Tour of the Gila, ready for Italy

PINOS ALTOS, N.M. — The last big test for Lance Armstrong before the Giro d’Italia was more than 105 miles of steep roads and windy descents in the mountains of southwestern New Mexico.

Armstrong, Mellow Johnny’s teammates miss pile up on second to last lap of Tour of Gila stage

SILVER CITY, N.M. — Lance Armstrong didn’t disappoint the fans who traveled to this sleepy mining town from as far as the Netherlands to see him take on a speedy — and potentially dangerous — race around 1-mile downtown course in the Tour of the Gila.

Laid-back NM town a good fit in Armstrong’s first race since crash

SILVER CITY, N.M. — Lance Armstrong draws a crowd anywhere he goes, and Tour of the Gila organizers couldn’t be happier about it.

Tour of the Gila is looking like a good springboard for Armstrong

SILVER CITY, N.M. — Although Lance Armstrong still has improvements to make in his buildup to the Giro d’Italia, he believes his decision to race in the Tour of the Gila was a good move.

3 more track athletes nabbed in doping scandal shows track still faces perception problem

With a gold medalist in one of its top events busted for doping at the Beijing Games, the troubled sport of track and field is once again at the center of an Olympic drug scandal.

Bahrain’s 1,500-meter gold medalist, 2 cyclists, 3 others caught in Beijing doping retests

LONDON — The gold medalist in one of track and field’s glamour races and a silver winner in cycling are among six athletes from the Beijing Games nabbed for blood doping in the latest Olympic drug scandal.

Dominican Comm. says weightlifter Contreras tested positive for doping at Beijing Olympics

LONDON — The last of the six athletes caught in drug retests from the Beijing Games has now been identified — it’s Dominican women’s weightlifter Yudelquis Contreras.

Bahrain’s 1,500-meter gold medalist and 2 cyclists caught in Beijing doping retests

LONDON — Bahrain’s first Olympic track and field gold medalist, an Italian cycling silver medalist and a prominent German cyclist are among the six athletes caught for blood doping in retests of their Beijing samples.

Person familiar with results: Greek walker and Croatian runner caught in Beijing drug tests

LONDON — A person with knowledge of the results says Greek race walker Athanasia Tsoumeleka and Croatian 800-meter runner Vanja Perisic are among the six Olympic athletes caught for doping in retests of Beijing samples.

Germany cycling federation says Stefan Schumacher failed doping test at Beijing Olympics

STUTTGART, Germany — The German cycling federation said Wednesday that Stefan Schumacher is one of the six athletes who tested positive for CERA at the Beijing Olympics.

French anti-doping agency says it will not seek sanctions against Lance Armstrong

PARIS — France’s anti-doping agency says it will not seek sanctions against cyclist Lance Armstrong over a dispute with a drug tester.