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French Sports minister Roselyne Bachelot says Astana team riders at the Tour de France stayed too long out of sight of an UCI inspector during a random doping test.

According to L’Equipe sports daily, the UCI official had coffee with officials from Lance Armstrong’s team in Andorra last Saturday and didn’t test the riders for nearly an hour.

“There was a little bit of avoiding going on,” Bachelot said on French TV after Thursday’s 12th stage. “I hope it won’t happen again.”

French anti-doping chief Pierre Bordry accused the UCI of “laxity,” without elaborating…  Details

The World Anti-Doping Agency has asked the sport’s highest court to ban U.S. cyclist Tyler Hamilton for life for doping.

The former Olympic champion was given an eight-year ban last month by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency after he admitted taking a steroid in an herbal remedy for depression.

It was the 38-year-old Hamilton’s second doping offense, which usually triggers a …  Details

Mr. Walters is going to Washington. And he’ll be getting there on in-line skates.

Gary Walters on Wednesday announced his latest Kinship Partners challenge, in-line skating for almost a month from Brainerd to Washington, D.C., with his son, Jackson. 

Gary Walters’ Kinship challenges are an effort to raise funds and awareness for Kinship Partners, the nonprofit organization that matches adult mentors with children. 

In 2003, he biked from Baxter to New Orleans. In 2004, he camped out for more than a week on top of Brainerd’s historic water tower. In 2005, he walked the length of Minnesota in 17 days. In 2006, he swam across Lake Mille Lacs. In 2007, he lost 100 pounds in a year. In 2008, he unicycled around the track at Adamson Field.

He got the idea for this year’s challenge during a …  Details