Pantani's drug pushers arrested

Italian police arrested four alleged drug dealers on Friday suspected of supplying cocaine to Italian cycling great Marco Pantani, who died of an overdose in February.Police sources had said they......

Marco Pantani found dead

Former Tour de France winner Marco Pantani has died at the age of 34, according to media reports in Italy.Italian news agency Ansa reported on Sunday that his body was found in a hotel room in......

How Vincenzo Nibali conquered the Tour...

Vincenzo Nibali became the first Italian to win the Tour de France since the late Marco Pantani on Sunday, dominating his rivals on all terrains as his main rivals crashed out of a superb......

List of Tour de France winners

Tour de France winners since the event was first staged in 1903 (no races during the World Wars): 2009 Alberto Contador (Spain) 2008 Carlos Sastre (Spain) 2007 Contador 2006 Oscar Pereiro (Spain) *......

French Senate lays bare doping in 1998 Tour de France

The top two in the 1998 Tour de France - Italian Marco Pantani and Germany's Jan Ullrich - were taking the banned blood booster EPO, a French Senate inquiry into sports doping said on Wednesday.The......