After the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France gave Astana an un-vitation to their races, thereby igniting an international spitting match, the Vuelta a Espana was the only one of the cycling’s grand tours to welcome Astana.

Yes, the…

The World Anti-doping Agency is none too happy that the UCI and former topper Hein Verbruggen has sued former WADA chief Dick Pound for alleged derogatory remarks.

WADA, which is sour at the UCI for not helping bankroll the U.S.…

So sez, the Associated Press. … Ol’ 10 Speed will jibber jabber about Landis in a day, or three/four. I’ve gotta let this whole thing percolate for a while.

Here’s the AP story …  

Cyclist Landis’ doping hearing before Court…

If nothing else, this news should make Lance Armstrong happy. Dick Pound, the former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, has been sued by cycling’s international governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale, for alleged derogatory comments by Pound.

This would be…

The Tour de France officially stripped Floyd Landis of the 2006 TdF title after Landis lost his arbitration case against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.

That action may have been a bit premature, considering Landis is appealing that decision before the…

One of the major backers of cycling, U.S. based Computer Sciences Corporation — aka CSC, announced Thursday that it will not renew its sponsorship of Danish-based Team CSC after this season.

In a news release the company didn’t explain why it…

From the AP …

Floyd Landis faces final court of appeal in New York to regain lost Tour de France title

By GRAHAM DUNBAR

Associated Press Writer

GENEVA (AP) — Floyd Landis will make his final appeal to the Court of Arbitration for…

Neal Rogers of Velonews has a lengthy Q&A interview online with 2006 Tour de France champ Floyd Landis. It’s long and you need to set aside a lot of time to read the whole thing.

The interview deals with everything from…

Although Tour de France champion Alberto Contador and Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde have been cleared of involvement in Operacion Puerto, the Italian Olympic Committee expressly has named them as targets of their investigation of the Spanish doping scandal, so reports…

Part of Floyd Landis’ charm is his rebellious nature, his penchant for questioning and challenging authority.

It’s part of who he is, lest he never would have left his Mennonite enclave in eastern Pennsylvania and pursued a career as a…