BBC Sport published a story quoting 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich about his settlement with German prosecutors vis-a-vis alleged doping and duping the public.

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It’s official. Jan Ullrich has reached a settlement with German prosecutors to make its investigation into his alleged doping and thereby fraud by Ullrich go away.

The amount of the settlement is unclear. Previous reports had put the figure at…

Crediting Focus Online, a German web magazine, Velonews.com reports that 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich will pay a 1 million euro fine ($1.5 million U.S.) to settle the fraud case against him in Germany for allegedly doping and duping…

The Associated Press moved an interesting story about a German inquiry into doping at the old T-Mobile team. … 

Inquiry suspects widespread doping among German riders

FREIBURG, Germany (AP) — An independent German inquiry found indications but no proof that former Tour de France…

Four of the five teams with U.S. ties received invitations to the Tour de France from the Amaury Sports Organization.

 American-based Slipstream-Chipotle and High Road, two teams at the forefront of the anti-doping movement, were invited, along with American-sponsored teams CSC…

 One of the cool things about cycling was on display Sunday at Paris-Nice.

Sportsmanship.

Cycling can be a vicious sports, with the strong men and their teams breaking opponents by attacking on climbs or by ganging up on them ‘en masse like…