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Tour of California, Day 7: Landmarks of Los Angeles, Landis Makes an Appearance

       

Some of Los Angeles' "most recognizable landmarks, including Walt Disney Concert Hall, the University of Southern California, the LA Coliseum and STAPLES Center," were what participants in the 2010 Amgen Tour of California whizzed past on the seventh day of the race, chronicles RoadCycling.

Tony Martin (GBR) of Team HTC-Columbia emerged victorious with a time of 41 minutes and 41 seconds. Finishing in second place, three-time individual time trial world champion Michael Rogers (AUS) also of Team HTC-Columbia, will retain the Amgen Leader Jersey heading into the final stage of the race.
Said winner Martin of his L.A. experience: "I'd never been to Los Angeles before, so to race here in such a big city was really spectacular." more ›

Tour of California, Day 6: From Big Bear Through Angeles National Forest in the Shadow of the Station Fire and Doping Scandal

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Stage Six of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California brought cyclists through the burn-scarred hills of the Angeles National Forest, offering riders an up-close look at what the Station Fire did to the hills north of Los Angeles. more ›

TV Junkie: Tour of California Finale; 'Lost' Finale

TV Junkie: Tour of California Finale; 'Lost' Finale

Supposedly the cycling world was "rocked" by the allegations of doping that ex-Tour de France winner Floyd Landis made about his former teammates at US Postal Service. This weekend not only marks the finale of the Amgen Tour of California (be sure to watch today through Sunday as all these stages will be going through the greater-Los Angeles area) but it also marks the finale of Floyd Landis' credibility. more ›

Floyd Landis Admits to Being Juiced

Floyd Landis Admits to Being Juiced

Bicycle rider Floyd Landis admitted to ESPN.com's Bonnie D. Ford over a telephone interview that he used performance enhancing drugs throughout his career which included winning the 2006 Tour de France before being stripped of the title after testing positive for synthetic testosterone. more ›

Arrest Warrant Issued for California Cyclist, Floyd Landis

Arrest Warrant Issued for California Cyclist, Floyd Landis

Floyd Landis, the cyclist who was stripped of his Tour de France victory in 2006 is being sought after an international warrant was issued for his arrest, according to Reuters. He stands accused of hacking a laboratory computer in France where his doping tests were housed in an attempt to prove the anti-doping agency wrong. "It seems that (Landis) made all he could to enter into our computer system to try to prove the laboratory was wrong. He showed many documents he got by hacking to numerous sporting instances," said an anti-doping official. "The judge traced a network of hackers back to the ringleader." Before the 2006 Tour de France, Landis won the first Tour of California. more ›

Extra, Extra: Rufus Wainwright Tix, Jena 6 & The Health Care Fix

Extra, Extra: Rufus Wainwright Tix, Jena 6 & The Health Care Fix

About the above photo by Jonathan Alcorn: "Sept 15 2007 Los Angeles, CA - A firefighter was injured in a fire that broke out tonight in a single-story commercial building in East Los Angeles and produced a plume of smoke visible throughout the Los Angeles basin, a fire official said. The fire was reported at 6:17 p.m. at 2840 E. Olympic Blvd. and extinguished after an hour and 45 minutes." Don't forget to enter... more ›

LAst Night's Action: 10,001 Reasons LA Is Better Than Philly

LAst Night's Action: 10,001 Reasons LA Is Better Than Philly

Dodgers 10, Phillies 3 - Imagine how good the Dodgers would be if Jason Schmidt were healthy. On Monday it was another All Star, Brad Penny, who notched his 11th win of the season and gave the Blue Crew their 5th in a row. Jeff Kent and Matt Kemp each contributed a three-run shot. The Phillies trailed by as many as nine en-route to their MLB leading 10,001st franchise loss. Beckham Watch - There's drama... more ›

Tour d’ Long Beach

Tour d’ Long Beach

Last year, when the Amgen Tour of California cycling race finished in Redondo Beach, Floyd Landis was the golden boy in the golden jersey, the winner of the seven-stage race down the California coast. more ›

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