American cyclist Tyler Hamilton, who recently completed a two-year doping ban, has signed a one-year contract with a new Italian-Russian team.
Hamilton is joining the Tinkoff Credit Systems team for the 2007 season, the team said Friday.
``We believe he is a very good athlete and the results he achieved in the past have shown it,'' team manager Omar Piscina told The Associated Press.
Hamilton was suspended for two years ...
American cyclist Tyler Hamilton faces a new doping investigation, less than two weeks before his two-year suspension for blood doping is lifted.
USA Cycling said Thursday it was contacted by UCI, which provided documents on Hamilton's involvement in a Spanish doping scandal. The sport's governing body also requested that USA Cycling open disciplinary proceedings against Hamilton.
``As required by our anti-doping regulations, we have forwarded the complete dossier to the ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) _ Olympic champion cyclist Tyler Hamilton's appeal of a two-year suspension for blood doping was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Saturday.
Considered a possible successor to retired seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, Hamilton has denied any doping violation and has criticized the testing methods of cycling's international governing body. He was suspended for two years on ...
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