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Lance Armstrong fears he could be attacked by spectators if he returns to the Tour de France next year.

Lance Armstrong fears he could be attacked by spectators if he returns to the Tour de France next year. The seven-time Tour champion, who is making a comeback after three years in retirement, said in an interview in The Guardian on Tuesday that he is concerned about his safety.

"I don't want to enter an unsafe situation but you see this stuff coming out of France," said the American rider, who has...

America's seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong fears he may be attacked by spectators when he returns to the race in 2009.

The penultimate day of the 2009 Tour de France will be a tough mountain stage, placing further doubt on a possible return for Lance Armstrong.

Cycling's governing body has cleared Lance Armstrong to make his road race comeback in Australia in January. The International Cycling Union made an exception to its drug-testing rules for the seven-time Tour de France champion to return to the sport.

Armstrong chose the Jan. 20-25 Tour Down Under to come out of retirement after three years.

Lance Armstrong can try for an eighth Tour de France title -- if his team is clean in the run-up to cycling's premier race.

A day after Armstrong confirmed his comeback with the Astana squad, Tour director Christian Prudhomme cleared up any doubts over whether the team would be allowed to race next year.

Lance Armstrong's reported comeback won't take place with the Astana cycling team.

Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco admitted Wednesday that he made a "mistake," taking responsibility after testing positive for the blood-booster EPO during the Tour de France.

Ricco appeared before the Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri. "What I did during the Tour is done.

I made a mistake and the mistake is only mine," Ricco said after the hearing behind closed doors in...

New Tour de France leader Frank Schleck and his CSC team were given a surprise doping test after the 15th stage ended in Italy.

No results were announced in a race in which three riders have been ousted for drugs. As many as six riders were tested at CSC's hotel, the Italian Olympic Committee said Monday.

Oscar Freire wins stage 14 of the Tour de France from Nimes to Digny-les-Bains.