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CSC to end cycling sponsorship

IT provider, Computer Sciences Corp., has said that it will not renew its eight-year sponsorship of its cycling team -Team CSC- after this year.

The decision comes after team manager Bjarne Riis admitted last year that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his career, including when he won the 1996 Tour de France.

CSC spokesman, Henrik Bo Pedersen, said: “We will continue to support the team and exercise our sponsorship rights during the 2008 race season. At the same time, we are committed to helping the team secure a new title sponsor”.

CSC is the latest company to abandon cycling in the wake of a string of doping scandals. T-Mobile and Discovery Channel both ended their team sponsorship deals after a string of doping revelations.

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