Armstrong, the dominant cyclist of his generation, acknowledged in Jan

ASTANA, Kazakhstan -- Canadas Vincent de Haitre won the mens 1,000 meters at the Kazakh round of the speedskating World Cup on Saturday, forcing world champion Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia to settle for second place.De Haitre won in 1 minute, 8.90 seconds, 0.09 ahead of Kulizhnikov.Takuro Oda of Japan was third, 0.16 behind De Haitre.In the mens 500, Dutch skater Daidai Ntab won in 34.52, just 0.05 seconds ahead of Ruslan Murashov of Russia. Kulizhnikov was 0.04 seconds further back.Japans Miho Takagi won the womens 1,000 ahead of Dutch skaters Jorien ter Mors, 0.11 seconds off Takagis pace, and Marrit Leenstra, who was 0.57 seconds behind.Japan also claimed victory in both the mens and womens team pursuits. Swell Bottle Cheap . That gave fans outside Joe Louis Arena another chance to ask for autographs from the 19-year-old whose stardom in the NHL has arrived earlier than most expected. Swell Traveler Sale . "Hes going to have hip surgery on Jan. 7, and hell be expected to rehabilitate for four to six months beyond that," Canucks general manager Mike Gillis said Friday in an interview. http://www.swellbottlesale.com/ . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday. Cheap Swell Bottles . The 25-year-old Japanese star has officially been posted by his club team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles. Swell Bottles On Sale . Louis Blues absence from top spot in the TSN.BERLIN -- Lance Armstrong should have his seven Tour de France victories reinstated due to the prevalence of doping at the time, according to former cyclist Jan Ullrich. "I would give Armstrong the Tour victories back. ... Thats how it was back then," Ullrich told the current edition of Sport Bild magazine. "It doesnt help anyone to draw a line through the winners list." Ullrich, who won the Tour in 1997, finished second to Armstrong on three occasions -- in 2000, 2001 and 2003 -- but the German declined to stake a claim for his former rivals stripped titles. "I only want victories that Ive experienced on the bike. I dont want to win anything at the green table," he said. Armstrong, the dominant cyclist of his generation, acknowledged in January that he doped for all seven of his Tour wins from 1999-2005. He was subsequently stripped of the titles. Ullrich admitted to Focus magazine in June that he receiived blood treatments from Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes.dddddddddddd "But Id said that already a thousand times. There was nothing new in that," said Ullrich, who was stripped of third place in the 2005 Tour and banned for two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in February last year. Last month, a French inquiry uncovered proof Ullrich used EPO when he finished second to 1998 Tour champion Marco Pantani, who also used the banned blood-booster. Pantani died from a drug overdose in 2004. Ullrich was unapologetic when asked why he had not come clean about his doping past before. "I decided differently," he said. "In hindsight, perhaps I would have done some things differently. But I am no god that can see everything and do everything right." The 39-year-old Ullrich, who retired from racing in 2007, said he wanted to "firmly believe" that cycling is a now cleaner sport. ' ' '