Editing Tyler Hamilton (section)

===Return to cycling===
[[File:Tyler Hamilton.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Hamilton in November 2007]]
Beginning in spring 2007, Hamilton began cycling again, having completed his two-year ban. He rode briefly for [[Tinkoff Credit Systems (cycling team)|Tinkoff Credit Systems]]. It supported Hamilton in the face of Operation Puerto rumors. However, on May 9, with rumors circulating about Hamilton's role in the April 30 dossier, the team dropped him for the [[2007 Giro d'Italia]].<ref>[http://velonews.competitor.com/2007/05/news/tinkoff-suspends-hamilton-jaksche-and-hondo_12226 Tinkoff suspends Hamilton, Jaksche and Hondo]. VeloNews.com, May 9, 2007</ref>

In September 2007, Tyler competed at the US national championship in [[Greenville, SC]], coming sixth in the time trial and 12th in the road race.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071023230243/http://www.usacyclingchampionships.com/road-race-results.html USA Cycling Championships website]</ref> In December, [[Rock Racing]] said Hamilton would ride for them in 2008. Rock Racing was a professional team on the US circuit. Hamilton did not ride in the team's season-opening [[Tour of California]] because of that race's rules against riders involved in doping investigations.

Wearing his Rock Racing gear, Tyler Hamilton finished second of approximately 60 category one and two riders March 9, 2008 at a collegiate criterium in Denver's City Park.<ref>[http://velobios.com/riders.rockracing2008.hamilton.htm VELOBIOS.com Tyler Hamilton<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

In July 2008 he won the [[Tour of Qinghai Lake]] in China which is a top ranked race (UCI [[2.HC]]). In August 2008 he won the US National Road Race Championship.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frothingham |first1=Steve |title=Hamilton edges Caldwell to claim pro road crown |url=https://www.velonews.com/2008/08/road/hamilton-edges-caldwell-to-claim-pro-road-crown_82619 |access-date=7 February 2020 |work=[[VeloNews]] |date=31 August 2008}}</ref>