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Rabobank rider, Denis Menchov, just quit the race with 100 kilometers to go. Today is stage 17 from Pau to Castelsarrasin, 188.5 km. Denis was no. 23 in the Tour and had been doing a very good job helping Michael Rasmussen keep the yellow jersey.
At the end of the stage, Contador got the yellow jersey, [...]

I don’t know why no one in the mainstream press picked up on this Süddeutsche Zeitung article about Alberto Contador’s involvement in the infamous Puerto doping scandal last year in Spain. In fact, he was not allowed to participate in the 2006 Tour because of his involvement in the scandal. He was later “cleared” under [...]

This just came in (11:14pm Amsterdam time): Rasmussen was kicked out of the Tour by Rabobank. He said he was training in Mexico when the UCI couldn’t find him but apparently, he was training in the Dolomites in Italy. Not sure yet if the entire Rabobank team will leave the Tour.
Rasmussen was on his way [...]

Michael Rasmussen won stage 16, the last of the Pyrenees stages, extending his lead over rival, Alberto Contador, to 3 minutes 10 seconds. In Monday’s stage, also in the Pyrenees, Contador taunted Rasmussen, accelerating and goading him to catch up. Contador seemed to be in better shape and in today’s stage, I thought Contador was [...]

It’s 15:00 in Amsterdam and everyone is dying to know who else was trapped using banned substances. The Tour de France organizers announced that another case of doping was discovered after one of the samples taken after stage 11. They have not told anyone who it is yet. The last Pyrenees stage began today with [...]

Vinokourov failed a doping test and has withdrawn, together with the entire Astana team, from the Tour de France. The test took place last Saturday after the time trial which he won. The test showed he had two different types of red blood cells, which suggests he got a blood infusion (of someone else’s blood) [...]