After a few days of epic struggle for the lead between the top-placed riders in the Tour de France, everything has been crushed under the weight of three simultaneous disastrous doping scandals. The top-placed team Astana, last year's top-placed team CSC, and the race leader Michael Rasmussen have all been withdrawn for various offences ( Read more... )

Scandal-hit Tour Left Wide Open: Australian Cadel Evans (leader of the Davitamon-Lotto team) mentioned by the BBC as a contender now. Two British riders, David Millar and Bradley Wiggins, hope to make a splash by winning the Prologue stage later today ( Read more... )