6.30.2006
Holy Crap
A huge doping scandal hits le Tour? Wowzers. For those of you not into cycling, the two (arguably) biggest names and overall race favorites this year have just been eliminated the day before the race was to start.
Favorites Jan Ullrich, Ivan Basso and other cyclists were barred Friday from the Tour de France in the biggest doping scandal to hit cycling in years.
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Basso, winner of the Giro d'Italia, and Ullrich -- the 1997 Tour winner and a five-time runner-up -- were among more than 50 cyclists said to have been implicated in a Spanish doping probe that has rocked the sport for weeks.
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Asked whether T-Mobile would consider cutting ties with Ullrich completely, [a T-Mobile spokesman] replied "certainly ... we are now demanding evidence of his innocence."
The only positive I see is that this opens the door for the emergence of Americans Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer, or longtime Armstrong pal George Hincapie.
My favorite was Basso, but now I'm going to have to dig around for a new pick. Maybe Landis? JP, any thoughts?
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