[SandRat]

"It may be called the Tour de France, but until the credibility of the race can be restored, it's not the Tour de France."

Read until a Frenchie wins it.

[Joe Boucher]

Tour de Farce.

More dopers then a hippie convention.

[llevrok]

In the Tour, the riders are tested - and sometimes harassed - by the UCI (read that : French) cycling authority.

It would be much more honest - but less competitive - to allow only French riders.

[VOA]

“Now The Man They Hoped Would Save the Tour Faces New Inquiry
Into Doping Allegations”

I have no idea how good/awful it will be, but here comes the inaugural
“Tour of Missouri” bike event.
I’m no bicyclist, but there have been local sports-casters (here in
Mid-Missouri) talking with organizers.
The promoters say that anyone that has ever tested positive for
illegal performance enhancers will not be invited or allowed to
join the tour.

Missouri sure has enough bumpy, curvy, and hilly roads that a decent
route can be put together.
“Tour de France” it won’t be...but might be an interesting lesser event.

http://www.tourofmissouri.com/

[YHAOS]

"That prospect would be a catastrophe both for cycling and for the organisers of the Tour de France, who had hoped the man wearing the yellow jersey on today's final sprint down the Champs-Élysées would help to redeem an event that has seemingly been heading for oblivion."

Tears by me out the heart

[vpintheak]

What is wrong with people? Doesn’t a hard fought honest win feel much better than a cheated victory? Where is the self respect?

[pishta]

The Tour de France is my favorite sporting event. As a recreational runner, i apppreciate what the riders do. I just read ‘Game of Shadows’. I applaud officials who are trying to clean up the sport. That is more than American football, baseball or even basketball are doing. Iisin’t it funny how no big stars are ever caught in those sports.

I hope that the this year’s Tour winner, is not implicated and found guilty in the still, ongoing investigation from Operation Puerto.

I hope to someday go to the Tour. I want to see them rocket down a mountain at nearly 60 m.p.h.

Viva Contador! Numero uno!

[Moleman]

How is this called a “sport.” I road a bike when I was a kid....Its called going out to play...These guys don't even put baseball cards in the spokes...What losers...