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Tour de France Riders Protest Doping Scandals

Filed in archive Biking by Terah Shelton on July 25, 2007

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In an act of solidarity, a dozen Tour de France riders protested the doping scandals that are ruining the beloved competition. One day after Alexandre Vinokourov tested positive for a banned blood transfusion, riders staged a 13-minute delay to the start of Wednesday's race.

On Wednesday, the pack of riders split into two groups: those who took the start as normal - including controversial race leader Michael Rasmussen - and those who protested by hanging back for a few minutes.

Many of the riders involved in the symbolic protest were from French teams that have long complained that doping is ruining the sport.

"We're fed up," French rider Ludovic Turpin told Eurosport television.

Fans booed Rasmussen at the start. The Dane is under a cloud of suspicion because he skipped doping tests before the Tour began.

The protest contributed to a 13-minute delay to the scheduled start time of Wednesday's stage, the last in the Pyrenees. The race ends Sunday.

Tour organizers announced that 14 riders were subjected to blood tests early Wednesday. They were from French teams Cofidis and AG2R. The tests were all negative.

In all, 225 blood tests have been conducted so far at the three-week race. Of those, just one - for Vinokourov - was positive.


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