Doping Scandal Rocks the Tour De France

ESPN: Contenders Ullrich, Basso barred from Tour de France:

"The enemy is not cycling, the enemy is doping," tour director Christian Prudhomme said.

That's a pretty statement. What if cycling is doping? This should put all of Lance Armstrong's doubters to bed for good. Not only is Lance the most decidedly un-doped athlete in history, having repeatedly been assumed guilty and proven innocent, now his top two career rivals have been found guilty of doping.

There's more news over at the Tour De France blog, which is the best blog on the internet for these three weeks every year.