Isporty applauds Pereiro ..

Cheats never prosper, and a year after Floyd Landis performance-enhanced his way to the 2006 Tour de France title, justice was finally done this week after Spaniard Oscar Pereiro was belatedly awarded the title, as the BBC reports.

Yet, on the same day, Giro d'Italia winner Daniel Di Luca receives a three-month ban for doping offences, proving that some will still not learn their lesson.

Pereiro to receive winner's yellow ..

How will Oscar Pereiro feel next week when he is presented with the 2006 Tour de France winner's jersey?

Elated? Probably not. Cheated? Most likely. But receive it he will as Yahoo 7 Sport confirms that the Spaniard will take the jersey in Madrid following the disqualification of Floyd Landis. (Pictured are the two riders on the podium in Paris last year.)

What are your thoughts? Will this spur Pereiro to win it for real next time around?

Discuss this and other matters on the Isporty Cycling Forum.

Valverde barred from World Championships ..

Yahoo Sport has confirmed that Alejandro Valverde (pictured) has been banned from this year's World Championships following his involvement in the Operation Puerta affair.

Meanwhile, another fallen champion's inclusion has created even more controversy, as Business Day uncovers the story of Erik Zabel's acceptance into a preliminary squad for the World Road Cycling Championships.

Astana announce comeback ..

The shamed Kazakhstan team Astana have announced that they will make their comeback at the Grand Prix de Plouay on September 2nd, the BBC report, with Andreas Kloeden (pictured) expected to resume the team captain's role.

Meanwhile, T-Mobile have released their Tour of Ireland roster, while also confirming this week that they will be sending a team to the Tour of Britain.

More German success ..

Gerald Ciolek won a group sprint to take Stage 7 of the Tour of Germany, and a second successive victory for his T-Mobile team.

Meanwhile, Australian Matthew White suffered head injuries after another collision with a dog. This follows two incidents in the Tour de France, involving Sandy Casar and Marcus Burghardt.

Remember to keep up with Isporty founder Chris Ward's Trans-Rockies Challenge as he and Bill Gilbert venture across Canada's unforgiving terrain.

Zabel ban heightens doping concern ..

Erik Zabel's snub from the forthcoming World Championships, as reported by the BBC, reminds us that in the calm after the Tour de France, the cycling of sport still has much repairing to be done.

Indeed, the bloggers at Cycling Fans Anonymous have thrown their support behind one of the internet's leading promoters of the sport, Wim van Rossum, who has become so disilluisioned he is hanging up his wheels.

On the road, Lopez Garcia wins the latest Stage of the Tour of Germany, (pictured).

Cunego clinches Tour win ..

Lampre rider Damiano Conego clinched Stage Four of the Tour of Germany in a mass sprint on the route into Sonthofen.

Home favourite Jens Voigt (pictured) remains at the head of the overall classification.

Meanwhile, following their removal from the Tour de France the Astana team have been banned from competing in the forthcoming Tour of Spain, as Yahoo reports.

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