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Tour wakes up to bad hangover
Posted Jul 25th 2007, 8:25am by james evans
With the furore surrounding Alexandre Vinokourov's positive drug test and the withdrawal of the Astana team, Stage 16's 218.5km route from Orthez to Col d'Aubisque:
Link: Stage 16
... started in a somewhat farcical manner.
Link: Rider protest
Meanwhile, the fall-out from yesterday's news continues to dominate thoughts. Tour director Christophe Prudhomme insists the structure of the sport needs a complete overhaul.
Link: Prudhomme wants revolution
Continue to have your say on the biggest scandal to hit this year's Tour de France.
Has the Tour now lost all credibility? Was Astana right to withdraw their whole team? And where do we go from here?
Link: Isporty Forum
The Astana team have however confirmed that they will continue racing in other events.
Link: Team remains



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