The Tour de France added another dark day to its troubled history in Pau, France, after Kazakh star Alexandre Vinokourov, the winner of two stages in Pau, tested positive for blood doping.
The Astana team was thrown off the race after an 'A' sample from one of the most respected riders in the peloton, Kazakh star Alexandre Vinokourov, the winner of two stages in Pau, tested positive for blood doping.
Ironically, the Rabobank team's race leader Michael Rasmussen, who has a 2min 23sec lead over Spanish rival Alberto Contador going into stage 16, is fighting to convince everyone that he could be a credible champion.
Rasmussen was effectively told last week he could no longer represent Denmark by the Danish Cycling Union (DCU) in the wake of revelations that he has missed four random doping controls in 18 months.
It seemed almost too much to believe that, after the Dane had started the race's second rest day by undergoing a random blood doping test by the International Cycling Union (UCI), and then pleading innocence for his "errors" to the world's media, it was announced that Vinokourov had been snared.
If a test on the Kazakh's 'B' sample also tests positive, it means that he injected red blood cells from a compatible donor to enhance his performance. - DDNEWS India
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