As expected, Alberto Contador won the 2009 Tour de France. This is his second title. Meanwhile, Lance Armstrong returning to the race, finished 3rd, but looks to 2010 with a new team.

Jens Voigt (Team Saxo Bank) was taken to hospital after his crash in the 16th stage of the Tour de France. While descending the Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard, the German's front wheel slipped away and he went down on his shoulder and head, sliding several metres along the road. The race doctor who attended to him at the scene said that Voigt briefly lost consciousness.

Even Lance Armstrong says that Alberto Contador deserves to be the winer of the 2009 Tour De France. Now the long-awaited explanation between Contador and Armstrong has finally taken place. The Spaniard seems better equipped for the final victory of the 2009 Tour De France. Armstrong is a winner too. He says he participated this year to raise awareness about cancer. Now fans are lining up wearing Livestrong bracelets to get his autograph.

Floyd Landis lost the expensive doping case and his Tour de France doping title.

Team CSC’s Carlos Sastre put a nice finishing touch on his Tour de France leftovers by notching an impressive top 10 at the hard-fought Clásica San Sebastián on Saturday in Spain.

Five time Tour de France winner Eddy Merckx believes that cycling will recover from its recent doping scandals.

Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador Sunday won the drug-tainted Tour de France. The Tour has been plagued by scandals over doping, and this was the worst year yet.

British cyclist Bradley Wiggins declared this year's Tour de France as "null and void" after he was unwittingly caught up in the doping scandals that have tainted the race.

Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen of Denmark has been removed from the race for violating internal rules set by his team.

If you’re an optimist you would say that cycling is in such a deep black hole of scandal that soon thing must get better. One main reason why the once revered Tour de France is in such agony, suffering a thousand cuts from doping, is that the sport failed to fully heed the lessons from previous drug scandals in 1998 and as recently as last year.

Tour de France riders staged a silent protest at the start of Wednesday's 16th stage to demonstrate their anger over repeated doping scandals.