Stuart O'Grady and Erik Zabel discovered a harsh life lesson.

The top two in the 1998 Tour de France - Italian Marco Pantani and Germany's Jan Ullrich - were taking the banned blood booster EPO, the results of a French Senate inquiry into doping in sports revealed. The medical stubs enclosed in the 918-page report, when compared against a separate list of test results, also reveal that American Lance Armstrong tested positive for EPO in 1999.

The pavement of the Champs-Élysées didn't get a chance to cool down before the rumors and revelations started.

How jaded have we become?

Clearly dismayed by repeated questions about doping, the team of Tour de France leader Chris Froome earlier today volunteered to open up to independent scrutiny all of its training secrets to try to prove "beyond reasonable doubt" that the Briton and his teammates are riding clean.

We're only a third completed and the grande boucle has already given us a roller coaster ride.

This time of year means two things: Doping accusations and Tour de France predictions.

Luxembourg's former champion Andy Schleck will lead RadioShack-Leopard on the Tour de France even though he has been struggling with his form for a year, the team revealed on Wednesday.

Pat McQuaid gets more bad news & Spain tries to outlaw doping?

Pat McQuaid's chances of winning a third term as president of the International Cycling Union took a hit earlier today when he failed to secure the nomination of his own national body.