2008 Tour de France

Doping scandals overshadowed the 2007 Tour de France and this year organizers are hoping to win cycling’s most prestigious race by reaching the finish line without another scandal of the same kind. Drug use and cheating in recent years have depleted the race of many of cycling’s biggest names, giving a new crop of would-be stars a chance to make their names. For the first time since 1967, the three-week Tour will begin without an opening-day prologue as well as without a defending champion for the second straight year because of the doping scandals he faced in the last two years. Hopefully, fans will be able to focus on the sporting drama instead of the scandals and it is up to the riders to give the answers. Surely hidden spy cams are set up along the way from start to finish.

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