The Tour de France this year is a shambles, to put it simply. With Michael Rasmussen, the yellow jersey wearer as of Wednesday, being dismissed by his team, and the pre-tour favourite Alexandre Vinokourov being chucked out from anomalies in his red blood cells. Whats more dishearting for the Tour is the fact that Vinokourov’s team had to pull out, and Rasmussen’s team is only just still in the Tour, but very demotivated.

Another team,  Cofidis, withdraw from the Tour after a member of their team tested positive for a banned substance, leaving Bradley Wiggins out of the Tour. This behavour has greatly effected the race itself, and riders started the race supporting the doping tests.

Is this is what the Tour de France has become? A competition for the people who can get away with cheating and not get caught. Lance Armstrong got accused of taking drugs to enhance his performance shortly after his cancer, and he fought through to win 7 tours. But for the last two years, with last year’s “winner” still in court, it has turned into a huge shamble.