[Lefty Noob]

According to the Associated Press, "Dozens of Tour de France riders demonstrated their anger over repeated doping scandals by not starting the 16th stage at the scheduled time Wednesday... The protest came a day after star rider Alexandre Vinokourov and his Astana team were sent home after he tested positive for a banned blood transfusion."

"On Wednesday, the pack of riders split into two groups: those who took the start as normal -- including controversial race leader Michael Rasmussen -- and those who protested by hanging back for a few minutes... Many of the riders involved in the symbolic protest were from French teams that have long complained that doping is ruining the sport. They simply let Rasmussen, star sprinter Tom Boonen and others ride away -- but caught up with them further down the road."

Your thoughts? Seems to me like a lot of the doping accusations are never proven...
Tour de France riders stage protest to mark anger over doping - Cycling - Yahoo! Sports

[bears9]

Most sports people take steroids to get ahead of the companion.

In cycling you take them to stay even with the pack.