Le Tour de Drama!

An otherwise ho-hum Tour (it always sucks when the big climbs are early in the race, the good climbers are still fresh and can establish leads that are hard to shake.) has its first interesting story in over a week.

Michael Rasmussen, who has held the yellow jersey for several stages after the Alps, was fired by his national team, received a warning for not keeping Tour officials appraised of his location for random drug tests, and has missed two tests prior to the tour. He has also been accused of using other riders as mules to move blood doping materials across international borders.

Dane Dogged by Suspicion in France

The Spanish cycling federation issued a hotly-worded denial until somebody pointed out that for once they weren't implicated.. yet.