Oh Holy Poop!

The Tour de France is just a day away and a bombshell got dropped this morning!
No Ulrich! No Basso!
They were both implicated in Operación Puerto and will not make an appearance in this years Tour! Read all about it at Cycling News and VeloNews.
The list of people implicated in this scandal is growing by leaps and bounds. Ulrich and Basso top the list, but it also includes Francisco Mancebo (AG2R). Joseba Beloki (Astana-Wurth) and Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile).

This totally screws my fantasy TdF team!

Here is the complete list from cyclingnews.com
The list so far (31 riders of 58)

• Astana-Wurth: Michele Scarponi, Marcos Serrano, David Etxebarria, Joseba Beloki, Angel Vicioso, Isidro Nozal, Unai Osa, Jörg Jaksche
• CSC: Ivan Basso
• Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears: Constantino Zaballa
• Saunier Duval: Carlos Zarate
• AG2R: Francisco Mancebo
• T-Mobile: Jan Ullrich, Oscar Sevilla
• Phonak: Jose Enrique Gutierrez, Jose Ignacio Gutierrez

Comunidad Valenciana: Vicente Ballester, David Bernabeu, David Blanco Rodriguez, Jose Adrian Bonillla, Juan Gomis Lopez, Eladio Jimenez, David Latasa, Javier Pascual, Ruben Plaza, J.Luis M. Jimenez

• Unibet.Com: Carlos Garcia Quesada
• Retired/suspended riders: Roberto Heras, Angel Casero, Santiago Perez, Tyler Hamilton

I’ll bring you more as it happens!

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