Politics of Le Tour

I watched an interview during last years Tour de France with a journalist who said everyone knew that Contador was guilty of doping as implicated in Operación Puerto. Allegedly he avoided prosecution by becoming a snitch for the Spanish cycling federation. The pendulum of justice has swung against Alberto. Today it was announced by the ASO, who run Le Tour and the Paris-Nice race (which Contador also won in 07) that it has banned Team Astana from all it’s races. I’m finding it hard to pinpoint what emotions this is evoking within me. It’s great that Cadel will have a better chance of winning this years tour but it would be better if he won with Contador present. Had Contador been banned last year would Cadel have won? I feel like justice has been done but only to a very limited extent. I’m scared that Team High road (which included my favorite cyclist Mick Rogers www.highroadsports.com/team/Men/Rogers_Michael) may also be barred from the tour because of the bad press it received last year as T-mobile. Most of all I feel like cycling needs a governing body with the power to effect change. At the moment the UCI is in a power struggle with the ASO and other event organizers, a situation which is hindering the efforts to capitalize on the global resurgence of cycling as a spectator and participation sport. Can’t we all just get along…..