Can someone point me to a neat list that lays out the original winners of the TDF and the winners after the winner was disqualified for doping? I have a vague memory of the first and second place competitors both being disqualified one year.
Also, do only the stage winners get tested, or is there random testing throughout, or do all racers get tested? I ask because I wonder if it would be possible to sneak through the testing regimen in third place or something, and get the victory when the winners get tossed out for doping.
Can’t answer the first question but for the second=> The winner and leader are tested each day,plus sixto eight randoms. But all riders are tested prior to the raceaccording to this: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/knowing-some-important-tour-de-france-regulations.html (In fact, I seem to recall that this year top three winners each stage was tested, as well as randomly.
So no, you couldnt really hope to get away with coming in as no.3 total.
Thanks for that. I think this partially answers my question, although it seems like a definitive list may be a long time coming:
[QUOTE=NY Times Q&A about Armstrong]
In 1999, Armstrong’s first Tour victory, Alex Zulle of Switzerland finished second. (Zulle admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs and was suspended and fined.) In 2000, 2001 and 2003, Germany’s Jan Ullrich was the runner-up. (He later served a doping ban for his involvement in the Operation Puerto blood-doping ring, but that ban did not begin until 2005.) In 2002, Joseba Beloki of Spain was second. In 2004, Andreas Kloden of Germany was second. (He also was connected to a scandal regarding blood doping at the Freiburg University Clinic before the 2006 Tour.) In 2005, Ivan Basso of Italy finished second. (He served a two-year ban in 2007 and 2008 after admitting that he “attempted doping,” although he denied ever doping.)
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Maybe they should just give the title to the last place finisher, because if he was doping, it wasn’t helping.