Tour de France 2005 drug free
2005-06-30 14:40
Challans, France - All 189 riders on the Tour de France were on Thursday declared fit to race after blood tests showed no doping, the sport's world governing body UCI said.
The blood tests were carried out on all the peloton over a two-hour period early Thursday, just two days before the July 2-24 Tour kicks off.
Last year Spain's Gorka Gonzalez was banned from racing after such a test proved positive.
- AFP