TOUR DE FRANCE
Date: 4 July - 26 July
Coverage: BBC Sport website: text commentary of each stage and streamed BBC commentary of the last 90 minutes of each stage available; commentary on selected stages on BBC 5 Live sports extra
 Armstrong has made a comeback in search of an eighth Tour victory |
France's sports minister has said Lance Armstrong will be "particularly monitored" in anti-doping checks at this year's Tour de France. Roselyne Bachelot said the seven-times winner, who has come out of retirement to compete and has always denied taking banned substances, would be watched. "He will be particularly, particularly, particularly monitored," she said. The head of France's anti-doping agency says the American would be treated like anyone else when it came to dope tests.  | 606: DEBATE |
In recent years, the world's most famous cycling race has been blighted by numerous doping incidents, and the International Cycling Union plans more than 500 tests during this year's race in an effort to alleviate the problem. "There needs to be a really very, very active fight against doping," said Bachelot. "The organisers know how much a positive doping test could have harmful effects."
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