I'm positive the Tour has been captivating you all, with the exclusive coverage on Versus, and some of the "best commentators known to sports broadcasting."

Anyway, recently the Tour's leader was pulled from the race, fired by his team, and the entire team went home... why... because the dumbass skipped a couple out of competition drug tests by telling officials he was in Mexico with his wife. We learn a valuable lesson in all this: If you say you are in Mexico, it's probably not a good idea to be out riding your bike training in the Italian Dolomites...

FWIW, Rasmussen had been wearing the yellow for the last 9 stages and was pretty much the favorite at this point with his time lead to win the Tour.