KHABAR BIKE (Cycling News) - MTB

From Eurosport: 'The 2006 Tour was celebrated for being the "cleanest" race in years after the breaking of Operacion Puerto on the eve of the event. But Felix Lowe controversially argues that cycling has become synonymous with doping — and not necessarily to the detriment of the sport's capacity to enthral. A cloud lingers above the world of cycling and it has done so ever since the heady days of Jacques Anquetil, the first Tour champion to openly admit taking performance-enhancing drugs back in the 1950s and 60s. "It would be impossible to race on mineral water alone," the five-time winner told a government minister during a televised debate before adding that only a fool would ride without drugs.' More