I didn't watch Alberto Contador putting on the final yellow jersey of this year's Tour de France in Paris. As I said, even before the disaster unfolded, this wasn't a Tour where I was going to get worked up about who won. By Sunday I had gone beyond indifference into mild animosity. To date, there is no evidence against Contador.

History has been on the side of the Tour de France organiser Christian Prudhomme in his quest to liven up the race.

The return of cycling's greatest comeback man to the Tour de France has not gone to script

Last week should have been a triumphant one for world cycling champion Mario Cipollini. But injury was piled on top of insult as Italy's most charismatic cyclist slid across the road at 48kph on his backside, just 160m from the finish line in the little Veneto town of San Donà di Piave. With bruising to his ribs and back, Cipollini was unable to complete the race.

Lance Armstrong's concession that he can't win his doping case finally allows the sport to move on, argues William Fotheringham.

I didn't watch Alberto Contador putting on the final yellow jersey of this year's Tour de France in Paris. As I said, even before the disaster unfolded, this wasn't a Tour where I was going to get worked up about who won. By Sunday I had gone beyond indifference into mild animosity. To date, there is no evidence against Contador.

History has been on the side of the Tour de France organiser Christian Prudhomme in his quest to liven up the race.

The return of cycling's greatest comeback man to the Tour de France has not gone to script