The Lance Armstrong capitulation in the face of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) case against him has significantly tainted the greatest cycling event, The Tour de France in addition to leaving Armstrong's entire career achievements as being open to suspicion.
All this on top of the hugely successful public face of the cycling at the Olympics with thpusands of people lining the courses for both the Time Trial & Road Race as well as the packed crowds at the Velodrome in Olympic Park for track events.
There is a quality graphic in the New York Times that displays just how tainted Le Tour's podium and pelton has been.
At least Bradley Wiggins as the most recent winner suggests that there is no place for drugs, and Dave Brailsford as head of the Sky Team has teamwork at its core rather than pharmaceuticals or blood doping.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/08/24/sports/top-finishers-of-the-tour-de-france-tainted-by-doping.html?ref=cycling
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