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Tour de France Begins Amid Doping Controversy

From Eurosport.com:

“Jan Ullrich, Ivan Basso and Francisco Mancebo were among 37 riders listed in Spanish media as being named in the country’s official doping report.”

The Tour begins tomorrow and teams are rebuilding as we speak. More:

Headlinese

Amid fears” that others may have their “sights” set on me, thus, putting me in their “crosshairs,” (“aiming,” really) I, like Paul Bausch and Jason Kottke before me, “vow” not to “engage” in the practice of headlinese. I “urge” others to “follow suit.”