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Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl, who retired after admitting he used a banned blood booster during last year’s Tour de France, suggests the race’s top 10 finishers were all doping.

Kohl finished third in the 2008 Tour and won the polka-dot jersey for best climber, but was then caught for using the blood-boosting hormone CERA when French anti-doping agency AFLD retested the race samples.

In an interview Tuesday with sports daily L’Equipe, Kohl said he knew he was going to test positive after AFLD became involved.

“At first, I once again tried to reassure myself: ‘OK, I was dead—but we were all dead,”’ Kohl said. “Many other riders …  Details

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