Lance Armstrong was the king of cycling in the past decade, singlehandedly bringing more public interest to the sport than anyone else before. When he stepped down from its heights, though, the sport’s prevailing weakness replaced him at center stage.
The night before the 2006 Tour de France, with Armstrong in temporary retirement after winning the race seven consecutive times, a doping scandal knocked several of the top contenders from the field.
The race began without …Â Details