Getting your player ready...
Tyler Hamilton, the Boulder cyclist who served a two-year ban for doping, is training on these stages with his new U.S.-based team, Rock Racing, formed by fashion designer Michael Ball.
Hamilton signed with Rock Racing in December along with two other cyclists coming off doping bans: Santiago Botero and Oscar Sevilla. They were set to race in the Tour of California until UCI, cycling’s international governing body, sent a letter to the Tour citing a clause that does not allow any riders who are under suspicion. The three riders have been mentioned in Operacion Puerto, the Spanish doping scandal. The investigation reopened last week.
John Henderson, The Denver Post
