Tour de France 2008. Doping. Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran, who rides for the Liquigas team in the Tour de France, is taken by French gendarmes on July 11, 2008 in Le Rouget, central France, after he has tested positive for EPO.

Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran, who rides for the Liquigas team in the Tour de France, is taken by French gendarmes on July 11, 2008 in Le Rouget, central France, after he has tested positive for the blood booster erythropoietin (EPO). Beltran, a former teammate of seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, is now likely to be thrown off the race, while his team risks also being ejected. (Photo by Alexandre MARCHI/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)