ARD to drop live Tour de France coverage 17/10/2008 |
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German public broadcaster ARD will drop its live coverage of the Tour de France next year over the sport's continuing problems with doping.
"The sporting value of the Tour de France has dropped considerably due to the many doping cases," ARD chairman Fritz Raff said in a statement. "The value of the broadcast has similarly decreased."
The decision came a day after Austrian Bernhard Kohl, who finished as best climber and was third overall at this year's Tour, admitted using CERA, the new generation of the blood-boosting EPO.
Germany's Stefan Schumacher, who liked Kohl rode for the Gerolsteiner team, was one of a number of other riders to test positive during the Tour.
ARD and fellow public network ZDF pulled the plug on their Tour de France broadcasts in 2007 when it was revealed German rider Patrik Sinkewitz tested positive.
(Source: Reuters)
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