Alessandro Petacchi, who today lost the lead in the Tour de France points competition to last year’s winner of the green jersey, Thor Hushovd, has been placed under formal investigation for using banned substances by Italian magistrates investigating allegations of doping within Italian cycling.
Italian press suggests that sprinter may have known of magistrates' move before Tour began
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Lance Armstrong admitted that being involved in two breakaways that effectively lasted the whole of today’s Stage 16 of the Tour de France meant he had nothing left for the sprint as the nine escapees arrived in Pau, with the stage win instead going to Pierrick Fedrigo of Bbox Bouygues Telecom.
Meanwhile, Moreau and Charteau look forward to Thursday's King of the Mountains battle