US Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel/USA) leaves the podium after retaining the yellow jersey as overall leader at the end of the eighth stage of the 92nd Tour de France cycling race between Pforzheim and Gerardmer, 09 July 2005. Independent Dutch investigators cleared Lance Armstrong of doping in the 1999 Tour de France 31 May 2006, and blamed anti-doping authorities for misconduct in dealing with the American cyclist, according to Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. (SEBASTIEN BERDA/AFP/Getty Images)