2 more riders have been caught doping. Pavel Brutt and Patrick Sinkewitz have both received two year bans. They are both pretty good riders and have won a few races this year.

Is there really option in the game that players can be suspended for doping?? If yes can players from my team also be banned?

I swapped out another injury for Doping. And yes your team riders can be banned.

How can they be banned?? That's a new one for me

Transfer News
Devolder signs for Liquigas.
Gesink signs for Quick Step
Nuyen signs for Saxo Bank
Theo Bos signs with Rabobank

Bos is a big signing because he dominated the Continental tour in sprints.

Next up for me is the Vuelta. Its very exciting for me because it will be the first Grand Tour that I'm the leader of the team. I did well in the Tour de France and that was even with spending most of my energy to help Vandevelde. The team preview is coming up next.

How do you put doping into injuries?

American TT Championship - Taylor Phinney dominated the tt and followed up on his high placing from last year. Phinney has a good shot at winning the world tt championships.

American RR Championship - Tyler Farrar won in a sprint to wear the stars and stripes that many great riders have worn. The 150 kilometer flat stage came to a sprint and Farrar was clearly the strongest.

Garmin - Slipstream
1. D.Martin
2. J.Checa
3. C.Dodds
4. R.Hesjedal
5. M.Hita
6. T.Lowe
7. D.Millar
8. C.Sutton
9. B.Wiggins

Team Milram
11. L.Gerdemann
12. T.Fothen
13. J.Fröhlinger
14. C.Knees
15. R.Obst
16. D.Roels
17. T.Rohregger
18. B.Schröder
19. P.Voss

Quick·Step
21. K.Seeldraeyers
22. D.Cataldo
23. T.Dall'Antonia
24. M.Facci
25. H.Schwab
26. K.Van Impe
27. J.Van de Walle
28. M.Wynants
29. M.Zanotti

Team Columbia
31. M.Monfort
32. M.Barry
33. S.Clarke
34. G.Henderson
35. M.Possoni
36. F.Rabon
37. V.Reynès
38. K.Siutsou
39. K.Trepczyk

Caisse d'Epargne
41. J.Gutiérrez
42. D.Arroyo
43. D.De la Fuente
44. M.Drujon
45. C.García Acosta
46. A.Losada
47. J.Parralo
48. L.Pasamontes
49. F.Pérez

Bouygues Télécom
51. J.Tschopp
52. Y.Arashiro
53. S.Chainel
54. C.Dessel
55. P.Quemeneur
56. C.Riblon
57. E.Sokolov
58. M.Sprick
59. T.Voeckler

Française des Jeux
61. S.Joly
62. M.Chérel
63. J.Coenen
64. A.Geslin
65. M.Ladagnous
66. A.Roux
67. J.Roy
68. W.Sulzberger
69. B.Vaugrenard

Fuji - Servetto
71. E.Capecchi
72. D.Blanco
73. A.Figaredo
74. H.González
75. B.Intxausti
76. J.Jufré
77. J.Megías
78. R.Serrano
79. B.Shpilevsky

Rabobank
81. B.Mollema
82. M.Ardila
83. L.Boom
84. S.Clement
85. M.Hayman
86. P.Horrillo
87. G.Niermann
88. M.Tjallingii
89. P.Weening

AG2R
91. T.Valjavec
92. J.Arrieta
93. R.Dion
94. A.Jeanneson
95. J.Loubet
96. R.Mandri
97. L.Mondory
98. G.Smukulis
99. S.Wesemann

Euskaltel
101. A.Txurruka
102. J.Agirre
103. A.Galdos
104. A.Lafuente
105. B.Muez
106. M.Nieve
107. A.Pérez
108. C.Torrent Tarrès
109. P.Urtasun

Cervélo
111. M.Wyss
112. P.Deignan
113. X.Florencio
114. B.Lancaster
115. S.Morabito
116. P.Muto
117. J.Novoa
118. Ó.Pujol
119. M.Reimer

Liquigas
121. O.Zaugg
122. M.Bodnar
123. S.Commesso
124. M.Fischer
125. A.Grendene
126. J.Guarnieri
127. A.Kuschynski
128. D.Oss
129. S.Szmyd

Katusha
131. I.Rovny
132. L.Bodrogi
133. V.Gustov
134. A.Johansen
135. S.Klimov
136. M.Marin
137. R.Pidgornyy
138. B.Swift
139. N.Trussov

Astana
141. S.Paulinho
142. A.Dyachenko
143. J.Hernández
144. J.Herrada
145. D.Muravyev
146. D.Navarro
147. B.Noval
148. J.Rovira Pous
149. T.Vaitkus

Cofidis
151. A.Grivko
152. G.Blot
153. F.Brard
154. J.Demaret
155. B.Fernández
156. J.Rujano
157. N.Sijmens
158. R.Villa
159. N.Vogondy

Lampre
161. M.Marzano
162. M.Belletti
163. M.Bono
164. M.Bruseghin
165. M.Gavazzi
166. D.Loosli
167. Man.Mori
168. S.Ponzi
169. M.Sapa

Andalucía
171. J.Moreno
172. M.Calvente
173. J.A.Carrasco
174. F.Carrasco Ramirez
175. F.Martínez
176. M.Ortega
177. A.Piedra
178. E.Plaza
179. J.Rosendo

Silence - Lotto
181. T.Stubbe
182. M.Aerts
183. C.Brandt
184. N.Eeckhout
185. G.Gardeyn
186. S.Lang
187. J.Ljungblad
188. J.Roelandts
189. W.Weylandt

Saxo Bank
191. A.Steensen
192. K.Arvesen
193. J.Bellis
194. A.Frimann
195. M.Goss
196. D.Klemme
197. M.Ljungqvist
198. A.Lund
199. N.Sörensen

Vacansoleil
201. R.Rogina
202. B.Božic
203. B.Cooke
204. R.Honig
205. S.Lagutin
206. M.Marcato
207. M.Pronk
208. R.Sinkeldam
209. T.Van Amerongen

Can you post the stats of your riders?

I just exited out so I will do it in about 30 mintues.

Team Preview

Leader
Daniel Martin - Martin has improved a little bit since the Tour de France, where he finished in 24th place despite working for Vandevelde. Now he has the full support of his team plus there are very few good climbers here in the Vuelta. Expect a top 10.

Lieutenants
Ryder Hesjedal - He came in 11th overall in the Vuelta last year and will be a great help to Martin this year,

Trent Lowe - The Australian Champion is a good climber and will help on the steep climb.

Bradly Wiggins - He was dissapointed by his results in the Tour and is likely to win some time trials.

Teammate
Millar
Hita
Checa
Dodds

Sprinter
Sutton - Here to try to win some stages but it's unlikely he will contend for the Points jersey.

Alright, I think you can win! Hesjedal can get a good placing as well I believe.

only 2 other riders with an 80 or better in mountains. that would be K.Seeldraeyers and E.Capecchi and I'm the best at TTs so I have a great chance. I'm really excited that I might have a real chance at winning.

Plus my training schedule has me prepared.

Hopefully it's realistic! I am off to race this weekend, but I better have some good story posts to read when I get back

You will you might have the whole Vuelta.

Stage 1
The 1st stage of the Vuelta a España is a 15 kilometer time trial that is completely flat. We have both Wiggins and Millar who have a great shot at winning the stage especially since the strongest time trialer here that isn't on our team is Lars Boom. Boom looked like he had a chance to win the stage with the terrain suting his style but he could only manage to finish in 12th.



José Iván Gutiérrez is looking for a high placing this year and put up a great time, finishing in 4th only 9 seconds back.



In 2nd place on the stage was Bradley Wiggins who just couldn't win the stage losing by only 2 seconds.



The winner of the stage was David Millar who has proven to be one of the top time trialist and will definitely be a threat to win the longer time trials.



I finished 41st, 45 seconds behind Millar but I did gain time on my two biggest competitors.


Stage
1 David Millar Garmin - Slipstream 17'44
2 Bradley Wiggins Garmin - Slipstream + 3
3 Josu Agirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 7
4 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne + 9
5 Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux s.t.
6 André Steensen Team Saxo Bank + 14
7 Linus Gerdemann Team Milram + 15
8 Sebastian Lang Silence - Lotto s.t.
9 Laszló Bodrogi Team Katusha + 16
10 Stef Clement Rabobank + 18
11 Evgeni Sokolov Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 19
12 Lars Boom Rabobank + 22
13 Ivan Rovny Team Katusha + 25
14 Florent Brard Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
15 Andriy Grivko Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
16 Marzio Bruseghin Lampre - N.G.C + 26
17 Nikolai Trussov Team Katusha + 29
18 Brett Lancaster Cervélo Test Team s.t.
19 Frantisek Rabon Team Columbia - High Road + 30
20 Maciej Bodnar Liquigas + 32
21 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux s.t.
22 Alan Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
23 Sérgio Paulinho Astana Cycling Team + 34
24 Yukiya Arashiro Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 35
25 Jurgen Roelandts Silence - Lotto + 36
26 Pieter Weening Rabobank + 38
27 David Blanco Fuji - Servetto s.t.
28 Dominik Roels Team Milram s.t.
29 Luis Pasamontes Caisse d'Epargne + 39
30 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Team Saxo Bank s.t.
31 Fran Pérez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
32 Thijs Van Amerongen Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
33 Beñat Intxausti Fuji - Servetto + 40
34 Gatis Smukulis AG2R La Mondiale + 41
35 Maxime Monfort Team Columbia - High Road + 42
36 Manuel Ortega Andalucía Cajasur + 43
37 Boris Shpilevski Fuji - Servetto + 44
38 Javier Moreno Andalucía Cajasur s.t.
39 Christopher Sutton Garmin - Slipstream s.t.
40 Jaume Rovira Pous Astana Cycling Team s.t.
41 Daniel Martin Garmin - Slipstream + 45
42 Ruslan Pidgornyy Team Katusha + 46
43 Perrig Quemeneur Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
44 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Slipstream s.t.
45 Greg Henderson Team Columbia - High Road + 47
46 Marcel Wyss Cervélo Test Team s.t.
47 Steve Morabito Cervélo Test Team s.t.
48 Anthony Roux Française des Jeux s.t.
49 Baden Cooke Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
50 Daniel Oss Liquigas s.t.