The Tour de France, still reeling from last year's doping affairs, will face the daunting task of restoring cycling's image when it starts its three-week journey of more than 3,500km on Saturday.
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A scandal-free race would lift its battered reputation but another doping-hit edition in front of more than two billion television viewers would be disastrous for an event that more than any other crystallises the plague of drugs on sport.
"One month from now, we will not be the same, in one way or another," Tour director Christian Prudhomme said.
Text: Reuters | Photographs: Getty Images
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