1.   As a former champion cyclist himself, Weisel knows a thing or two about uphill struggles.

2.   First, Freedman and Steve Miller, a former Stanford cyclist and her training partner, started a developmental cycling team.

3.   Mike Sharp, a former competitive cyclist from Louisburg, Kan., keeps stacks of data on incompetent drivers.

4.   A former cyclist, Pascal Peyramaure, was also placed under investigation.

5.   As the scandal grows, two former Festina cyclists, Emmanuel Magnien and Gilles Bouvard have also been brought in for questioning in Lille.

6.   As the scandal grows, two former Festina cyclists, Emmanuel Magnien and Gilles Bouvard Tuesday were placed under formal questioning in Lille.

7.   But the former cyclist had no such reluctance expressing his opinion on the recent doping scandals that plagued the Tour de France last summer.

8.   Teammates, former cyclists and Tour de France officials honored Fabio Casartelli Tuesday by unveiling a plaque at the spot where the Italian rider died in July.

9.   The former cyclist felt widespread testing was necessary but that doping would never be completely eradicated from sports.

10.   The suspicion that EPO is widely used gained further credence this week when former Belgian cyclist Eddy Planckaert admitted in an interview he had used it.