HEADLINE: Landis loses doping appeal over 2006 Tour de France

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CAPTION: Cyclist Floyd Landis' doping ban has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. It was the American cyclist's last chance to retain his 2006 Tour de France title. (June 30)

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Floyd Landis has lost his final chance to be the winner of the 2006 Tour De France --

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After hours of testimony -- the Court of Arbitration for Sport, or C-A-S, upheld a previous ruling that Landis used performance enhancing drugs.

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Landis was stripped of his 2006 Tour title last year after testing positive for a banned type of testosterone.

SOT: landis "it's consumed my entire life ... "

Oscar Pereiro was declared (pehr-EHR'-oh) the 2006 Tour winner.

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Landis is now the first cyclist in the history of the tour to loose his title due to doping.

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In its 58-page decision, the CAS said the lab that analyzed Landis' test results used some quote 'less than ideal practices' -- but not lies, fraud and cover-ups and Landis had claimed.

Even if Landis had won his appeal, there was no guarantee Tour de France organizers would recognize today's decision.

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Part of the fallout from the ruling -- Landis now has to pay 100-thousand dollars toward the legal fees of the U.S. Anti-doping agency.

The decision comes just days before the start of the 2008 tour.

The French government is calling for a two-month extension of the state of emergency that was declared after the deadly November attacks in Paris, the country's Prime Minister said on Wednesday.

The move, which will require parliament's approval, is intended to cover the European Championship soccer tournament and the Tour de France.

The call comes after an anti-terror exercise was held at a Paris train station on Tuesday night.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls told France Info radio that the extension of the state of emergency until the end of July will "allow a better response against the terrorist threat" during the 10 June to 10 July tournament.

Following attacks in Brussels last month, concerns have been raised that the tournament could be targeted, especially the fan zones where spectators gather to watch games on large screens.

Up to 8 million fans are expected to visit the open-air areas, according to French authorities.

The French government is calling for a two-month extension of the state of emergency that was declared after the deadly November attacks in Paris, the country's Prime Minister said on Wednesday.

The move, which will require parliament's approval, is intended to cover the European Championship soccer tournament and the Tour de France.

The call comes after an anti-terror exercise was held at a Paris train station on Tuesday night.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls told France Info radio that the extension of the state of emergency until the end of July will "allow a better response against the terrorist threat" during the 10 June to 10 July tournament.

Following attacks in Brussels last month, concerns have been raised that the tournament could be targeted, especially the fan zones where spectators gather to watch games on large screens.

Up to 8 million fans are expected to visit the open-air areas, according to French authorities.

BFM TV

Paris - 19/20 April 2016

1. Security forces simulating intervention on Montparnasse station platform

2. Various of security forces advancing inside train

3. Police dog running towards target

INTERIOR MINISTRY HANDOUT

Paris - 19/20 April 2016

4. Security forces walking down stairs

5. Security forces deploying outside room where mock hostages are being held

6. Actor playing assailant with weapon ++BLURRED TO PROTECT IDENTITY++

7 . Security forces storming assailants' hideout

BFM TV

Paris - 19/20 April 2016

8. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve with security forces

9. SOUNDBITE (French) Bernard Cazeneuve, Interior Minister:

"What we've decided to put in place in terms of procedures, is designed to allow for a fast intervention. Time is a determining factor to save as many lives as possible."

10. Cazeneuve with security forces

11. SOUNDBITE (French) Bernard Cazeneuve, Interior Minister:

"I am very proud tonight to be here with the Police Prefect, the Director General of the Police and the Director General of the Gendarmerie, the commanding officers from the RAID (French elite law enforcement unit), the BRI (Research and Intervention Brigades) and the GIGN (National Gendarmerie intervention group) - together united with a common goal, and will to protect the French population and, if we were to suffer another attack – which we cannot rule out despite all the precautionary measures we have taken – to save as many lives as possible."

12. Cazeneuve walking down stairs

13. General Denis Favier talking to media

14. SOUNDBITE (French) General Denis Favier, Director General of the Gendarmerie:

"That's the rule in cases like this one, there is a single command chain which imposes a very strong coordination between the different services and then, each service works in the sector that it's been assigned to with regards to its capacities and its expertise."

INTERIOR MINISTRY HANDOUT

Paris - 19/20 April 2016

15. Various of mine-clearing robot advancing down stairs

FRANCE INFO

Paris - 20 April 2016

16. Radio journalist working

17. SOUNDBITE (French) Manuel Valls, French Prime Minister: ++SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY OVERLAID WITH BANNER++

"We will propose to extend it (the state of emergency) for another two months from the end of May, considering the level of threat, within the same framework, in France, but also across our oversea territories, because in the face of this threat we need to give these powers, under supervision of judges and parliament, to allow a better response against the terrorist threat."

BFM TV

Paris - 19/20 April 2016

18. Various of security forces inside Montparnasse station

SHOTLIST:

Paris, France. 18th June 2013.

1. 00:00 Wide shot of Amaury Sport Organisation A.S.O. (the Organising Company of the Tour de France)

2. 00:06 Close up of Amaury Sport Organisation A.S.O.

3. 00:10 Mid shot of the entrance of A.S.O.

4. 00:15 Mid shot of Christian Prudhomme walking away from his office

5. 00:24 SOUNDBITE: (French) Christian Prudhomme, Director Tour de France:

(Question regarding who is favourite to win this Tour)

"(Alberto) Contador will of course be a very important element of the picture, of the scenario of the Tour, but it will be Sky against the rest of the world with of course Chris Froome as the undisputed leader of this team."

6. 00:40 Close up (zoom out) of old photo of cyclists

7. 00:45 Wide shot of Christian Prudhomme, Director of the Tour de France, next to the poster of the 100th edition of the Tour de France, the tour of 2013.

8. 00:50 Mid of photo with cyclists high on a mountain

9. 00:56 SOUNDBITE: (French) Christian Prudhomme, Director Tour de France:

(Question regarding the possibilities of a comeback from Bradley Wiggins)

"I think he will be very strong on the Tour that will start in Yorkshire in 2014. In Yorkshire, there will be a magnificent stage and the next one will finish in London. I think he'll have his motivation back and be back."

10. 01:09 Pan shot of poster of Tour de France edition 2013.

11. 01:18 Close up of the stages in the Alps.

12. 01:25 SOUNDBITE: (French) Christian Prudhomme, Director Tour de France:

(Question regarding doping in cycling)

"One of the fundamental questions is the capacity of finding the substances. If the medical corps would be capable to find all the substances, there would be no doubt at all. And the last years, the gap has been considerably tightened between those who cheat and those who track down the cheaters."

13. 01:48 Close up of the departure of the Tour de France in Corsica

14. 01:51 SOUNDBITE: (French) Christian Prudhomme, Director Tour de France:

(Question regarding the importance of starting the Tour in Corsica)

"Two stages (in Corsica) are typically stages for punchers. Here, the favourites of the general classification will have to pay a lot of attention, because these are typically trapped stages. Those who haven't scouted the Corsican stages will have made a big mistake. On the eve of the first stage, they might say: "It's all flat, Corsica, it's all flat. There are no bends!" Two days later they will have understood why the automobile Tour of Corsica is called 'The Rally of ten thousand bends'."

15. 02:15 Mid shot of poster of the southern part of the Tour de France (Alps and Pyrenees)

16. 02:20 Pan of poster from Bretagne to the Alps

17. 02:28 SOUNDBITE: (French) Christian Prudhomme, Director Tour de France:

"Cycling is friendly. Once again, it's (a sport) for families, for people who are happy to be there, for people smiling."

18. 02:35 Pan shot from the Alps to Paris, Champs Elysees.

19. 02:41 Mid shot of photo with cyclists on the Champs Elysees.

20. 02:45 Close up from the map with Paris, Champs Elysees.

STORYLINE: Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme spoke on Tuesday (18th June) and tipped Chris Froome to emerge victorious in this years race.

SCRIPTING INFORMATION:

The director of the Tour de France, Christian Prudhomme, expects that the 2013 event, the 100th edition of the Tour de France, will be a scenario of Team Sky against the rest of the world, with Christopher Froome as the undisputed leader of his team.

He expects Bradley Wiggins to come roaring back in 2014 after not defending his crown in this year's race, which starts in just over a week. "I think he'll have his motivation back and be back," Christian Prudhomme said in an interview on Tuesday in his Paris office.

Elite athletes, he noted, "can fall very low but rebound very quickly."

The first two stages in 2014 run through Yorkshire in northeast England, with the third going from Cambridge to London, so Wiggins will be on home ground. "I think he'll be very strong," Prudhomme said.

About the doping affairs in the Tour, Prudhomme said: "One of the fundamental questions is the capacity of finding the substances. If the medical corps would be capable to find all the substances, there would be no doubt at all. And the last years, the gap has been considerably tightened between those who cheat and those who track down the cheaters."

Prudhomme warned that the first stages on the French island of Corsica could be treacherous.

After a flat opening stage on June 29 that British sprinter Mark Cavendish, among others, will have his eye on, the race ventures over more jagged terrain inland and up the island's west coast.

From Corsica, the Tour crosses to the French mainland.

"Those who haven't scouted the Corsican stages will have made a big mistake. On the evening of the first stage, they'll be telling themselves, "It's all flat!" Prudhomme said. "Two days later they will have understood why the automobile Tour of Corsica is called `The Rally of ten thousand Bends.' Not only does it go up and down, it turns all the time."

Christian Prudhomme, himself a passionate supporter of cycling, remains optimistic for the popularity of the sport: "Cycling is a sport for families, for people who are happy to be there, for people smiling."

Tour de France organisers announce that 2017 Tour de France will begin in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Thursday (14 January).

The 2017 Tour de France will start with a short time trial in the streets of Duesseldorf, offering German rider Tony Martin an opportunity to grab the yellow jersey in front of his home fans.

Tour organisers unveiled details of the opening stage on Thursday (January 14) after announcing in December that the Grand Depart would take place in Germany for the fourth time in the race's century-old history.

A three-time time trial world champion, Martin should thrive on the 13-kilometre urban course taking the riders down the banks of the Rhine river on July 1, 2017.

The last time the three-week race started in Germany was in 1987.

The second stage of the race will start from Duesseldorf, with the stage finish to be revealed at the route presentation in October.

Tour de France organisers announce that 2017 Tour de France will begin in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Thursday (14 January).

The 2017 Tour de France will start with a short time trial in the streets of Duesseldorf, offering German rider Tony Martin an opportunity to grab the yellow jersey in front of his home fans.

Tour organisers unveiled details of the opening stage on Thursday (January 14) after announcing in December that the Grand Depart would take place in Germany for the fourth time in the race's century-old history.

A three-time time trial world champion, Martin should thrive on the 13-kilometre urban course taking the riders down the banks of the Rhine river on July 1, 2017.

The last time the three-week race started in Germany was in 1987.

The second stage of the race will start from Duesseldorf, with the stage finish to be revealed at the route presentation in October.

Paris, France. January 14, 2016.

1. 00:00 Mid of news conference announcing the Tour de France departure in Dusseldorf in 2017

2. 00:13 Wide of news conference

3. 00:18 SOUNDBITE: (French) Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France director:

"Dusseldorf, the little Paris. We are very happy and very proud. 'Wir sind Froh, wir sind stolz' (We are happy, we are proud: German). For the first time since thirty years Le Grand Depart will take place in Germany."

4. 00:35 Mid of people watching highlights of previous Tour De France editions outside France

5. 00:42 SOUNDBITE: (French) Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France director:

"In the past years we witnessed a revival of German cyclists. In the past five years the country that has won the most stages is Germany. They have won 24 stages of Tour de France in the past five years. Six in the last edition, seven the year before and six again the year before that. And with a preference for the opening stage."

6. 01:05 Mid of people watching highlights of Tour de France at news conference

7. 01:11 SOUNDBITE: (French) Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France director:

"I have gave you the choice Thomas asking whether you prefer an individual time trial or a team time trial. Even though we never opened the Tour with a team time trial. I suspect that behind your decision to organise an individual time trial you were thinking that the three time world champion of the time trial Tony Martin, that came second in Utrecht last year, could do a beautiful yellow shirt (German: "We shall see")."

8. 01:44 Set up shot of Thomas Geisel, mayor of Dusseldorf

9. 01:49 SOUNDBITE: (German) Thomas Geisel, Mayor of Dusseldorf:

"It is a great opportunity for the town of Dusseldorf, this beautiful town in the middle of Europe. We are expecting a million people maybe even more enthusiasts of cycling in Dusseldorf, North-Rhine Westphalia. and in Belgium, the Netherlands and France of course. And you are all welcome."

10. Wide pan of news conference

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SHOTLIST

1. Wide of cyclists lining up at race start point

2. Close of Tour de France banner

3. Crowed gathered on the sidelines

4. SOUNDBITE: (French) Gilbert Covemacker, French supporter:

"It's bad for sports (referring to drug use). I'm not talking about the Tour de France because there isn't drug use just on the Tour de France. It's a general trend in sports. Because the athletes cannot gain muscles only by drinking clear water."

5. Wide of officials walking

6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tom Robak, American supporter:

"Oh yes, the Tour is too famous. The Tour will never diminish, it'll still go on. There is too much history, it's a great sporting event and will always be there."

7. Tilt up of Robak with Montana state flag

8. Various of crowd

9. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Sonia Sanchez, Colombian supporter:

"We have to have a lot of courage because the Tour de France has to continue. It can't end. On the contrary, we have to fight against doping. Before, everybody used to cycle along roads that were a lot worse than now. And nevertheless, they still won. So. We've got to fight against doping and long live the Tour de France."

10. Sanchez with flag in crowd of supporters

11. Cyclists signing autograph for child

12. SOUNDBITE: (French) Stephane Goubert, AG2R rider:

"Of course it (the Tour de France) will survive. And we all fight for it. And I think it's heading in a good direction. There are some problems but there is a big movement to promote a new, different and a cleaner cycling sport. And it's going to continue this way."

13. Mid shot of cyclists

14. Wide of cyclists at start line

15. Mid shot of the five most important riders of the race

16. Close of Alberto Contador in the yellow jersey

17. Various of race starting

STORYLINE

Tour de France riders set off Sunday in Marcoussis toward the finish of the three-week race on the Champs-Elysees, with Alberto Contador all but certain to take home the yellow jersey after a race more likely to be remembered for scandal.

The 24-year-old Spaniard locked up victory by holding off second-placed Cadel Evans of Australia with a 23-second lead in the final time trial on Saturday.

Contador's Discovery Channel team-mates were likely to ensure that he protects the razor-thin margin in the 90.7-mile (146-kilometre) ride from Marcoussis to the famous Paris avenue.

Discovery's Levi Leipheimer is third overall, 31 seconds back.

Contador inherited the leader's yellow jersey when Michael Rasmussen was ousted Wednesday by his Rabobank team for lying about his whereabouts in June, when the Danish rider missed a doping check.

Fans poured out to line barriers the Champs-Elysees and marcoussis hours before the finish, braving intermittent rain.

Some were seen wandering in hats with the Tour's logo or wearing yellow rain capes.

In an unplanned irony, Sunday's route was leading the pack through the town of Chatenay-Malabry, home to the French anti-doping laboratory that has exposed several cheats this year.

Gilbert Covemacker, a French supporter weighed in on the scandal.

"It's bad for sports (referring to drug use). I'm not talking about the Tour de France because there isn't drug use just on the Tour de France. It's a general trend in sports," Covemacker said.

But many believe the Tour de France will survive despite the doping scandal.

"Of course it (the Tour de France) will survive. And we all fight for it. And I think it's heading in a good direction. There are some problems but there is a big movement to promote a new, different and a cleaner cycling sport. And it's going to continue this way," said Stephane Goubert, AG2R rider.

Keyword-sport

Cyclists at this year's Tour de France will be under the watch of 23,000 police, including SWAT-like intervention squads, as the government tries to ensure security amid extremist threats.

France has been in a state of emergency since attacks on Paris in November killed 130 people, with soldiers guarding landmarks and religious sites.

The emergency measures were extended last week to cover the European Championship next month and the Tour de France, which runs July 2-24.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve met Tuesday with Christian Prudhomme, president of the organization that runs the Tour, and afterward announced exceptional security measures for this year's race.

Securing the Tour is unusually difficult, as crowds of fans gather informally on narrow mountain roads and city streets along thousands of kilometers around France.

Paris - 24 May 2016

1. Pan of Police and Gendarmerie officials standing up as Interior Minister arrives

2. Wide of Bernard Cazeneuve walking onto podium

3. SOUNDBITE (French) Bernard Cazeneuve, French Interior Minister:

"In the context of a high level threat, the Interior Ministry will deploy, this year, exceptional means. I can announce that at least 23,000 policemen and Gendarmes will be present on the side of the road this year to guarantee the security of the Tour de France. We are currently assessing the need for a larger involvement of our security forces."

4. Cazeneuve listening to questions

5. SOUNDBITE (French) Bernard Cazeneuve, French Interior Minister:

"50 motorcyclists from the Garde Républicaine will continue this year to escort the Tour de France whilst 12 policemen will accompany the cyclists for the whole duration of the race. Moreover, this year and for the first time, I have asked the GIGN (SWAT-like intervention squad) to follow the Tour de France through to the end of the event and stand ready to intervene at any moment if it proved necessary."

6. Close of police official

7. Close of shoulder pad with rank

8. SOUNDBITE (French) Bernard Cazeneuve, French Interior Minister

"We are preparing for the Euro 2016 in a similar way and this is the reason why, after having observed a number of unfortunate mistakes within the security apparatus in place at the Stade de France last Saturday for the Coupe de France Final, I summoned the organizers on Sunday in order to examine the measures that needed to be implemented to correct them. I will not accept failure."

9. President of Tour de France organization, Christian Prudhomme, walking onto stage

10. SOUNDBITE (French) Christian Prudhomme, President of Amaury Sport Organisation

"Security is our priority – I might say the Tour de France organizers' number one priority. Security of the participants, security of the fans along the roads of the Tour de France."

11. Various of Cazeneuve and Prudhomme with police and Gendarmerie officials

For the sixth time in the history of Tour de France, the Grand Depart of cycling's showpiece event will be the Netherlands.

After Amsterdam (1954), Scheveningen (1973), Leiden (1978), 'S-Hertogenbosch (1996) and Rotterdam (2010), now it is the time for the Dutch town of Utrecht. The first stage will be an individual time-trial in whole town, from west to east and back, crossing the historic city.

Two Dutch riders have won the Tour de France, Jan Janssen in 1968 and Joop Zoetemelk in 1980.

With more bicycles than inhabitants and parking near the railway station for 20,000 bicycles, for organisers there is no more need to justify the passion for cycling in Utrecht.

Paris, France - 28th November 2013

1. 00:00 Mid of sign "Grand Depart" (Grand Start in French)

2. 00:05 Wide of courtyard in the residence of the Ambassador of the Netherlands to France, where Tour de France 2015 press conference was held

3. 00:09 Wide right pan from photographers taking pictures to Tour de France organizers in front of official cars

4. 00:16 Close up of Tour de France sign on the car

5. 00:21 Wide right pan of the press conference room

6. 00:33 Mid setup shot of Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France Director, talking to journalists

7. 00:37 SOUNDBITE (French) Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France Director :

"320,000 inhabitants live in Utrecht, in extremely populated region by Dutch, but of course it is not far from Belgium, it is not far from Germany... so there is a great density of population which will guarantee us a great popular success (Of Tour de France)."

8. 00:55 Mid of Ed Kronenburg, the Ambassador of the Netherlands to France on the left, Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France Director in the middle and Aleid Wolfsen, the Mayor of Utrecht on the right

9.00:59 SOUNDBITE (French) Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France Director :

"Tour de France 2015 will start in Utrecht with an individual trial-time. In 2013 in Corsica, In summer 2014 in Yorkshire, the first stage will be linear and here (in Utrecht) we will be back to the tradition of trial-time departures.

10. 01:16 Mid of screen presenting the way of the First stage of Tour de France 2015 in Utrecht

11. 01:21 SOUNDBITE (French) Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France Director :

"First of all, we are looking for passion, fervour and enthusiasm, and clearly that is what are we going to find in Netherlands and especially in Utrecht."

12. 01:30 Various of promotional video

13. 01:48 Mid of Jan Janssen (on the left) and Joop Zoetemelk (on the right), previous Tour de France winners from Netherlands

14. 01:53 Mid setup shot of Jan Janssen, Tour de France stage winner in 1968, talking to journalists

15. 01:8 SOUNDBITE (French) Jan Janssen, Dutch Tour de France stage winner in 1968 :

"People of Utrecht and surroundings, and from all over Netherlands love bikes, love cycling and the Grand Departure of Tour de France, well, for them - that is a great party."

16. 02:12 Close up of Utrecht 2015 sign

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SHOTLIST: Paris, France. 24th May, 2016.

1. 00:00 Police and Gendarmerie officials stand up as French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve arrives.

2. 00:09 Bernard Cazeneuve walking onto podium.

3. 00:15 SOUNDBITE (French) Bernard Cazeneuve, French Interior Minister:

"In the context of a high level threat, the Interior Ministry will deploy, this year, exceptional means. I can announce that at least 23,000 police officers and Gendarmes will be present on the side of the road to guarantee the security of the Tour de France. We are currently assessing the need for a larger involvement of our security forces."

4. 00:49 Cazeneuve giving speech.

5. 00:SOUNDBITE (French) Bernard Cazeneuve, French Interior Minister:

"50 motorcyclists from the Garde Republicaine will continue this year to escort the Tour de France, whilst 12 police officers will accompany the cyclists for the whole duration of the race. Moreover, I have asked the GIGN (Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale - SWAT team) to follow the Tour de France through to the end of the event and stand ready to intervene at any moment if it proved necessary."

6. 01:22 Police official.

7. 01:27 Shoulder pad with rank.

8. 01:33 SOUNDBITE (French) Bernard Cazeneuve, French Interior Minister:

"We are preparing for the Euro 2016 in a similar way and this is the reason why, after having observed a number of unfortunate mistakes within the security apparatus in place at the Stade de France last Saturday for the Coupe de France final, I summoned the organizers on Sunday in order to examine the measures that needed to be implemented to correct them. I will not accept failure."

9. 02:04 Wide of President of Tour de France organization Christian Prudhomme walking up to lectern.

10. SOUNDBITE (French) Christian Prudhomme, President of Amaury Sport Organisation:

"Security is our priority. I might say the Tour de France organizers' number one priority. Security of the participants, security of the fans along the roads of the Tour de France."

11. 02:19 Cazeneuve and Prudhomme shaking hands.

12. 02:25 Cazeneuve, Prudhomme and police and Gendarmerie officials.

SOURCE: SNTV.

DURATION: 02:30.

STORYLINE:

The French government on Tuesday (24th May) announced increased security for this year's Tour de France.

SCRIPTING INFORMATION:

Cyclists on this year's Tour de France will be under the watch of 23,000 police officers, including SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics)-like intervention squads as the government tries to ensure security amid extremist threats.

France has been in a state of emergency since the attacks on Paris in November 2015 killed 130 people, with soldiers guarding landmarks and religious sites.

The emergency measures were extended last week to cover the European Championship next month and the Tour de France, which runs between the 2nd and 24th of July.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve met Christian Prudhomme, the president of the organization which runs the Tour, and afterwards announced exceptional security measures for this year's race.

Securing the Tour is unusually difficult, as crowds gather informally on narrow mountain roads and city streets along thousands of kilometres around France.

SNTV Features

A challenging route for the 2009 Tour de France was announced in Paris on Wednesday (22nd October), with riders facing an arduous mountain stage in the closing stages.

The tour will start in the principality of Monaco before winding its way down the Mediterranean coast into Barcelona - the first time it has travelled through the city in 44 years - before eventually finishing in Paris on the 26th July.

SUGGESTED VOICEOVER:

The route for the 2009 Tour de France was announced in Paris - with next year's course throwing up a few surprises.

The tour will start in the Principality of Monaco before hugging the coast, passing through Marseille and entering

north-east Spain on towards a visit to Barcelona.

Riders will be rarely be out of sight of the sea in the opening stages and tour director Christian Prudhomme says the coastal conditions will be a real test.

SOUNDBITE: (French).

"It is true that in 2009 we will have a Mediterranean start as the sea accompanies us and accompanies the riders of the Tour during almost eight days. It will be a prestigious start in the Principality of Monaco. To follow, we will be going through Marseille; we will pass through Perpignan, as well as Barcelona, a city where the Tour de France has not gone for 44 years now. There will be a kind of continuity along the coast with a true squall, because where there is the sea, there is wind. This will give us absolutely sumptuous images with a permanent reference to the sea in the live broadcast."

SUPER CAPTION: Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France.

After Spain the tour will meander through southern France before riders board a plane to the central town of Limoges.

The tour then makes its way across France before nudging into the ski resorts of Switzerland and Italy as the competition hits the hills.

Controversially the penultimate stage of the tour will also be a tough mountain climb - a 167-kilometre stage from Montelimar to Mont Ventoux at a crucial time in the event.

Non-climbers will hope to have a substantial lead as mountain specialists will look to ride back into contention.

The tour will include 20 major mountain climbs over the 3,445 kilometre course and the hilly aspect of the 2009 course may put off the expected return of Lance Armstrong.

The former tour winner is expected to return to the event this year but the numerous and tough climbs may put the 37-year old off.

Prudhomme says the idea of a penultimate mountain stage has been considered for the past few years.

SOUNDBITE (French).

"The Tour de France always lived in harmony with its time, with its drifts as well as with its innovations. The TGV (high speed train) enables us today to go back to Paris more quickly from Avignon than from Aix-Les-Bains for example; it makes it possible to bring the mountain closer to Paris. Why should we deprive ourselves of such possibilities as the start in Monaco allowed us precisely certain audacities because one did not want to attack the mountain immediately and to go immediately into the Alps? To sum up, the Mont Ventoux has been in my head for the past 3 years and for the past 2 years with the officials and the political authorities."

SUPER CAPTION: Christian Prudhomme.

A team time trial has also been restored to the event in a series of revamps to the tour.

The 2009 Tour de France will finish in Paris on the 26th July.

SHOTLIST: Paris, France. October 22nd, 2008.

1. 00.00 Pan of conference where announcement was made.

2. 00.05 2d map of the tour with moving line indicating route.

3. 00.23 SOUNDBITE: (French), Christian Prudhomme, Director of the Tour de France.

4. 00.52 2d map of the tour with moving line indicating route.

5. 01.32 SOUNDBITE: (French), Christian Prudhomme, Director of the Tour de France.

6. 02.07 Interior of conference.

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SHOTLIST: Paris, France. 27th June 2016.

1. 00:00 News conference

2. 00:07 SOUNDBITE: (English) Brian Cookson, President of the International Cycling Union (UCI):

"I think we've got a very effective way of testing before and after and perhaps during the race with I think both those forms of technology. Thermal imaging can supplement the magnetic resonance testing that we have invested in, that we believe is the most effective way."

3. 00:25 French Secretary of State for Sport Thierry Braillard,

4. 00:30 SOUNDBITE: (French) Christophe Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France:

"The UCI accepted, and I thank them for that, that this camera will be somewhere on the Tour de France, on a regular base during the Tour de France. But I won't tell you where exactly it will be because I will not know where it will be. And I certainly do not want to know. What we want is that this camera will be there and Brian Cookson, the President of the UCI has accepted it."

5. 00:47 Cutaway

6. 00:53 Thermal images of bicycles on screen

7. 01:02 SOUNDBITE: (French) Vincent Berger, director of research of the CEA (Commission of Atomic Energy):

(speaking during demonstration with thermal images on screen)

"It's simply the difference of structure of this framework that is filled with the battery that leads to a difference of thermic property of the material. That allows to detect the battery in the framework and the motor in the centre."

8. 01:19 SOUNDBITE: (French) Vincent Berger, director of research of CEA (Commission of Atomic Energy):

(during one to one)

"We believe it's very, very difficult to hide. You cannot hide your temperature, you know. And you can neither easily hide the magnetic field without putting on a device, that will be visible on the bicycle."

9. 01:32 SOUNDBITE: (French) Vincent Berger, director of research of CEA (Commission of Atomic Energy):

(speaks during demonstration with thermal images on screen)

"The skin of the persons is more hot than their clothes. The skin is at 27 degrees and the clothes more or less 22 or 23. That's the temperature of this weekend."

10 01:41 SOUNDBITE: (French) Vincent Berger, director of research of CEA, the Commission of Atomic Energy

(speaks during demonstration with thermal images on screen

"Here we switch from visible images to thermal images. That's important to identify the cyclist."

11. 01:48 SOUNDBITE: (French) Vincent Berger, director of research of CEA, the Commission of Atomic Energy

(speaks during demonstration with thermal images on screen)

"Here you see the bicycle. There is no difference of temperature, there is no motor in his bicycle."

12. 01:54 Photo of cameraman with thermal camera on screen

13. 02:01 News conference

14. 02:05 Cutaway

15. 02:11 SOUNDBITE: (English) Brian Cookson, President of the International Cycling Union (UCI):

"We have introduced rules, sanctions, very high sanctions up to life ban and very high penalties both for riders and for teams if they are found guilty of this offence."

16. 02:23 Cutaway

17. 02:27 SOUNDBITE: (French) Thierry Braillard, French Secretary of State for Sport:

"We confirm that controls will take place in agreement with the UCI (International Cyclist Union) and the ASO (Olympic Sports Association) on the next Tour de France, but you should know from this very moment, that you will not know how many, where and when."

18. 02:46 Cutaway

19. 02:52 SOUNDBITE: (French) Christophe Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France:

"If people still want to cheat, they are in big trouble."

20. 02:59 Cutaway

21. 03:03 (English) Brian Cookson, President of the International Cycling Union (UCI):

"And as has been said before, if someone thinks they can cheat, well, there is a challenge. Try it and we will catch you and you will be sanctioned."

22. 03:11 News press conference

SOURCE: SNTV

DURATION: 03:22

STORYLINE:

Organisers for the Tour de France announced on Monday (27th June) that they are to use thermal cameras to detect motors on bikes.

SCRIPTING INFORMATION:

The International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Monday it will make between 3,000 and 4,000 bike checks for motorised doping at the Tour de France, which begins on Saturday (2nd July).

The world governing body has increased testing at major competitions, including the Tour, in recent years following rumour and speculation regarding motors hidden in frames.

And the UCI announced it was stepping up testing once more for "technological fraud" in the biggest race of the year, which begins at Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy this weekend and concludes in Paris on July 24.

A statement read: "For the forthcoming Tour de France, the UCI will have resources in place to conduct between 3,000 and 4,000 tests.

"An effective testing protocol is one which is unpredictable so the UCI confirms that it will deploy additional methods of detection at the Tour to both assess their performance and to ensure a varied testing protocol."

UCI president Brian Cookson said: "Since the beginning of the year, we are sending a clear message which is that there is literally nowhere to hide for anyone foolish enough to attempt to cheat in this way.

"A modified bike is extremely easy to detect with our scanners and we will continue to deploy them extensively throughout the Tour and the rest of the season."

Belgian rider Femke Van den Driessche was in April, suspended for six years by the UCI in the first case of motorised doping in cycling.

Disciplinary proceedings began in March after the 19-year-old allegedly used a bike containing a motor at January's UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Belgium.

Van den Driessche was banned for violating UCI rules relating to technical fraud while she was also fined 20,000 Swiss francs and ordered to pay legal costs.

The UCI tested 2,000 bikes at May's Giro d'Italia and said its measures were welcomed by riders, teams and organisers, who are cooperating with testing.

"It is clear that all stakeholders in cycling have a common interest to demonstrate that this sort of cheating has no place in the sport," the UCI statement added.

SHOTLIST:

*** Last 30 secs of story plays black***

Paris - 27 July 2006

1. Exterior of the ASO building near Paris (Tour de France Organisers - Amaury Sports Organisation)

2. Various of map with Tour de France route

3. Set-up Christian Prudhomme talking in the ASO office

4. SOUNDBITE (French) Christian Prudhomme, Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) Director:

"The statement now that there has been an abnormal result - before the second test we can't take it for granted even if it seems like that for some. It isn't. We need a second test. The first reaction is that it's of course disappointing that it involves the yellow jersey of the Tour and that I would see in this a positive aspect if I can say so and that is that the decisions we were aspiring to before the start of the Tour de France, this testing right now is that those who carry on cheating have really bad bad days ahead of them."

5. SOUNDBITE (French) Christian Prudhomme, Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) Director:

" We never said it was over, we never said it was over, we said and repeated that it was a it was a struggle, we said we had won a battle, the Friday that precede the start of the Tour de France wasn't a black Friday but a Friday full of hope on the contrary because there was and I am convinced a global awareness that was starting to appear. That is all I can say if the results of the second testing confirm what is being said today."

6. Cutaway of a Sport Newspaper with an article titled " A positive case on the Tour"

7. SOUNDBITE (French) Christian Prudhomme, Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) Director:

"The majority said that the tests were useless, that the world of cycling wasn't doing anything, anything, it's not true or it is no longer true. That is clear. Our determination is flawless and it's not the positive or negative second results that will change anything in our determination."

8. Cutaway of Landis on the cover of "Velo Magazine" - saying "The human face of the Tour: Floyd Landis"

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop:

"In the last twenty years every year we hear things about drugs in the cycling world that's not new and not really surprising. A bit disappointing but nothing really surprising."

10. SOUNDBITE (French) Voxpop:

"To climb the Alpes d'Huez mountain at 30km per hour you really must have something in your blood."

11. Wide of Paris street

FILE - Paris - 23 July 2006

12. Tour de France winner Floyd Landis walking onto podium

13. Various of Landis on podium

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Floyd Landis, Tour de France winner:

"To be honest I'm very tired right now but it feels quite good...I think I'll be happy about this for a long time."

15. Mid shot of podium

STORYLINE:

Tour de France champion Floyd Landis tested positive for high levels of testosterone during the race, his Phonak team said on Thursday on its Web site.

The statement came after UCI, cycling's world governing body, said an unidentified rider had failed a drug test during the Tour.

It also came just four days after Landis stood on the victory podium on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.

The Swiss-based Phonak team said it was notified by the UCI on Wednesday that Landis' sample showed "an unusual level of testosterone/epitestosterone" when he was tested after stage 17 of the race last Thursday.

Christian Prudhomme, Director of Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO), the Tour de France organisers, said that a second test (a "B" sample) would be needed to be confirm the abnormal result.

But he added "the first reaction is that it's of course disappointing that it involves the yellow jersey of the Tour."

"Those who carry on cheating have really bad bad days ahead of them," he said.

Landis rode the Tour with a degenerative hip condition that he has said will require surgery in the coming weeks or months.

Phonak said Landis would ask for an analysis of his backup "B" sample.

Prudhomme said sanctions will come from the UCI, pending on the outcome of the second testing.

Reacting to Thursday's developments Parisians interviewed by AP Television said the news was not surprising

"To climb the Alpes d'Huez mountain at 30km per hour you really must have something in your blood," one person said.

"A bit disappointing but nothing really surprising," said another.

Seven riders, including pre-race favourites Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso, were removed from the Tour on the eve of the race after being implicated in a major Spanish doping investigation.

Reaction after 2015 Tour de France route is unveiled in Paris on Wednesday (October 22nd).

The punishing hairpin climb to the Alpe d'Huez ski station high in the French Alps will provide the dramatic climax for the 2015 Tour de France on the last day, before cycling's showcase race sweeps into Paris for its traditional finish before cheering crowds on the Champs-Elysees.

The atypical 2015 route unveiled on Wednesday by Tour organisers also sees a drastically reduced emphasis on time-trialling, plenty of opportunities for sprinters to shine and potential traps that could trip up race favorites, including a return to tricky cobbled roads in northeast France.

The race starts on July 4th in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and ends 3,344 kilometres (2,078 miles) later in Paris on July 26th, going counter-clockwise around France.

Riders get rest days before they attack the Pyrenees and then the high Alps.

Paris, France. 22nd October, 2014.

1. 00:00 Wide of TDF 2015 route presentation.

2. 00:06 Medium of cyclists.

3. 00:11 Close-up of presentation stage.

4. 00:15 Pan and top shot of mixed zone.

5. 00:20 Set-up Vincenzo Nibali.

6. 00:23 Cutaway.

7. 00:28 SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Vincenzo Nibali, TDF 2014 winner, Astana (on doping in the Astana team):

"The events that happened are related to the Iglinskiy family, so it's a separate thing and we, as a team, cannot answer for something done by the two brothers. About the last case instead, it doesn't belong to us, it is part of the 'professional' team, which is not managed by us but it's managed by others."

8. 01:22 Cutaway.

9. 01:27 SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Vincenzo Nibali, TDF 2014 winner, Astana (Q: are you the favourite?)

"It's hard to say who the favourites are, we will see it during the season, during the preparation ahead of the Tour. Certainly, the most important favourites are (Chris) Froome, (Alberto) Contador, (Nairo) Quintana."

10. 01:42 Set-up Chriastian Prudhomme.

11. 01:48 SOUNDBITE: (English) Christian Prudhomme, Tour director:

"It's a hilly Tour, yes. Its the 40th anniversary of polka dot jersey. So we'll have a first part with flat stages but we will use cobblestones, we will use the wind, two steep finish lines. And after that yes, in the Pyrenees and in the Alps yes - it will be a 'mountain-ess' Tour De France."

12. 02:12 Cutaway.

13. 02:17 SOUNDBITE: (English) Christian Prudhomme, Tour director:

"Stages are always good for the sprinters. A Tour is never good for sprinters, it's only stage wins. If you are not a climber, you can't win the Tour."

14. 02:28 Set-up Marc Cavendish.

15. 02:33 SOUNDBITE: (English) Marc Cavendish, QuickStep:

"After the first week, it will be in the mountains. With cross winds, small roads, small hills, with the cobbles. It's going to lead to a lot of stress, everyone is going to be very tired. There is lots of opportunities for me as a sprinter. I am really looking forward to it."

16. 02:48 Set-up Marcel Kittel.

17. 02:52 SOUNDBITE: (English) Marcel Kittel, Giant:

"As a sprinter I like the first week even though there are cobblestones in it. But, yeah, it will be really hard after the first stages."

18. 03:02 Pan on TDF 2015 map and route.

19. 03:08 SOUNDBITE: (French) Jean-Christophe Peraud, Ag2r:

"Cycling is not doing well in a way in relation with the number of teams are quitting. So one shouldn't point the finger at Astana. It doesn't look like organized doping. I think the UCI is putting in a lot of effort in its fight against doping."

20. 03:27 Medium of mixed zone.

21. 03:31 SOUNDBITE: (English) Cadel Evans, Former TDF winner:

"There is certainly a couple of stages that I think would suit me and my carachteristics but at the same time I had ten years committed to the TDF. I gave everything I could, the moments I could�I came away with one victory. I retire, I step away from the TDF as satisfyed competitor and a one with only very few regrets."

22. 03:56 Wide of presentation TDF 2015 stage.

SHOTLIST

1. Exterior of French Health and Sports Ministry building

2. Tour de France officials arriving at press conference

3. Tour de France officials and French Health and Sports Minister, Roselyne Bachelot, posing for photographers

4. SOUNDBITE: (French) Roselyne Bachelot, French Health and Sports Minister:

"I think that the International Cycling Union is a factor that cannot be ignored. I understand the organisers of the Tour de France and the director of the race, who was absolutely furious and more than that, sad because of problems - to say the least - that have occurred during the race."

5. Cutaway photographer

6. SOUNDBITE: (French) Roselyne Bachelot, French Health and Sports Minister:

"I think that now we are in a rebuilding phase and we either will or won't see the good will of the International Cycling Union to solve the problems and furthermore, the real loopholes that have occurred in the organisation and its missions."

7. Wide shot press conference

8. SOUNDBITE: (French) Patrice Clerc, Head of Amaury Sport Organisation (organises Tour de France):

"We have a very good relationships with the UCI (International Cycling Union). For us, there is just a real loss of confidence between some high-ranked people at the UCI and ourselves. Why? Because we have the feeling we've been betrayed several times, and - forgive me for the expression - we've been taken for a ride. So for us it is difficult today to take up with these people, but clearly the ties are not broken with the UCI. I repeat. I've said it before. We do not want to emancipate ourselves from this higher power, clearly not."

9. Wide shot press conference

STORYLINE:

French Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot vowed on Monday that there would be a "rebuilding phase" of the 2008 Tour de France, likely with tougher sanctions for doping, and other measures to avoid a repeat of this year's Tour, scarred by doping scandals.

Among measures being considered were unnanounced hotel room searches.

"I think that now we are in a rebuilding phase and we either will or won't see the good will of the International Cycling Union to solve the problems and furthermore, the real loopholes that have occurred in the organisation and its missions," Bachelot said during a press conference alongside the Head of Amaury Sport organisation which organises the Tour.

Bachelot said that the 2008 Tour de France would be "clean and renovated."

A day after the finale of the 94th edition of the race, in which performance-enhancing drugs appeared at times to be the sole focus, Bachelot met with Tour officials to plan a new beginning for the world's premiere cycling event.

Patrice Clerc, head of Amaury Sport organisation which organises the Tour, said that next year's race will be the first step in rebuilding high-level cycling, where doping is known to be pervasive.

"For us, there is just a real loss of confidence between some high-ranked people at the UCI and ourselves. Why? Because we have the feeling we've been betrayed several times, and - forgive me for the expression - we've been taken for a ride," Clerc said adding the 2008 Tour would "not be like the 2007 Tour."

The route of the 2008 Tour is to be presented October 25.

A 24-year-old Spanish rider for Discovery Channel, Alberto Contador, won the three-week Tour on Sunday but only after the man expected to win, Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen, was expelled by his Rabobank team, accused of having lied about his whereabouts before the Tour to evade doping controls.

Rasmussen vehemently denies the accusations.

It was the biggest in a handful of expulsions that also saw crowd favourite, Kazakh Alexandre Vinokourov, forced out along with Astana teammates in the final week when he tested positive for a banned blood transfusion after winning the 13th stage.

On Monday, Astana fired Vinokourov, who claims his innocence.

The UCI was blamed for not telling the Tour that Rasmussen missed tests long before the Tour.

Organisers said they would have prevented him from starting had they known.

Bachelot said she is looking to reopen dialogue with the organisation.

SHOTLIST:

1. Various wide exteriors of El Crillon Hotel

2. Interior wide shot of Lance Armstrong and doctors arriving at press conference

3. Photographer

4. Lance Armstrong

5. Wide shot of press conference

6. Doctor Andy von Eschenbach, Director of National Cancer Institute (U.S.) introducing Lance Armstrong

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Lance Armstrong, Tour de France winner

"Thank-you, thank-you. Due to the fact that my 200 friends the last three weeks made life very difficult it may not be story-time today. I think the thing that strikes me about this room and about this event, especially in the day and age that we are living in now so much what does America think, what does France think, what does Germany think, what Russia think. This is not a national problem this is a global problem and the resolution will be a global resolution. And to stand in a room with an international crowd and be in arguably the most beautiful city in the world is a tremendous honour and it's an honour to win the Tour de France anyway, but it's a real honour to win the Tour de France as a cancer survivor."

8. Various cutaways

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Lance Armstrong, Tour de France winner

"It's been a very difficult three weeks of course but somehow along the way you have these problems and you always look back to 1996 and you realise that a crash on Luz-Ardiden or a little cycle across into Gap is not nearly as bad as sitting in a hospital room in Indianapolis, Indiana. And so drawing on that experience helps and perhaps is one of the secrets to winning the Tour. Thank-you for being here and thank-you to my fellow cancer survivors for coming out. Thank-you Dr. von Eschenbach for having me and I hope everybody has great day."

10. Lance Armstrong having his photo taken and leaving

11. American woman outside holding up a copy of the French daily sports newspaper 'L'Equipe' showing Lance Armstrong on the front page

12. Wide exterior shot of El Crillon hotel

STORYLINE:

His life-and-death battle with cancer may be one of the secrets of his success, American cycling star Lance Armstrong said on Monday, a day after winning his record-tying fifth consecutive Tour de France crown.

Armstrong told a gathering of cancer specialists and survivors of the disease that winning the 23-day, 3,427.5-kilometre (2,125-mile) clockwise race around France was easy compared to the agony of lying sick in a hospital

bed, fighting a devastating illness.

Armstrong spoke at a press conference held before an advisory group of cancer specialists and survivors to U.S. President George W. Bush.

Armstrong was treated in 1996 for testicular cancer that had spread to his brain and lungs.

He returned to competition and won the first of five consecutive Tour titles in 1999.

He has used his celebrity to help raise money for cancer research and survivors.

Around the world, 22.4 million people either have or have had the disease.

SHOTLIST

1. Various of cyclists riding down the Champs Elysees

2. Crowds looking on and cheering

3. Tour director Christian Proudhomme, Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe and London Mayor Ken Livingston watching race

4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jaime Lisavetzky, Spanish Deputy Sports Minister:

"Do you think that if the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) and the Tour de France have some differences, which the media has made into big differences, but agree that Contador can participate and win, that there is a problem? Honestly, no."

5. Alberto Contador, this year's Tour de France winner, on podium receiving yellow jersey

6. Close of Contador being greeted by officials, lifting stuffed animal and bouquet of flowers

7. Australian cyclist Cadel Evans of Australia, Alberto Contador of Spain and U.S. rider Levi Leipheimer on podium

8. Wide of podium

9. Various of Contador kissing trophy

10. Wide Contador and second and third placed racers on podium

11. Contador with his mother Paquita Velasco and fianc�e Macarena Pescador

12. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alberto Contador, Tour de France winner:

"Tomorrow we will see each other and let's see if we're all ok."

13. Pan right of Contador cycling

14. Cadel Evans on bike carrying Australian flag

15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Cadel Evans, winner in second place in Tour de France

(Q: did you like the race?)

"Absolutely. I think it was a good race, you tell me, I didn't get to see much of it, I was too concentrated on the race.

(Q: Are you satisfied with the result?)

"I think I have to be, I think I have to be, next year for me, try and go one place better."

16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Levi Leipheimer, winner in third place in Tour de France

"I think we had some unfortunate incidents during this Tour but it shows the Tour is changing and cycling is changing and I think if you look at it from the positive side it's a good thing."

17. Wide of Champs Elysees with cyclists after race

STORYLINE

Alberto Contador won the Tour de France on Sunday, a surprise new young winner for the three-week race, which has been tainted by doping allegations.

The 24-year-old Spanish rider for the American Discovery Channel team was the youngest champion since Jan Ullrich of Germany in 1997.

He was also the first Spaniard to stand on the winner's podium since the last of Miguel Indurain's five titles in 1995.

His margin of victory, just 23 seconds ahead of Cadel Evans of Australia, was the second-narrowest in the Tour's 104-year history, after 3,500 kilometres (2,200 miles) of racing through Britain, Belgium, Spain and France.

Contador had seemed destined for second place until the Tour was hit by a bombshell just five days from the finish: the ejection of race leader Michael Rasmussen.

His Rabobank team accused the Dane of having lied about his whereabouts before the Tour to evade doping controls.

Rasmussen's departure catapulted Contador into the race lead, Evans to the runner-up spot, and US rider Levi Leipheimer into third.

Those places held through the closing four days, including a thrilling time trial on Saturday that Leipheimer won, and the 91-mile (146-kilometre) final ride on Sunday to Paris' fan-lined Champs-Elysees from Marcoussis, west of the capital. The stage was won by Daniele Bennati of Italy.

Contador high-fived and hugged his teammates after crossing the line.

His original goal was to take the white jersey for the best young rider.

In the end, he got both white and yellow jerseys.

Contador's personal history is a dramatic one - in 2004, he suffered a massive blood clot in his brain that needed surgery.

While in a hospital, he drew inspiration from reading a book about champion cyclist Lance Armstrong, a cancer survivor.

Contador was a new star for a race that has been searching for a successor to Armstrong, who retired in 2005, and which is struggling to repair its credibility after two successive years marred by doping allegations.

The 2006 winner, Floyd Landis, did not defend his crown because of doping charges hanging over him.

This Tour had its share of scandal.

It emerged that Rasmussen was competing despite missing doping controls in May and June, and Kazakh star Alexandre Vinokourov, a pre-race favourite to win, and Cristian Moreni of Italy both failed doping tests.

They and their teams left the race, and police raided their hotels, searching for doping products.

The feel-good factor generated by the race's July 7 start in London, England, watched by millions of fans, quickly faded.

A split emerged as Tour organisers blamed the sport's governing body, the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationel), for not telling them that Rasmussen had missed doping tests.

The organisers said they would have prevented him from taking the start had they known.

The Tour's 94th edition got off to a regular-enough start, with the fast and flatish first week again dominated by sprinters and marked by multiple crashes in the pack.

Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland took the lead on day 1 and wore the yellow jersey for the first week.

But the doping demon quickly returned.

First came news that Patrik Sinkewitz of Germany tested positive for the male hormone testosterone, in a sample taken in June while he was training for the Tour.

Then, over 48 high-drama hours in the last week, came the successive events of Vinokourov's test for a banned blood transfusion, Moreni's positive test for testosterone and Rasmussen's ejection.

On Rasmussen's last day of racing before he was sent home, riders from French and German teams refused to ride off with him at the start, protesting against the scandals in the race.

Tour officials have been looking to the younger generation, ostensibly less influenced by the rife doping in the late 1990s, as a harbinger that cycling is turning a corner.

Riders in their twenties, not in their thirties like Vinokourov and Rasmussen, swept the Tour's top honours.

"Do you think that if UCI and the France Tour that have some differences, but also the media has made them into big differences, agree that Contador can participate and win is there a problem? Honestly, no," said Jaime Lisavetzky, Spanish Deputy Sports Minister after the race.

Third placed Levi Leipheimer said the Tour needed to be looked at from the positive side.

"I think we had some unfortunate incidents during this Tour but it shows the Tour is changing and cycling is changing and I think if you look at it from the positive side it's a good thing."

SHOTLIST:

Paris, France - July 21st, 2013.

1. 00:00 Close Tour de France winner Team Sky's Chris Froome

2. 00:10 Mid Froome hugging team members

3. 00:25 Pan Froome celebrating

4. 00:39 Mid Froome inside Team Sky bus waving

5. 00:43 Pan Froome inside bus

6. 0:49 Pan Team Sky bus leaving Concorde plaza in central Paris

7. 00:54 Pan Team Sky General Manager David Brailsford

8. 01:06 SOUNDBITE (English) David Brailsford, Team Sky general manager:

"I don't think you can ever get used to that you know, it's quite breath taking really. The lads did a fantastic race and I think there isn't a better setting for cycling in the world, or any setting, the Champs Elysees, an iconic place, and this year the sun is going down, it is very emotional you know."

9. 01:22 Close Brailsford

10. 01:28 SOUNDBITE (English) David Brailsford, Team Sky general manager:

"It couldn't be better for us, the team really, the fact the Tour will be in Britain next year, I think it will be crazy with the British cycling fans. The sport has grown you know we have got some brilliant brilliant fans, and it will be just fantastic to race in front of them. I am looking forward to it, I am really really looking forward to it."

11. 01:47 Team Sky celebrating victory

12. 01:55 SOUNDBITE (English) David Brailsford, Team Sky general manager:

"We are so focused on what we do, it is pretty intense the way we work, and we ask a lot of the guys, we ask a lot of the back room staff, we ask a lot of the riders, and to be fair I think they give their all. I hope people are happy, but certainly the team and Chris is very very happy."

13. 02:15 Pan Brailsford waving at the crowd

14. 02:20 SOUNDBITE (English) Geraint Thomas, Team Sky rider (about team leader and Tour de France winner Chris Froome):

"It's unbelievable you know, I think this he's really grown as a leader, he got used to that role. I have only been around him since May, but to see him work, his dedication, and how hard he trains, and everything he does off the bike, all building up to these 3 weeks, and just dealing with the pressure like he does, he copes with it really well. He tells what he wants, and he goes out and he delivers, and we take a lot of confidence with him in that."

15. 03:00 Mid Thomas

16. 03:06 SOUNDBITE (English) Geraint Thomas, Team Sky rider (about finishing the race together as a team):

"Obviously that was special. We don't get to do the lap of honor anymore, so it was nice for all of us to come together, because it doesn't happen everyday you know, you are a kid you dream of riding the Tour and coming to Paris, but I never even thought that one day I would be part of a British team, with a British rider winning. You know, I missed that only last year but it more than makes up for it this year."

17. 03:36 Close Team Sky bike

18. 03:41 SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Kennaugh, Team Sky rider:

"From the outside, I have watched it every year since I was maybe 5, it just looked so much more glamorous than it is, the reality of the Tour de France is just pain and suffering. Even that last couple laps down there was just painful. For any kid watching at home, it is still amazing to be part of a team, I think now when you can sort of appreciate what we have done and really enjoy the hard work that we have put in."

19. 04:25 Mid Team Sky rider Ian Stannard

20. 04:30 SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Stannard, Team Sky general manager (about Chris Froome):

"He is pretty down to earth, he knows what he is doing, he is pretty calm, cold and collected. He knows when to make the right decision, and when to make the race hard."

21. 04:44 Brailsford leaving on bike

STORYLINE:

Reaction on Sunday (21 July) following Chris Froome's win in the 100th edition of the Tour de France.

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SHOTLIST: Maison du Danemark, Paris, 20th June 2016

1. 00:00 Sign: Tour De France Grand Depart Copenhagen

2. 00:04 SOUNDBITE (English) Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen:

"We are here today to present our bid for the Tour De France to Denmark. Hopefully we can bring the greatest bicycling race in the world to the best bicycling city in the world - Copenhagen. That's what we are here for."

3. 00:20 Sign: Danish bid to host

4. 00:23 SOUNDBITE (English) Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen:

"We want to bring Tour De France to Copenhagen but not only to Copenhagen, also too for other cities in Denmark - to Roskilde, to Odense, to Sonderborg and to Vejle. This brings the greatest bicycling race to the whole country of Denmark."

5. 00:41 Poster of Tour De France logo with French and Danish flags

6. 00:45 SOUNDBITE (English) Troels Lund Poulsen, Minister for Business and Growth:

"I think Denmark and also Copenhagen has a lot to offer. It's a great city for bicycling, it's a great city for enjoying life and I think we will also be able to give the spectators and also all the viewers from the TV, give them some good pictures."

7. 01:08 Sign saying Greatest cycling race meets best cycling city

8. 01:13 SOUNDBITE (English) Troels Lund Poulsen, Minister for Business and Growth:

"We have a strong support both in the Danish parliament from all the parties almost but also a lot of municipalities, some of the regions, so it is in fact a united Denmark that now are saying we would like to have the possibility to have this Grand Depart in Denmark."

SOURCE: SNTV

DURATION: 01:42

STORYLINE:

Denmark's bid to host the 2018 Tour de France Grand Depart was launched in Paris on Monday (20th June).

SCRIPTING INFORMATION:

Denmark is a country made for cyclists and now the country are looking to build on that reputation by launching a bid to host the Grand Depart of the Tour de France in 2018.

Their minister for Business and Growth, Troels Lund Poulsen, and the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, launched the official Danish Bid to host the Grand Depart in Paris on Monday.

Succesfully hosted by Yorkshire in England in 2014, the first stage of the Tour brings colour, excitement and a huge profile to the chosen location, something business leaders hope will have an impact not just on the Danish capital but right across the country.

They have the infrastructure and now the official bid also has support both from parliament and the regions, as well as citizens of Denmark.

SHOTLIST:

1. Wide of Champs Elysee

2. Tilt up over fans

3. Mid shot fans

4. Various of race on big screen

5. Pan over cyclists coming down Champs Elysees

6. Various cyclists riding down Champs Elysees

7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Voxpop:

"The obvious answer was Lance Armstrong, we were hoping he would win the sixth but starting the Tour who knew. So it's gone well for Lance fans."

8. SOUNDBITE: (German) Voxpop:

"It was one reason (the Tour) why we wanted to come to Paris, we wanted to see the city and thought the 'Tour de France' let's have a look at it."

9. SOUNDBITE: (German) Voxpop:

"He is (Armstrong) American and winning it for the sixth time."

10. Various race on big screen

11. Race on Champs Elysees

12. Various crowd waving and shouting

13. Wide shot cyclists

14. Race on big screen

15. Armstrong walking onto podium and being congratulated

16. Armstrong on podium

17. Armstrong being given winner's yellow jersey by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe

18. Various Lance Armstrong on podium.

19. Cutaway reporters

20. Armstrong on podium with cyclists Andreas Kloden and Ivan Basso on podium

21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lance Armstrong, Six-time Tour de France winner:

(Question: what were you talking about on the Tour?)

Nothing much, nothing much, small talk, not much to say.

(Question: Is the season now over?)

Basically, I am so happy, tired, but happy

(Question: No party?)

The party started last night."

22. Armstrong's girlfriend, American pop singer Sheryl Crowe and Armstrong's mother Linda

23. Armstrong's three sons watching

24. Sign in French: "Go Lance"

25. Medium shot of crowd cheering

STORYLINE:

American cyclist Lance Armstrong rode into history on Sunday by winning the Tour de France for a record sixth time, an achievement that confirmed the victory-hungry, cancer survivor as one of the greatest sportsmen of all time.

His sixth crown elevated Armstrong above four great five-time champions.

And never in its 101-year-old history has the Tour had a winner like the Texan who just eight years ago was given less than a 50 percent chance of conquering a deadly form of testicular cancer that spread to his lungs and brain.

Armstrong's winning margin over second-placed Andreas Kloden was 6 minutes and 19 seconds, with Italian Ivan Basso third on 6:40.

Jan Ullrich, the 1997 Tour winner and five-time runner-up, was fourth, 8:50 adrift.

Armstrong's average speed over the 3,391.1 kilometres (2,102.5 miles) raced was 40.533 kilometres per hour (25.13 miles per hour), second only to last year.

Australian Robbie McEwen won the green jersey, his second, as the Tour's best sprinter.

Armstrong, right hand over his heart, then stood with Kloden and Basso on the podium as the Star Spangled Banner rang out over the Champs-Elysees.

Armstrong, recovered from the cancer diagnosed in 1996, opened a new page for the Tour in 1999 just one year after the race faced its worst doping scandal, ejecting the Festina team after police caught one of its employees with a stash of drugs.

Armstrong's victories and his inspiring comeback from cancer have drawn new fans to the race.

Armstrong's performance this year silenced doubts that, at age 32, he was past his prime.

Even more so than in other Tours that he dominated, Armstrong finished off rivals in the mountains - with three victories in the Alps, including a time trial on the legendary climb to L'Alpe d'Huez, and another in the Pyrenees.

He also took the final time trial on Saturday, even though his overall lead was so big at that point that he didn't need the win.

But Armstrong's race was not without distractions and claims that his success is aided by drugs.

The Texan has repeatedly denied such accusations, attributing his wins to hard training, and says that claims of drug-use only fuel his motivation.

Armstrong still hasn't decided whether he will return next year to compete in the race he loves most, for which he trains relentlessly, leaving his three children in Texas, with his former wife Kristin, while he pounds the roads in Europe.

World and Olympic champion Marianne Vos said on Tuesday (29th April) that women cyclists got a "big boost" when Tour de France organisers agreed to host a one-day race for them in Paris this year - but she's not stopping there.

SCRIPTING INFORMATION:

The first "La Course by Le Tour de France" - a women's race - takes place on 27th July, just hours before their male counterparts riders end their three-week jaunt through Great Britain and France to the Champs-Elysees in Paris.

Marianne Vos helped crack a glass ceiling in cycling last year.

She and other riders launched a petition seeking a women's version of the Tour.

After some initial grumbling, race organisers responded.

Vos has made promoting women's cycling a 'cause celebre', and calls herself a "marraine" - French for godmother - of La Course, which is planned to take place in future years.

The Dutch World and Olympic champion will be among the star riders in this year's field.

La Course will cover 90 kilometres (55 miles) and include 13 laps on the Champs-Elysees - with a likely sprint finish, race organisers announced on Tuesday in the French capital.

The winner will receive 22,500 Euros (around U.S. $31,000), the same sum awarded to men for a Tour stage win.

Paris, France. 29th April, 2014.

1. 00:00 Various of Marianne Vos posing for photographs in front of La Course poster.

2. 00:09 Close up La Course poster.

3. 00:14 Wide side-on shot of Marianne Vos speaking at lectern.

4. 00:18 SOUNDBITE (English) Marianne Vos, World and Olympic cycling champion:

"It's great news. It's great news for women's cycling and great news for cycling in general that the ASO wants to launch this - and actually within a year after we got around the table we came up with the idea to do something... that we come up with La Course on the 27th of July. It's fantastic news."

5. 00:46 Various of Vos addressing audience.

6. 00:56 SOUNDBITE (English) Marianne Vos, World and Olympic cycling champion:

"From history, the Tour de France is three weeks, so cycling fans want to see it three weeks - but if you look at the television, it might be more interesting to have shorter distances and (a) shorter race. And women's cycling is a younger sport, with shorter distances and interesting races because it's attacks right from the gun."

7. 01:22 Mid pan from poster to Vos speaking.

8. 01:31 SOUNDBITE (English) Marianne Vos, World and Olympic cycling champion:

"We were not talking about equality, we were not talking about that the ASO has to work only on women's cycling. We were talking about the growth of the sport, that's it's interesting for brands, that women get on bikes more and more, so that it can give back... and that the ASO, that the Tour and men's cycling can benefit from women's cycling if you implement it in the right way."

9. 02:02 Tilt up Vos in interview room.

10. 02:08 Wide of Vos in interview room.

SHOTLIST

1. Tilt down exterior of Charletty stadium where anti-doping meeting took place

2. Close up sign (French): "French National Olympic and Sports Committee"

3. Wide shot meeting with Roselyne Bachelot talking on stage

4. Interior of meeting room with cycling officials listening

5. Various of Dick Pound, World Anti-Doping Agency president on stage listening

6. Cut away of Roselyne Bachelot, French sports minister talking on stage

7. SOUNDBITE: (French) Roselyne Bachelot, French sports minister:

"We have agreed on the blood passport and we see that we were in a kind of race where we were always a step behind. That is to say we were detecting some products but science had always found some other ones which were not detected (in anti-doping controls). So the blood passport is a method which anticipate all that because we do not follow the products anymore but we follow the sportsman."

8. Wide shot of press conference with journalist asking question

9 .Mid shot (from left to right) Dick Pound, Roselyne Bachelot and Pat McQuaid during press conference

10.SOUNDBITE: (English) Dick Pound, World Anti-Doping Agency president (in English):

"The past about saying 'oh we do more testing in cycling than in any other sport'. I've never been impressed just by numbers of tests. I mean I think you can fool yourself sometimes in thinking that because you do lot of tests, you've got a good anti-doping programme. Where as our view has always been you could have a much lower number of tests but if you have smart test and you do it at the right time, you'll have a more effective programme. But again that's yesterday's news. Today's news is what we've just signed and what we are celebrating."

11. Pan from journalists to wide shot press conference

12. SOUNDBITE: Pat McQuaid, UCI cycling federation president:

"With everything that's going on and with the extra increased, you know, combination of controls that we've announced and the competition controls and now this programme as well, I think the message ultimately was kept through to those who were thinking about cheating that the risk is getting too great. We already saw, I mean we did have some majors catches, if you want to call it like that, this year and that would be because those guys thought the risk was still worth taking. I hope that now with the knowledge of what's going on here and with the knowledge we're going to have about the parameters and the biological parameters of riders, that they will realise the risk is too great."

12. Pull out from sign reading "International meeting against doping in cycling" to mid shot press conference committee

13. Close up of Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France director

14.SOUNDBITE: (French) Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France director:

"This passport is a good news but it's not the magic solution. It must be accompanied by more unexpected controls outside competition and we, the organisers of the Tour de France, would like that a maximum of those controls take place in May and June and that we get the results of those controls before the Tour de France starts. What would greatly help us to make sure that on the day the Tour starts, on this date, there are only irreproachable riders."

15. Prudhomme talking to journalist

STORYLINE

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) praised a plan by cycling's governing body - the International Cycling Union (UCI), on Tuesday to create medical profiles of riders, calling it major step in fighting doping that other sports should follow.

WADA Director General David Howman, at a two-day conference in Paris on doping in professional cycling, praised the for devising the so-called 'biological passport' in a new show of unity after recent high-profile disputes between the two organisations.

The UCI, Tour de France organisers and the World Anti-Doping Agency have variously pointed fingers over who deserves blame for the doping scandals that have battered cycling.

The "biological passport" which was first announced by UCI last week, would monitor a series of blood parameters of a rider, creating a medical profile that could be compared to the results of anti-doping tests.

Roselyne Bachelot, French sports minister said that the new system would be more effective because it would enable the detection of previously untraceable performance enhancers.

"We have agreed on the blood passport and we see that we were in a kind of race where we were always a step behind" she said; "that is to say we were detecting some products but science had always found some other ones which were not detected (in anti-doping controls). So the blood passport is a method which anticipate all that because we do not follow the products anymore but we follow the sportsman."

World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound, said that the sport had in the past made the mistake of thinking it had an effective anti-doping program simply because a lot of tests were carried out.

"Our view has always been you could have a much lower number of tests but if you have smart test and you do it at the right time, you'll have a more effective programme", he said.

UCI cycling federation president Pat McQuaid said that, with the new system in place, competitors would feel that it was simply too risky to use drugs.

But Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France, sounded a more cautious note saying; "This passport is a good news but it's not the magic solution. It must be accompanied by more unexpected controls outside competition and we, the organisers of the Tour de France, would like that a maximum of those controls take place in May and June and that we get the results of those controls before the Tour de France starts."