Mighty Mitre, I hate to burst your bubble, but at the end of last year Stuart O'Grady entered into a contract with Cofidis, who won't be racing this year's tour due to recent events. It sucks, doesn't it? I hate to see this sort of thing happen to one of my country's best ever riders. All of the controversial events took place before he signed with the team, but the allegations only arose after he started with Cofidis. He is innocent, but is suffering because he signed a contract with the wrong team at the wrong point in time.