Cycling-Germany ready to embrace Tour De France again – Prudhomme (Reuters)
By Julien Pretot PARIS, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Germany’s love-hate relationship with the Tour de France will be consigned to the past when Duesseldorf hosts the Grand Depart in 2017, race director Christian Prudhomme said. Race broadcasts in Germany of the world’s most famous road race have been hit in recent years over doping scandals and poor viewing figures. German TV pulled out of covering the event in 2007 after German rider Patrik Sinkewitz failed a doping test ahead of the race.