The Dakar Rally was cancelled for the first time in its 30-year history due to security concerns in Mauritania where four French tourists were killed last month.
Tour organisers Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) have vowed to continue the fight against the sport's blight and have no intention of waiting until next year.
Jan Ullrich, Ivan Basso and Francisco Mancebo were named in a doping investigation in Spain
'I just want to thank the whole team ... everybody it took to get to here.'
All team members, riders and staff had until 1100 GMT on Monday, the Tour's first rest day, to take a test in the mobile laboratory provided by organisers.
India's Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the Japan Open following a straight set defeat against Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo, in Tokyo on Thursday.
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