[* Descriptions were compiled from Wikipedia and CyclingNews]

TdF 1998
1st Marco Pantani: Although he had never tested positive his career Pantani was beset by doping allegations. In the 1999 Giro d'Italia, he was expelled and forced to take a two-week break from racing due to his irregular blood values.  Although he was disqualified for "health reasons", it was implied that Pantani's high hematocrit (60+%) was the product of EPO use.

2nd Jan Ullrich: In February 2012, Ullrich was found guilty of doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). He was banned for 2 years retroactively from August 22, 2011 with all his results since May 2005 were removed from his Palmares (racing results).

3rd Bobby Julich: Accused of doping by team mate Philippe Gaumont in the book Prisonnier du dopage. On October 25, 2012, Julich admitted to doping during his career. He resigned from his position with Team SKY when the team issued a statement asking both riders and support staff to sign a document verifying that they did not use or administer performance enhancing drugs during their careers.

4th Christophe Rinero: Accused of doping by team mate Philippe Gaumont in the book Prisonnier du dopage.

5th Michael Boogerd: Accused of blood doping by Floyd Landis. He was allegedly involved in the HumanPlasma affair, but only admitted to the use of cortisonen.

6th Jean-Cyril Robin (US Postal Service): ???

7th Roland Meier: Tested positive for EPO in 2001 after the Fleche Wallone. Meier received an eight month suspended from competition after testing positive for a banned substance.

8th Daniele Nardello: He has not been implicated in any doping scandal.

9th Giuseppe Di Grande: He was sentenced to six months imprisonment in 2005 for violating anti-doping laws in Italy.

10th Axel Merckx: He was named in the Giardini Margherita investigation in Italy, 1998. He was a client of banned doctor Michele Ferrari.

TdF 1999
1st Lance Armstrong: (A brief description) In June 2012, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) charged Armstrong with having used illicit performance-enhancing drugs, and in August 2012 they announced a lifetime ban from competition as well as being stripping of all titles won since August 1998. The USADA report called Armstrong a "serial cheat who led the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that the sport has ever seen". On October 22, 2012, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), cycling’s governing body, endorsed the USADA verdict and confirmed both the lifetime ban and the stripping of titles.

2nd Alex Zulle: Admitted to doping without positive test or sanction for the current race. He admitted to taking EPO during the Festina Affair 1998.

3rd Fernando Escartin: He was named as a client of Francesco Conconi in the Ferrara Affair 1998. He was a client of banned doctor Michele Ferrari. He was involved in systematic team doping exposed in 2004. He has never been: tested positive, stripped of a title, or sanctioned for doping to date.

4th Laurent Dufaux: He was sanctioned for doping during the Festina Affair 1998 and was ejected from the Tour de France on July 17, 1998 with the entire Festina team. On July 24 he confessed to using performance enhancing drugs.

5th Angel Casero: 2006 he was implicated in Operacion Puerto investigation. He was implicated in Festina Affair 1998.

6th Abraham Olano: Tested positive for Caffeine and suspended for 3 months in 1994. He was named in Giardini Margherita investigation in Italy, 1998.

7th Daniele Nardello: He has not been implicated in any doping scandal.

8th Richard Virenque: In 2000 he confessed in court that he used banned performance-enhancing drugs, claiming he had no other option.

9th Wladimir Belli (Festina): ???

10th Andrea Peron (ONCE): Before the 2004 Tour de France, rumors surfaced in the French newspaper Le Monde that Peron, alongside other riders, was still under suspicion for using doping following a police raid in San Remo, Italy in June 2001. This would block Andrea Peron from competing in the 2004 Tour de France, when the Tour organizers did not want any riders under ongoing an ongoing investigation to compete in their race. However, Peron's case was already closed in December 2003. He had been acquitted for having four painkillers containing caffeine. The pills had a level of caffeine below the maximum limit allowed by the UCI.

TdF 2000
1st Lance Armstrong: (Doper, See 1999)

2nd Jan Ullrich: (Doper, See 1998)

3rd Joseba Beloki: He was implicated in a 2006 investigation by Spanish police investigating the doping network of Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes. Beloki was banned from the 2006 Tour but later cleared by the Spanish Federation of any wrongdoing in the so-called Operación Puerto.

4th Christophe Moreau: Tested positive for anabolic steroids in 1998. He admitted to taking EPO during the Festina Affair 1998 trial.

5th Roberto Heras: 2005 busted for EPO. He tested positive for EPO prior to the penultimate stage of the 2005 Vuelta a Espana. He was stripped of his 2005 Vuelta victory. The UCI sanctioned him for 2 years.

6th Richard Virenque: (Doper, See 1999)

7th Santiago Botero: Team Phonak dropped him on June 2, 2006 after he was named in media reports in the massive Operación Puerto doping investigation in Spain. On October 2, 2006, Botero was cleared by the disciplinary committee of the Federación Colombiana de Ciclismo (Colombian Cycling Federation)(?).

8th Fernando Escartin: (Doper, See 1999)

9th Francisco Mancebo: He was implicated in Operación Puerto doping investigation and banned from the 2006 Tour.

10th Daniele Nardello: He has not been implicated in any doping scandal.

TdF 2001
1st Lance Armstrong: (Doper, See 1999)

2nd Jan Ullrich: (Doper, See 1998)

3rd Joseba Beloki: (Doper, See 2000)

4th Andrei Kivilev: ???

5th Igor Gonzalez: He was banned for six months in 2000 for Nandrolone, and again in 2002 for doping.

6th Francois Simon: ???

7th Oscar Sevilla: He was implicated in Telekom affair and Operación Puerto doping investigation. He was later banned in 2010 after testing positive in Vuelta a Colombia.

8th Santiago Botero: (Doper, See 2000)

9th Marco Antonio Serrano: Among 58 riders names in Operación Puerto doping investigation.

10th Michael Boogerd: (Doper, See 1998)

TdF 2002
1st Lance Armstrong: (Doper, See 1999)

2nd Joseba Beloki: (Doper, See 2000)

3rd  Raimondas Rumsas: Tested positive for EPO in 2003. He was given a four-month suspended prison sentence in January 2006 for the importation of prohibited doping substances during the 2002 Tour de France where he finished third.

4th Santiago Botero: (Doper, See 2000)

5th Igor Gonzalez: (Doper, See 2001)

6th Jose Azevado: 2006 implicated in Operación Puerto doping investigation.

7th Francisco Mancebo: (Doper, See 2000)

8th Levi Leipheimer: Tested positive for ephedrine 1996 U.S. National Criterium Championships. He was reportedly among the witnesses testifying to Doping in 2012 USADA trial. On October 10, 2012 it was announced by USADA that he would be suspended for six months for admissions of doping during his time with the US Postal Cycling Team.

9th Roberto Heras: (Doper, See 2000)

10th Carlos Sastre: Never tested positive.

TdF 2003
1st Lance Armstrong: (Doper, See 1999)

2nd Jan Ullrich: (Doper, See 1998)

3rd Alexandre Vinokourov: Suspended in 2007 for the use of EPO-CERA.

4th Tyler Hamilton: Suspended 2004 for blood doping. He was banned for 2 years for blood doping at 2004 Vuelta a Espana. He tested positive for DHEA in 2009 and received an eight-year ban.

5th Haimar Zubeldia: ???

6th Iban Mayo: He tested positive for EPO during the 2007 Tour and received a 2 year ban.

7th Ivan Basso: Implicated in Operación Puerto doping investigation and suspended in 2007 for two years for admitting to planning to use doping.

8th Christophe Moreau: (Doper, See 2000)

9th Carlos Sastre: Never tested positive.

10th Francisco Mancebo: (Doper, See 2000)

TdF 2004
1st Lance Armstrong: (Doper, See 1999)

2nd Andreas Kloden: Implicated in doping case in 2008. He was named among the riders to have received illegal blood transfusions in Freiburg in 2006.

3rd Ivan Basso: (Doper, See 2003)

4th Jan Ullrich: (Doper, See 1998)

5th Jose Azevado: (Doper, See 2002)

6th Francisco Mancebo: (Doper, See 2000)

7th Georg Totschnig: ???

8th Carlos Sastre: Never tested positive.

9th Levi Leipheimer: (Doper, See 2002)

10th Oscar Pereiro: He tested positive for Salbutamol in 2006, but was later acquitted.

TdF 2005
1st Lance Armstrong: (Doper, See 1999)

2nd Ivan Basso: (Doper, See 2003)

3rd Jan Ullrich: (Doper, See 1998)

4th Francisco Mancebo: (Doper, See 2000)

5th Alexandre Vinokourov: (Doper, See 2003)

6th Levi Leipheimer: (Doper, See 2002)

7th Michael Rasmussen: He was found to have violated the rule concerning “Whereabouts testing violations”. He was removed by his own team from 2007 Tour de France.

8th Cadel Evans: Never tested positive. In the summer of 2000 after consultation with Michele Ferrari under the management of Tony Rominger, Evans switched to road cycling full-time.

9th Floyd Landis: He tested positive for testosterone during 2006 Tour and disqualified. He later admitted to doping throughout his career.

10th Oscar Pereiro: He tested positive for Salbutamol in 2006, but was later acquitted.

TdF 2006
1st Floyd Landis: (Doper, See 2005)

2nd Oscar Pereiro: He tested positive for Salbutamol in 2006, but was later acquitted.

3rd Andreas Kloden: (Doper, See 2004)

4th Carlos Sastre: Never tested positive.

5th Cadel Evans: Never tested positive. In the summer of 2000 after consultation with Michele Ferrari under the management of Tony Rominger, Evans switched to road cycling full-time.

6th Denis Menchov: Client of Michele Ferrari. He scored 9 of 10 on leaked 2010 UCI index of suspicious riders.

7th Cyril Dessel: ???

8th Christophe Moreau: (Doper, See 2000)

9th Haimar Zubeldia: ???

10th Michael Rogers: ???

TdF 2007
1st Alberto Contador: In September 2010, Contador announced that he had tested positive for clenbuterol in a control taken during that year's Tour de France, but although he was suspended during an investigation, he was cleared by the RFEC (Royal Spanish Cycling Federation). A review by the Court of Arbitration for Sport decided that Contador be stripped from the results obtained in the 2010 Tour de France and later, which also caused him to lose his 2011 Giro d'Italia victory. He was also suspended until 5 August 2012.

2nd Cadel Evans: Never tested positive. In the summer of 2000 after consultation with Michele Ferrari under the management of Tony Rominger, Evans switched to road cycling full-time.

3rd Levi Leipheimer: (Doper, See 2002)

4th Carlos Sastre: Never tested positive.

5th Haimar Zubeldia: ???

6th Alejandro Valverde: He was convicted in 2009 of EPO use after being link to the Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes Affair. He received a two-year ban.

7th Kim Kirchen: ???

8th Yaroslav Popovych: His house was raided by police. They found drugs and doping paraphernalia. He scored 10 of 10 on “leaked” 2010 UCI list of suspicious riders.

9th Mikel Astarloza: Tested positive for EPO in 2009 and received a two-year ban.

10th Oscar Pereiro: He tested positive for Salbutamol in 2006, but was later acquitted.

TdF 2008
1st Carlos Sastre: Never tested positive.

2nd Cadel Evans: Never tested positive. In the summer of 2000 after consultation with Michele Ferrari under the management of Tony Rominger, Evans switched to road cycling full-time.

3rd Bernhard Kohl: He tested positive for CERA during the Tour de France 2008. On the October 15, 2008 he admitted his drug use. May 2009, he announced his retirement from the sport, claiming that it is "impossible to win without doping" in international cycling.

4th Denis Menchov: (See 2006)

5th Christian Vande Velde: On October 10, 2012 USADA announced that he would be suspended for six months for admissions of doping during his time with the US Postal Cycling Team. Later that day a statement was released confirming his acceptance of a six month ban from 1 September 2012 ending on 1 March 2013 along with a stripping of all race results between 4 June 2004 and 31 April 2006.

6th Frank Schleck: On 25 July 2008 German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung alleged a contact between Schleck and doctor Eufemiano Fuentes in December 2005. Authorities stated that no evidence had been obtained that would support such a claim. Prior to the 2008 UCI Road World Championships in Varese, Italy the Süddeutsche Zeitung published a further article on the connections between Schleck and Fuentes after claiming to have seen evidence on a bank transfer of €7000 from Schleck to a Swiss bank account linked to Fuentes. The existence of the evidence was revealed by German police and subsequently confirmed by Luxembourg prosecutors. Following Schleck's public admittance of such payment on  October 3, 2008, Bjarne Riis and Team CSC Saxo Bank decided to temporarily suspend Schleck from any further races until the outcome of the doping allegations. Schleck was cleared from all allegations by the doping authorities of Luxembourg at the beginning of December. On July 17, 2012, Schleck was removed from the Tour de France by his team RadioShack-Nissan during the second rest day after his A-sample returned traces of Xipamide. Schleck's B-sample confirmed the positive result, and Schleck claims he was poisoned.  RadioShack-Nissan has said that should he fail the B-sample he will be suspended from the team.

7th Samuel Sanchez: ???

8th Kim Kirchen: ???

9th Alejandro Valverde: (Doper, See 2007)

10th Tadej Valjavec: On May 4, 2010 Valjavec's name was released as being one of several riders under investigation by the UCI for "irregular blood values". He was provisionally suspended by Ag2r-La Mondiale and pulled from their squad for the impending Giro d'Italia. Valjavec has proclaimed his innocence and claimed an unreported illness is responsible for the values. On July 30, the Slovenian Cycling Federation officially cleared Valjavec, criticizing the usage of the biological passport in this case stating that it failed to take into account the possible natural reasons for Valjavec's irregular levels. On April 22, 2011 The Court of Arbitration for Sport set aside the decision to exonerate the athlete from any doping offense and imposed a two-year ban on him starting on 20 January 2011, as well as the disqualification of all his results obtained between 19 April and 30 September 2009.

TdF 2009
1st Alberto Contador: (Doper, See 2007)

2nd Andy Schleck: ???

3rd Lance Armstrong: (Doper, See 1999)

4th Bradley Wiggins: ???

5th Frank Schleck: (Doper, See 2008)

6th Andreas Kloden: (Doper (See 2004)

7th Vincenzo Nibali: ???

8th Christian Vande Velde: (Doper, See 2008)

9th Roman Kreuziger: ???

10th Christophe Le Mevel: ???

TdF 2010
1st Alberto Contador: (Doper, See 2007)
2nd Andy Schleck:
3rd Denis Menchov: (See 2006)
4th Samuel Sanchez:
5th Jurgen Van Den Broeck:
6th Robert Gesink:
7th Ryder Hesjedal:
8th Joaquim Rodriguez:
9th Roman Kreuziger:
10th Chris Horner:

TdF 2011
1st Cadel Evans: Never tested positive. In the summer of 2000 after consultation with Michele Ferrari under the management of Tony Rominger, Evans switched to road cycling full-time.
2nd Andy Schleck:
3rd Frank Schleck:
4th Thomas Voeckler:
5th Samuel Sanchez:
6th Damiano Cunego:
7th Ivan Basso: (See 2003)
8th Tom Danielson:
9th Jean-Christophe Peraud:
10th Pierre Rolland:

TdF 2012
1st Bradley Wiggins: ???
2nd Chris Fromme:
3rd Vincenzo Nibali:
4th Jurgen Van Den Broeck:
5th Tejay Van Garderen:
6th Haimar Zubeldia: ???
7th Cadel Evans: Never tested positive. In the summer of 2000 after consultation with Michele Ferrari under the management of Tony Rominger, Evans switched to road cycling full-time.
8th Pierre Rolland:
9th Janez Brajkovic:
10th Thibaut Pinot: