Boonen Tour start still in doubt, awaits ruling

RUSSELS: Former world champion Tom Boonen faces an anxious wait to see if he can start the Tour de France on Saturday after a judge said she could not rule in his case against the organizers who say he is unwelcome.

Boonen launched a court case against Amaury Sport Organization when it said he could not race in this year's Tour after testing positive for cocaine.

"The judge has informed us the French court does not have the legal basis to rule in this case," the Belgian rider's lawyer Jean-Louis Dupont told Reuters yesterday.