Millar thinks battered image can be improved by being media friendly

By: Jerome Pugmire, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTLUCON, France - British cyclist David Millar thinks his sport's tarnished image would be improved if teams were more receptive to news media covering the Tour de France, rather than seeing them as an enemy. Millar's Garmin Chipotle team, led by boss Jonathan Vaughters, has one of the more open policies of the teams at this year's Tour, allowing journalists to share team cars and even allowing some onto the team bus. "It is the media that makes it possible for us to even get our money to race," Millar said. "Anyone who thinks we don't need the media, or that's it's all right to treat them like muck, is not really switched on." In a sport tarred by doping probes and near incessant rumour about doping, some teams prefer to keep the media pack at a distance. "It is in our interests to... [read full story]