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More Passport Revelations Coming Tomorrow?
Dutch news outlets are reporting that Erik Breukink has been informed of additional positive cases and is going to be coming “clean” tomorrow. There is…
Velominati Super Prestige
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Another One Down
It was announced this morning that Thomas Dekker tested positive for EPO on Christmas Eve, 2007. He was reportedly caught by studying blood values using…
Nod Snob
I love every kind of bike, from the tricked-out fixies all over Seattle (hello – hilly-ass town! Unless your fixie is a 39-27, you are…
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Clever Thinking
Seattle is a much hillier town than most people realize. Hills of 15% grades and 2-4 km in length are a dime-a-dozen, and there are…
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But He Didn’t Inhale
Tom Boonen, one of my favorite riders, tested positive for cocaine in an out-of-competition drug test (for the second – or maybe his third –…
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The Ride of the Year
I didn’t get a chance to write very much about cycling this year, which is one of my favorite topics when it comes to this…
The Man With The Hammer
Cycling is a unique sport in the sense that suffering is a badge of honor. Greg LeMond once said, “It never gets easier, you just…
Cycling: A Year in Review
“They” say hindsight is 20/20, but I tend to disagree. Hindsight is only as good as your vision is in the first place. In my…
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The Union Cycliste Irationale
This will be a very short follow-up on yesterday’s post regarding the suspension of UCI ProTour leader, Danilo Di Luca. Cycling’s governing body, the Union…
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A Step Too Far
The Italian cycling federation is so eager to appear “tough on doping” that they are now suspending riders for the following offense: Maybe looking like…
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The Longest Case
After almost 14 months, the verdict was finally handed down in the Floyd Landis doping case. A three-person panel voted 2-1 to find Landis was…
Where Will It End?
Yesterday, the very sad news broke that Alexandre Vinokourov tested positive for a homologous blood transfusion Saturday after winning the first long time trial at…
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The Seattle Tre Cime
Here’s the funny thing about cycling: I go out of my way to find the biggest and hardest hills I can, and I start to…
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Mr. Sixty
What a shocking week in cycling. About a half dozen riders and two team doctors have admitted to doping at Team Telekom (which later became…
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Sabotaging the saboteur?
Paulo ran me down, but the Dutch say I punched him.
Some of you may have noticed KRX-10‘s comment on my earlier post regarding Sabotage. Well, needless to say, I was overjoyed to see the pictures…
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Doping in Cycling
We’re huge pro cycling fans. Michelle and I both get very involved with particular riders; for Michelle her favorites have been Jan Ullrich and Marco…