By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 8, 2009
Team Astana, including stars Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador, got preferential treatment when it came to drug testing, two leading French newspapers have reported (linked by Bicycle.net). This is part of an ongoing snit between the UCI, the international cycling governing body, and French anti-doping authorities over the rigorousness of dope testing during the Tour [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged AFLD, alberto contador, bicycle doping, bikesnobnyc, doping, lance armstrong, Team Astana, Tour de France, uci
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 8, 2009
PinkBike has video of the Worlds, including Brit legend Steve Peat’s long-awaited triumph. Peaty may be the only guy I’ve seen on a podium drinking more champagne than he sprayed, but to those who know and love the guy, they’d expect nothing less. If you want to know why Peaty was so emotional after his [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing, Rider Down, Videos | Tagged alberto contador, Clay Porter, downhill world championships, steve peat
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 28, 2009
Bicycle.net has a great update on the “clean Tour” of 2009, but as Prudhomme notes, it’s too early to declare victory. For one thing, detection techniques that today find nothing will tomorrow improve. People are looking askance at Contador, a little guy who somehow nonetheless can time trial with the best. But something about Contador [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged alberto contador, Andy Schleck, doping, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 28, 2009
It was a small gesture, barely noticed. But when Lance Armstrong placed his left hand on Andy Schleck’s right shoulder and congratulated him “warmly” on the podium in Paris, it may have sent a signal about his machinations for the Tour de France in 2010. The bad blood between Lance and Alberto Contador means the [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged alberto contador, Andy Schleck, lance armstrong, Team Radio Shack, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 26, 2009
Bicycle.net: UCI opposes letting Michael Rasmussen, the 2007 Tour “winner” who was kicked off his team as he was poised to take the yellow jersey to Paris (for lying about his whereabouts earlier in the season), return to competition because he hasn’t paid his share of anti-doping costs. Although Rasmussen was certainly a cheat, he [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged alberto contador, michael rasmussen, Tour de France, uci, VO2 max
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 26, 2009
The Tour de France 2009 could have been a bell-ringer. It had as much if not more raw talent than most tours, especially in recent years, and the big gun of Lance Armstrong to draw international attention back to cycling. It was a killer course, laid out to maximize drama and intrigue as well as [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged alberto contador, Andy Schleck, Frank Schleck, lance armstrong, Team Astana, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 18, 2009
No one wanted to see a nice guy like Levi Leipheimer leave the Tour on a stroke of bad luck. But Lance Armstrong probably rued the accident more than the average Levi fan. Levi, a good soldier, was not going to win the Tour. But he could have aided Lance’s chances immeasurably by helping to [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged alberto contador, lance armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 9, 2009
Update: A bit of a letdown that Schleck never made a move…or anyone else for that matter. If the pack continues to let Astana dictate the race it will be another boring Lance ride to Paris (conceding that Alberto will take Yellow). The Tour hits the mountains tomorrow, and Lance is serving notice that Contador [...]
Posted in Culture, Racing | Tagged alberto contador, Andy Schleck, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 6, 2009
Twitter is all a-tweet with carping about Lance’s move today in the Tour. Lance rode off with a breakaway that opened a nearly 40-second gap on the peloton, which included most of the favorites. Good old Lance, you can always count on him to do the right thing in the clutch! Lance of course is [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged alberto contador, lance armstrong, Team Astana, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 1, 2009
Velo News interview. Lance is still talking like he could win. He’s “not confident” like he was for 6 and 7, he admits. But he’s not willing to say he’ll lay down for Contador. “The road will decide.” Watch the video and compare his right shoulder (the injured one) with his left. The guy does [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged 29er, alberto contador, BC Bike Race, Fluidride Cup, knolly delirium, lance armstrong, Tour de France
