By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 2, 2009
Doping scandals aplenty, Velo News reports. They’re taking another look at 2008 Giro d’Italia samples for CERA, undetectable previously but now testable. The same may happen for the 2009 Giro and Tour as testing catches up with ever newer, previously undetectable substances. “The report also outlined a new blood doping practice which evaded current testing [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged Cadel Evans, cycling doping, euskaltel-euskadi, floyd landis, Giro d'Italia, michael rasmussen, Tour de France, uci
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 28, 2009
California’s decision not to close state parks is great news for mountain bikers. Common sense in this case was aided by the stat that for every dollar the state spends on its parks, it takes in about $3. That and the fact concessionaires were contacting their lawyers over breach of contract if the parks were [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Interbike, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Racing | Tagged Cadel Evans, California state parks, Interbike, tour of california
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 17, 2009
Funny to read now: Bicycle.net’s pre-stage analysis, where Stage 13 “may reveal just how far some riders are willing to go to fight for the Tour de France yellow jersey.” Um…let’s just say, not very far at all. Cyclelicio.us: “Nocentini’s last day wearing yellow.” And I agreed when you posted, Richard. Based on everything we [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged Bernard HInault, Cadel Evans, Eddy Merckx, lance armstrong, Team Astana, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 12, 2009
With Lance out of the picture after 2005, I’d almost forgotten how boring the Tour de France can be. Year after year in his historic run-up of wins, Lance assembled the strongest team and then “controlled” the race, to yawningly predictable outcomes. The past few Lanceless Tours got back to real racing, with no single [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged Cadel Evans, lance armstrong, Team Astana, Tour de France
