By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 31, 2009
The 2009 Giro d’Italia is history, with Lance Armstrong finishing in a solid and respectable 12th place, 16 minutes off the pace after a middle-of-the-pack showing on the final rainy stage. Now all eyes, and maybe even the traveling soap opera that has become Team Astana, shift to the Tour de France, starting July 4 [...]
Posted in Culture, Racing | Tagged Giro d'Italia, lance armstrong, Leadville 100, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 26, 2009
That’s the lament offered by Bernhard Kohl, an Austrian cycling star and last year’s Tour de France king of the mountains winner, as he departs the sport after being banned for doping: “I doped voluntarily in a system in which you cannot win without doping. The weeks after [being caught] were tough for me. But [...]
Posted in Culture, Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged bernhard kohl, cycling, doping, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 6, 2009
On one front, Lance Armstrong deserves huge accolades for going ahead with his racing plans despite a broken shoulder. He’s making the talk-show and publicity rounds, promoting his foundation and the fight against cancer, and generally playing the role of beneficent godfather of the sport, and that’s all good. On the other hand, you have [...]
Posted in Culture, Racing | Tagged Giro d'Italia, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on April 15, 2009
The saga of Lance Armstrong and this year’s Tour de France is threatening to turn into a cheap soap opera, with allegations flying over Lance’s muffed drug test recently. It’s much ado about nothing, because France needs Lance more than the other way around. The Tour got really fat and really spoiled during the Armstrong [...]
Posted in Culture, Racing | Tagged cycling drug testing, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 24, 2009
News reports following Lance Armstrong’s broken collarbone have emphasized that he still has a chance at “full recovery” to ride in the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France. We applaud the cycling community’s effervescent optimism. But let’s do a little reality-checking here. We all know Lance is a tremendous champion and incredible physical specimen who [...]
Posted in Culture, Racing | Tagged broken collarbone, Culture, Giro d'Italia, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 18, 2009
Sacto Bee: “The facts surrounding how the person came into possession of the bicycle are not being released at this time due to an ongoing investigation,” police said.
Posted in Racing | Tagged lance armstrong, Sacramento Bee, stolen bike recovered, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 12, 2009
I’m in the camp that believes Lance benefitted from a lax and easily defeatable drug monitoring era in professional cycling. Since everyone else was doping too I’m not convinced he would not have won all those Tours anyway. But he should come clean. And now we get word that his deal with the renowned anti-doping [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged anti-doping, Bike Intelligencer, doping, lance armstrong, Mountain Biking, mtb, paul andrews, Tour de France
