This Day in Doping: Team Astana beneficiary of "laxity"?
Cycling News has a piece about irregularities in testing the Astana team, led by Lance Armstrong, er Alberto Contador. Whatever. The French anti-doping agency has … Read more
This Day In Doping: A drugless Tour?
It was another listless day in the peloton today, but in one respect that may be a good thing. So far this Tour has been … Read more
This Day in Doping (Tour 2009 series)
New York Times: Germany’s new cycling star hopes to put Germany’s doping troubles behind Germany. The question being: Since when are doping problems restricted or … Read more
This day in doping, Tour 2009 series
OK, something big may be going on here. Now Jan Ullrich, 1997 Tour winner and perennial runnerup to Lance during the glory years, is under … Read more
Daily Roundup: Tour doping con’t, Rider down in Seattle, Lance’s chances
This Day in Doping: Lance Armstrong will be “particularly monitored” for doping violations throughout the Tour. Not that monitoring “particularly works,” given the rampant abuses, … Read more
Daily Roundup: This Day in Drugs, local bikeboy does good, BC Bike Race sabotage, naked cyclists and more
This Day in Drugs: Thomas Dekker is out of the Tour for doping…in 2007! Think the UCI honchos are trying to send a message here? … Read more
Free Missy! Save California! Solve the deficit!
You hate to see this: Former world downhill champion Missy Giove arrested on pot charges. On the other hand, this is just one more high-profile … Read more
This day in drugs (again)
Thanks to Bicycle.net for bird-dogging the cycling-illegal substances links. Self-injecting blood cheats pose a real problem for testing. This is where the cyclist freezes his … Read more
This Day In Drugs (con't)
Drug scandals are in the air over international cycling. Hmmm…must be about time for the 2009 Tour de France! Bernhard Kohl, recently banned for two … Read more
You can't win at pro level without drugs
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 … Read more