This Day in Doping: So many syringes, so little time
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 … Read more
This Day in Doping: Did Lance, Alberto & Astana get preferential treatment?
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 … Read more
This Day in Doping: "Pure Tour" no more?
About that “Pure Tour” of 2009? It’s getting closer to dirty. Spaniard Mikel Astarioza’s breakaway seemed unreal on the 16th stage. Now it seems it … Read more
Daily Roundup: Bleet the heat, banned cyclists, NoTubes lawsuit, Lance boosts Tour TV and more
It’s hot, may reach 101 degrees in Seattle, making it the hottest day ever … recorded … in history. Right now we’re at 94, I’m … Read more
This Day in Doping: Chief downplays 'clean Tour'
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 … Read more
Armstrong Courting Schleck(s) for Radio Shack Team?
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 … Read more
This Day in Doping: Rasmussen 'rejected,' 2008 Tour revisited, A scientific analysis analyzed
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 … Read more
Tour 2009 Wrap: Control while we roll
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 … Read more
Daily Roundup: Blog “rest day,” Ragbrai off ‘n rolling, Morland is EVIL
The Tour de France is enjoying a rest day, but bloggers never sleep. Bloggers never sleep because, as mainstream media constantly remind us, we work … Read more
Today's Tour stage: Making sense of the senseless
How does that saying go? A friend of my friend is my friend unless my friend is Lance Armstrong? As much as I beat up … Read more