May
30
Dumbass, 1. Center for Disease Control, 0.
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I love this story about the Atlanta man with a rare and intractable form of tuberculosis who went on a jaunt to Europe (for his wedding and honeymoon, which involved stops in France, Greece, and Italy). When the CDC contacts him to tell him he’s carrying this illness, and instructs him to report to Italian [...]
May
25
And now Riis
May 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Well, there were always lots of rumors about the big Dane’s Gewiss team’s doping practices, and whatnot. I figured that came from a fair amount of dislike for the guy ending Indurain’s reign at the Tour de France, but didn’t really doubt the stories. Nice of him to own up to it, and not just [...]
May
24
My brain explodes
May 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Now Erik Zabel confirms that he used EPO while racing for Team Telekom in the 90s. But *only* in the first week of the 1996 Tour? (Which was won by Telekom racer Bjarne Riis…) Yeah right. So what is that, six sprinter’s jerseys in the Tour de France? Four Milan San Remos? Countless other races? [...]
May
23
Back to me, me, me
May 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I hate driving in stop-and-go traffic just after a ride. Constantly putting my foot on the clutch wears out my already-shaky quads.
A couple of other observations about things:
1) After ten years in the Boston area, I’ve apparently developed allergies. What, everyone doesn’t run around blowing their nose and coughing all the time? Just me, you [...]
May
21
Something completely different!
May 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment
It’s time to talk about something else. Finale season!
Given that this post is a feeble attempt to thrust myself away from the incessant stream of cycling-doping related remarks, I actually have very little to say, having not thought about it much.
BUT I can say that I have been pleased with the turn-for-the-better on “Lost.” That [...]
May
21
I don’t get it
May 21, 2007 | 2 Comments
All this Floyd stuff is driving me crazy. People keep asking whether I think Landis is guilty or not. I don’t think it mattered. People will be unhappy at either result of the trial. Taking back the Tour de France title doesn’t do the sport any good if they decide he’s guilty, and otherwise, all [...]
May
18
Too much!
May 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Today I read several ridiculous things in the cycling “media.” I use the quotes, because these days it feels like the gossip pages.
1) Number two in last year’s Tour de France behind Floyd Landis, Oscar Pereiro stands to inherit the win if Landis is discredited. But today, in response to rumors that he too could [...]
May
18
“How we used to hide your weenie”
May 18, 2007 | 1 Comment
Ah, the Landis trial. As Floyd himself allegedly noted on a internet discussion board (since we all know that discussing your major legal case in a chat room is really a good idea), “the race to the bottom … is now in progress.”
Get ready, Court TV, this may be the most ridiculous trial currently taking [...]
May
11
Smear-o d’Italia
May 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment
So Ivan Basso is out of the Giro, Italy’s grand tour that starts on Saturday. Now so are Tyler Hamilton and a bunch of other young lads implicated in this ongoing story about the possible Spanish blood-doping operation. I’d been ready to suggest that Hamilton’s Team Tinkoff should rename themselves “the team for dopers done [...]
May
8
Whiny pants!
May 8, 2007 | 1 Comment
So Basso admits to having thought about blood doping, but he claims he didn’t actually do it. As if somehow that makes it better – or believable? Why would he be ready to dope in the 2006 Tour de France, weeks after he won the Giro d’Italia “clean”? Sounds to me like he just wants [...]
