Jul
31
It’s great to have your nation supporting you, but ….
July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment
This just in:
Officials with Kazakhstan’s cycling federation on Tuesday expressed staunch support for Alexander Vinokourov who was excluded from the Tour de France following a positive test for blood doping.
“We are going to support the position that the results of the A and B samples were a direct result of the violent fall Alexander suffered […]
Jul
27
Some Tour thoughts
July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment
1) There’s always been doping in sport, certainly in cycling. It’s as primary as riding on two wheels with a set of handlebars. To come along now and say that doping must be stopped is kind of like saying that they must all ride with one hand behind their back from now on. Alternately, it’s […]
Jul
26
And in the same vein
July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Jul
26
Let’s go over this one more time
July 26, 2007 | 1 Comment
In the years that Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France, he prevailed over the following racers:
• Jan Ullrich (implicated in the Operacion Puerto blood doping ring)
• Joseba Beloki (Puerto)
• Ivan Basso (admitted blood doping)
• Alexandre Vinokourov (caught blood doping)
• Andrea Kloden (guilt by association? With both Ullrich and Vinokourov)
• Raimondas Rumsas (some kind of […]
Jul
25
Shit, meet fan
July 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Cofidis is out.
Rasmussen is out.
Let’s call the whole thing off!
Jul
25
Stupid and funny
July 25, 2007 | 1 Comment
Two quotes from Vinokourov:
” I have spoken to the team doctors who had a hypothesis that there was an enormous amount of blood in my thighs, which could have led to my positive test.”
Huh? What does that even mean?
And also:
“I heard that I made a transfusion with my father’s blood. ‘That’s absurd, I can tell […]
Jul
24
Filthy
July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
How’s about this story? Top favorite, two-stage winner, and Astana team captain Vinokourov has tested positive for blood doping. His team’s out of the Tour (including contender Kloden, I presume).
Pathetic.
Looks like whoever wins this Tour will be the only one left standing who didn’t test positive.
Jul
23
Hairstyles of the Tour 8
July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment
It’s a hair explosion.
Left to right, the Eastern-European Mullet (worn by former spotlight Vladimir Karpets), No-Forehead (Oscar Pereiro), and Shave-It-Off (on previously-featured Alejandro Valverde).
What’s with those handkerchiefs? Thank goodness the team isn’t riding while wearing them!
Jul
23
The Tour: Two weeks in
July 23, 2007 | 1 Comment
1) If Cadel Evans wins this race without getting his nose in the wind to attack one single time, managing to succeed only by keeping up with everybody else, I will be disappointed. How about a little panache?
2) For panache, I look to Alberto Contador. That boy just looks faster than everybody else when he […]
Jul
20
And now Rasmussen
July 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Breaking news from VeloNews. It doesn’t make Mr. Yellow Jersey look that good. Pretty big scoop for the magazine, huh?
I wonder how “Chicken” and Sinkewitz will feel about paying a whole year’s salary back to whatever anti-doping organization has been selected to receive it, from those pre-Tour signed statements. I’m sure they’ll whine that the […]
