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“Guilt by Association” and Other Doping News

Date: October 24th, 2007 |

Okay, here are the two things that are bothering me today. I’m sure you’ll be shocked to learn that they both involve doping in cycling.
1. Danilo di Luca is denied a ProTour win because he’s associated too closely with a doctor who has been accused of giving performance-enhancing drugs to athletes.
I’m all for suspensions and [read more]

Latest events in the world of Pro Cycling…

Date: October 17th, 2007 |

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It’s sad to see this season come to a close, but The Tour of Lombardy, the last ProTour race of the year, will be held this Saturday. Paolo Bettini will go for his 3rd straight win in this event, where last year he won in the Rainbow Jersey.
The course map is here.
The profile is [read more]

Word of the day: micro-fracture

Date: October 8th, 2007 |

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Wouldn’t it be considered a cracked bone? There is too much English in today’s world!
Bennati’s season finished
Italian Daniele Bennati put a premature end to his 2007 season due to a micro-fracture in his right wrist, his Lampre-Fondital team has announced.
Doctors said the injury was probably caused in a crash early in the Vuelta [read more]

It’s time for the World Championships!

Date: September 24th, 2007 |

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The up-to-the minute start list is here.
The Elite Men’s Road Race profile is here. The Elite Men will race Sunday, covering the 19.1 kilometre circuit 14 times for a total of 267.4km.
The Elite Men’s Time Trial profile is here. The course length is 44.9km.
First held in 1927, the World Championship Road Race is [read more]

Bettini Busts Pesky Peloton

Date: September 3rd, 2007 |

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The sprinters teams expected to vie for the third stage of the 2007 Vuelta, but World Champion Paolo Bettini, the Italian Quickstep rider, had other ideas.
The Pelaton rode a bit skittish following the crash late in Stage Two. No wanted to challenge the three men who had been in the break away [read more]

Around the Web on Wheels: 10.22.07

Date: October 22nd, 2007 |

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Some tidbits about cycling from around the internets, now that the season is over and we can concentrate on healing our wounds:

The UCI is considering creating a “biological passport” for professional cyclists, which would include blood and urine samples from every rider in the professional peloton.

Oh goodie. Manolo Saiz says he wants to make a [read more]

Landis to Appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Date: October 11th, 2007 |

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Well, whatever else you want to say about Floyd Landis, you can’t say he’s not a fighter.
Landis has decided to appeal the recent decision to strip him of his 2006 Tour de France title for using testosterone. This last effort, an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, will likely determine the course of [read more]

The End of Disco Brings the Start of Slipstream

Date: October 4th, 2007 |

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With another professional cycling season in the books, it’s time to admit that I’m finally growing weary of all the scandals. I’m still a Pollyanna, but it’s getting more and more exhausting to have any kind of affinity for this sport I love. No, I take that back - it’s easy to love the sport, [read more]

The Day The Music Died or The Death of Disco

Date: September 10th, 2007 |

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Team Discovery Channel, that is. I never was a fan of disco music and was glad to see it go. But I will sorely miss this cycling team.
Team Discovery Channel (or “Disco” in the shorthand vernacular of many cycling fans) makes its swan song tomorrow when they appear in the Tour [read more]

Focusing on the Vuelta

Date: August 31st, 2007 |

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My trip to the Tour of Missouri has been canceled and the Vuelta starts tomorrow, so it now is time to focus our attention there. (I do not know how to type a tilde “n” on my computer so I guess I’ll have to misspell “Espana” for the next three weeks.) Here is [read more]