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Breaking News: Vino Tests Positive, Astana Withdraws from Tour
Date: July 24th, 2007 |
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Like I said yesterday, picking a podium in this race is impossible. Especially when entire effing teams withdraw after their leader tests positive for blood doping:
The Tour de France was rocked by news that Astana’s battered team leader, Alexandre Vinokourov, tested positive for a homologous blood transfusion after Saturday’s time trial in Albi. L’Equipe reported [read more]
Awesome Also-Rans Terrorize Tour
Date: July 23rd, 2007 | 1 comment
No one picked Michael Rasmussen and Alberto Contador to be the two riders trying to establish dominance over one another (and each failing) to determine which of the two would win this year’s Tour de France. But there they are!
After Saturday’s time trial I certainly do not expect Rasmussen to lose four or five [read more]
What Have We Learned After The Race Of Truth? Not Much
Date: July 21st, 2007 | 2 comments
At least that’s true if we are trying to predict who will win this year’s Tour. But down in the details we have learned a considerable amount.
First, we have learned that Rasmussen has improved his time trialing much more than Leipheimer has improved his own. I hope the Versus announcers did not expect [read more]
From A Fan’s Tour de France Notebook
Date: July 18th, 2007 | 2 comments
Under the Alberto Contador banner on the Cyclingfans website I found this:
Race Report, Stage 9
“My attack was worth it, because big favorites lost several minutes today”
Alberto Contador earned the white jersey for best young rider today. He conquered the Galibier and took 5th place in the GC, a hefty reward for his spectacular attack 5 [read more]
Robert Millar Might Still Be a Man After All
Date: July 15th, 2007 | 4 comments
Well, it appears that either the story about Robert Millar having a sex change is completely untrue or it’s been suppressed somehow. First, the sites which originally carried the story have removed the articles entirely, although they still show up in a search for “robert millar philippa york” on the almighty Google. Second, Wikipedia (also [read more]
A Peek Into The Mind Of Alberto Contador
Date: July 23rd, 2007 | No Comments
I just saw this quote from Contador made after the time trial and before the first stage in the Pyrenees:
As of now, he’ll gauge his efforts against the performances of Cadel Evans and Andreas Klöden. “They’re the most imposing of the favorites, although now others will attack from the far flanks, like Astana and others. [read more]
Pyrenees Pugilism (Or An Old Fashioned Mountain Top Slug Fest)
Date: July 22nd, 2007 | 2 comments
That’s what we had today in Stage 14 and probably what we have to look forward to over the next three days.
Alberto Contador (this writer’s new favorite rider and one certainly worthy of Jessica’s affections!) again showed that he and Soler might be the only two riders capable of accelerating up these steep [read more]
Chris Horner’s Tour de France Video Diaries
Date: July 19th, 2007 | No Comments
The husband pointed out that VeloNews has a great series of video diaries with Oregon’s own Chris Horner - who is, in turns, hysterical and insightful. He’s setting himself up for a great career in race commentary after he’s done with his cycling years, whether he knows it or not. I think he’s gaining some [read more]
Breaking: Sinkewitz Tests Positive and Other Doping News
Date: July 18th, 2007 | No Comments
Here’s some bits of bad news if you’re among the people who think cycling is squeaky clean now:
T-Mobile’s Patrik Sinkewitz tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition test in early June. This is the team that’s supposed to be ushering in a new anti-doping world in the sport, remember. And Sinkewitz looks to be the [read more]
Here is an interesting quote from Bradley Wiggins
Date: July 13th, 2007 | 1 comment
I noticed in this morning’s Cyclingnews.com report when I checked it before heading in to work this morning:
13:29 CEST
Wiggins might also be trying to pep up the French crowds, which he viewed as a bit disappointing. Of the prologue in London, he said, “It was a great day for cycling and the English crowds were [read more]
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