Breaking News: Another Tour Rider Tests Positive?

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5 comments | July 27th, 2007 | Trackback

This just in from PodiumCafe:

I’ve caught that the Danish press and French Radio are reporting that another rider tested positive on stage 14. [Link in Danish, sorry. Stay tuned.] All we’re told is it was someone wearing a leader’s jersey, and Barloworld’s hotel is apparently under Gendarmerie assault.

Shit.

Tags: doping, Races, tour de france

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Comments

Jessica | July 27th, 2007 at 2:06 pm

Well, there’s apparently a press conference scheduled for later, but a Belgian news source is already saying it’s Soler. Dammit, dammit, dammit.

http://www.tdfblog.com/2007/07/rumor-of-yet-an.html

Stephanie | July 27th, 2007 at 2:56 pm

meanwhile, my favorite cycling blog has an interesting proposal today to address doping in cycling: http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/07/27/cycling-and-doping-a-solution/

Not sure I agree, but definitely good to put it out there in the interest of discussion.

Jessica | July 27th, 2007 at 3:12 pm

Two things…

1. Yeah, I’m not sure I agree with everything in that post, either, but it’s interesting.

2. What?!? You mean *this* isn’t your favorite cycling blog?!?

Jessica | July 28th, 2007 at 7:13 am

So, it turns out it was all a weird rumor. No positive test, no nothing. Thank goodness. And, as PodiumCafe notes in the original link in the post above, hopefully someone will apologize to Soler.

Stephanie | July 29th, 2007 at 7:00 pm

uh… well….
this is my favorite cycling blog for road-racing news.
but I gotta tell ya, fatty has it all over you guys for making me laugh out loud. so he’s my favorite for when I get sick of moaning and groaning over the current state of the sport.