Kohl on the redemption path or whatever.
It’s an about face for the Austrian, who initially denied having used CERA during the Tour before admitting his misdemeanour and allegedly telling French sports daily L’Equipe that the top 10 rider in last year’s Tour de France were doped.
“I succumbed to temptation. The pressure was incredibly strong. I am only a human being and in this exceptional situation, I showed weakness,” Kohl said.
cyclingnews.com
Team Kashtuna’s anti doping clause is not permissable? Oh yea, morals for me & none for you!
Boom Boom was in, then, ASO started making with the Waffles, or was it the crepes?
The Tour de France organiser ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) was prepared to allow Belgian sprinter Tom Boonen into the race before changing its mind after a recommendation from the French Secretary of State for Sport Bernard Leport, Boonen’s lawyers argued on Wednesday.
cyclingnews.com
But they’re going to totally kick dope ass…
The French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) has announced new tests for this year’s Tour de France, designed to detect susbstances previously thought undetectable.
cyclingnews.com
and/or…
Controversial Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde will not take part in this year’s Tour de France, his Caisse d’Epargne team announced on Tuesday.
velonews.com
Er, on the lighter side, mtb ace Graf gets busted for BP meds, you know, because blood pressure is a big issue in cycling these days. WTF?
Jürg Graf has been suspended for two years after testing positive for the blood pressure medicine Oxilofrin, the disciplinary committee of Swiss Olympic announced Wednesday. The suspension ends May 15, 2011.
cyclingnews.com
Slipstream plays the ballzy edge with this one…
Garmin-Slipstream team manager Jonathan Vaughters declined to confirm or deny rumours that 2007 Tour de France winner Alberto Contador had been close to signing with the US team and riding this year’s Tour with them.
cyclingnews.com
Oh man, it just doesn’t stop. Isn’t there anyone out there that isn’t on the dope? Oh yea, I forgot about this dude who smoked everyone for the majority of a decade eating beans and rice. I hope he does it again.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
That 15 second hand-job of a promo video, instead of continuing the myth which is “clean” Armstrong, exemplifies quite clearly just how irregular his performance suddenly became in 1999.
Same course, six year prior, he came in 81st against the world’s best. Suddenly, instead of losing 40 seconds over seven kilometers, he set the time to beat.
Yeah, because he “trained” harder.
June 24th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Hey Big Jonny, you think Lance wasn’t doping in ‘93?
June 24th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
What are you talking about? He’s always been clean!
June 24th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
I figured the beans & rice eater (at the bottom of the post) was intended as a reference to Mark Hendershot, the world’s most utterly bad ass 24 Hour Solo Racer. That dude is a vegetarian. He drinks barrels of beer. And he can kick almost everyone’s ass.
June 24th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
“Oh yea, I forgot about this dude who smoked everyone for the majority of a decade eating beans and rice. ”
HAHAHAH!
June 25th, 2009 at 9:36 am
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009380824_regr25.html
n00bs, Tyler came second on ONE STAGE of the Giro, but hey, he’s gonna get to sprint in the Big Show. Allez!
June 26th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Apparently “eating beans and rice” is the new euphemism for using EPO, human growth hormone, bovine semen extract, autologous blood doping, homologous blood doping or whatever else the well-connected professional cyclist may want to use to un-naturally increase performance.