If nothing else, the man is not afraid of a microphone. VN: Can you be confident in a winner of this Tour? GL: Yes, because they’re finally making changes. Look at Taylor Phinney, he only just started racing and two years later he won the junior world championship. I recently read an interview with Davis [...]

Valverde won the opening stage in fine form. On one of the ugliest bicycles I have ever seen in my life. But, he’ll still look damn good in yellow. I mean, who doesn’t look good in yellow? In case you require a quick brush up on just what the hell Phil and Paul are talking [...]

Cycling: The sport where Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, Marijuana, Ecstasy and Alcohol became Cortisones, Albutamol, EPO, Testosterone, and Amphetamines. The July 2008 issue of Men’s Journal has a good piece on Greg LeMond. The author may or may not read drunkcyclist (he does) and you can view article here: www.mensjournal.com/feature/johnson/lemond.html. Here’s a taste: …In 1990 he [...]

Mid week hump for my first week with no job. And I ain’t complaining. From where I’m sitting, shit is tight. The Tour kicks off in three days I and don’t give a fuck. I don’t even know what the money is saying this year. Can I bet on who gets yarded the day before? [...]

It just keeps coming. It was a daring dream by an exceptional man. Daniel Hurtubise had spent two years organizing a bicycling trip across Canada with his two teen children that would raise money and increase awareness of Type 1 diabetes, the condition he lived with from age 15. They left Vancouver in mid-June, joined [...]

I believe the Chicken… was doped to the gills. From: cyclingnews.com Nearly one year after he was forced to leave the Tour de France while wearing the race leader’s maillot jaune, Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen has been suspended for two years for missing out-of-competition doping controls prior to the race. The Monaco cycling federation, with [...]

Oh Christ… SUV jumps sidewalk and strikes the girl, almost 2, and her family on a bike ride. Her mother, father and younger brother sustain broken bones and internal injuries. Suspect faces murder charge. Unreal. They guy was running from the scene of a different accident he got into earlier. A toddler was killed and [...]

Next time you hear someone in Arizona bitching about “those damn Mexicans” or whatever other colorful phrase is in vogue, remind them that not more than 160 years ago, all of this was Mexico. They call it the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It was signed on February 2, 1848. The rest of it went to [...]

I don’t really care what anyone says about this post, up or down. I’m feeling this one. I’ve listened to this song something like 72 times in the last three days. I’m exaggerating only a bit. It’s all about blow. This could be Tom Boonen’s new theme song. Interpol – Rest My Chemistry Lyrics below [...]

I believe Floyd…was doped to the gills. The Mennonite Sensation is now the first man ever stripped of a Tour title for a doping offense. Something to be proud of, I’m sure. Tour de France organizers already have said they no longer consider Floyd Landis the champion. Photo: Reuters From velonews.com: The International Court of [...]

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Some great news out of this mornings NY Times: Athletes who want to cheat by injecting themselves with a performance-enhancing drug that boosts their blood cell count can do so with little risk of getting caught, a new study indicates, possibly exposing another flaw in what is regarded as the world’s toughest anti-doping program. Little [...]