image: isteroids.com
Ever repentant Kohl discusses the horror of living a double life as a doper: 

Interviewed in the Swiss newspaper nzz.ch, the Austrian said that not 100 percent of the peloton doped. “There are a few riders who are clean, that may well be – but it’s not very many.”
“You have your good friends in the [...]

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 [...]

I want to start this one off with a little trip created by photographer Kieth Loutit out of Austrailia. 

I find that previous visual somewhat apropos considering the next nugget (pun) of news dished up by more than a few, but most memorably the quote went something like…
 
“…messing with drugs can only lead downhill…”
Ha ha, oh man, my [...]

Holy shit, just read this:
Freiburg report details cycling’s dark side
The findings of an independent commission have broken new ground on systemic doping on one of the sport’s most successful teams. It has been revealed that two doctors from the Freiburg University Clinic ran an organised doping programme for the enormously successful German Telekom/T-mobile squad [...]

Got this link sent in a few times. Oh my.
Boonen: “cocaine is everywhere”
Tom Boonen’s recreational drug problem continues to make headlines in Belgium, where the rider is a public superstar. In an interview with the three-time Paris-Roubaix winner, dating back from the end of 2008, Boonen talks openly about his use of the drug. [...]

The first time it was kinda funny. Boom Boom likes the nose powder. Kid’s a fucking dumbass. I put up www.letboonenride.com. Now it’s like come the fuck on. You’re facing a shit storm of trouble. At twenty eight. Criminal Charges loom. Team will dump you. Racing [...]

Zack.

Miss B.
Shindaggers on Thursday. It was Satisfactory. Slight bruising. De la Garza was up on the mic at one point, I think that’s were it went to eleven. Then they pulled more punk into the rock towards the end of it. I always like that. Persons bounce. Boots stomp. Flip-flops worry. Good times.

Friday I made [...]

Seems Rebellin has some explaining to do, and maybe the former Gerolsteiner team manager, too! Davide Rebellin’s former teammates Bernie Kohl and Stephan Schumacher already tested positive for CERA, and now La Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting that Rebellin tested positive from the Olympics. Fucking dopers.
More info over at Cycling News.

Super hero check. Don the spandex.

from: Bert O.
subject: Festivus Australius

Fruita Fat Tire festival has had a baby. Now in it’s third year in the shadow of the appropriately named Mt Remarkable in Melrose South Australia.
35kms of prime single track, two pubs, cool bike shop and great coffee, food and even wine for the civilized types. [...]

I believe Tyler… was doped to the gills.
I recently was able to secure purchase of the domain name ibelievetyler.com. I picked up the dot net version three or four of five years ago, mostly on a whim, and subsequently made a collection of “I believe” sites. (See ibelievefloyd.com, ibelievemayo.com, ibelieverasmussen.com, ibelievethechicken.com, ibelievevino.com.) [...]