This link comes from my man DMC in Belfast. www.buscatube.cl/….bjarne-riis-admits-the-use-of-scunk-crack-opium–ecstasy Ok, its a bit extreme, but if you read Willy Voet’s “Breaking the Chain” it ain’t too far off.

Yep. I kinda thought this was coming. Think Trek will want their money back? From: www.iht.com Tour de France organizers excluded the Astana team from competing at this year’s race Wednesday, forcing Alberto Contador to ride for another team if he wants to defend his title. The decision to not invite Astana to the July Read the full article…

Bombshell

This is why Dick Pound was not invited to the premiere of the latest Stallone movie: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22728530/ news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080126/ap_on_en_mo/people_stallone_hgh By the way, HGH is not simply an amino acid, it is composed of 191 amino acids. All proteins are composed of amino acids and if all you were looking for was amino acids, you can get Read the full article…

The Giro steps up and lays out the “don’t bother showing up” card. Good on ya, send ‘em packing. Managers of the four ProTour teams excluded from the Giro d’Italia are still in disbelief. Citing a selection process based on “ethics and quality,” Giro organizer RCS told Astana, Bouygues Telecom, Crédit Agricole and High Road Read the full article…

These guys are off the chain crazy. But this should at least answer the question as to what happens with a B sample once the A sample clears. I would think it would be destroyed. Rock Racing rider Kayle Leogrande is the anonymous rider filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, charging that it Read the full article…

I see this as a good thing. The labs, their work and results, must be above all scrutiny. There can be no question as their professionalism and ethics. There is far too much at stake for it to be otherwise. From: The Pis Subject: USADA overturned? Hey big jonny- Just passing along an article from Read the full article…

This is one of those “tell us what you really feel moments”: From: James Subject: shudafucup already…. somebody please make this guy go away….you ain’t James Bond biyatch…you are 00 +. you cheated…you got caught. Spent a lot of money, still got caught. Now go away and market some new acid wash def leppard jeans Read the full article…

This is from Sports Illustrated, Jan. 15, 2008. Full story here: sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/magazine/01/15/sins.of.a.father012… Sins of a Father Corey Gahan was a champion in-line skater at 13. Then his dad put him on a regimen of steroids and HgH Corey suspected that he was “doing something wrong,” but he trusted his dad and his trainer. The kid Read the full article…

As far as I know this is the first real evidence that EPO, the scourge of cycling, is also used in the National Football League. Notice I didn’t write “was”. I wrote “is”. Dana Stubblefield, a former defensive lineman in the N.F.L., pleaded guilty in federal court here Friday to charges that he made false Read the full article…

This one fucking kills me. Tyler Hamilton’s USPS 98-99 Season Helmet Up for auction is Tyler’s Team Issue Giro Boreas Helmet. At one time this was a prized piece in my cycling memorabilia collection. I was proud and happy to display it in the shop and then later in my office. I made a donation Read the full article…

The German public television station ARD had implicated all three of ‘em in a blood doping scheme through the Humanplasma lab, and Austrian-based laboratory which has facilities in Vienna. Officials from that office refused to comment when contacted by VeloNews late Tuesday and said a lawyer would be addressing questions Wednesday. However, German biathlon officials Read the full article…