I hope to see a lot out of the lad this July. From: Jean-Marie Read this: As he won the “Critérium du Dauphiné” today, Wiggins declared that Contador on the Tour was not a good thing this year. “It’s not a good thing that a guy tested positive four times may be allowed to race. Read the full article…

What’s the latest being thrown around? Two words: Witness, and Tampering. Yeah, file that one under really bad idea. Witness tampering is the real deal. (18 U.S.C. § 1512. Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/718/usc_sec_18_00001512—-000-.html.) Tyler Hamilton’s lawyers on Monday formally notified federal authorities about a weekend incident they consider to be Read the full article…

I just got a heads up text message from my man Fitty. Zajicek. Suspended. For. Life. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has announced the life-time suspension of former Fly V Australia rider Phil Zajicek after he admitted to a second doping offense for purchasing erythropoietin (EPO), and a third doping offense for providing false testimony at Read the full article…

Boom goes the dynamite. Lance Armstrong just got eviscerated by 60 Minutes. We already know that former teammate Tyler Hamilton said that he saw Armstrong take EPO, testosterone, and a blood transfusion during the Tour de France. CBS also says that George Hincapie told a grand jury that he saw it too. But the most Read the full article…

You can draw a line in the sand across which we have the testimony of George Hincapie on one side and all that which came before hand on the other. Greg Lemond, Betsy and Frankie Andreu, David Walsh, Emma O’Reilly, Filippo Simeoni, all were attacked on the basis of character. It was said they are Read the full article…

Yes, the man has come clean. Well, as much as he could, I suppose, in his present situation. There are those that will never believe him, or believe in him, again. But, I believe in him more now than perhaps I ever have. He recently sent a letter out to folks taking ownership of the Read the full article…

I came across a pretty cool article in Outside Magazine the other day about doping in amateur ranks of cycling. The author decided to be the guinea pig in an experiment to see how Testosterone would affect his cycling. It is a ballsy move by the author and I don’t think anything like this has ever Read the full article…

The latest on the Armstrong Investigation: The Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport reported Thursday that U.S. investigators are working with their Italian counterparts to review millions of dollars’ worth of financial transactions involving physician Michele Ferrari and several high-profile cyclists. La Gazzetta’s Luca Gialanella reported that U.S. Food and Drug Administration criminal division Read the full article…

Who am I kidding? It’s not like they’d have me. (Can’t remember if I had even applied to that school. Let’s assume I did & they didn’t.) To quote the late, great, Groucho Marx; “I would not join any club that would have someone like me for a member.” Who and what? Zirbel now free Read the full article…

May you rest in peace, Marco. You were once a King. When I think of Marco Pantani, I first think of a photo from the French newspaper, L’Equipe. On Stage 12 of the Tour de France, along with the rest of the peloton, Marco sits in the middle of the road, his bike next to Read the full article…

We’re often (as a matter of course) a day late & a dollar short around these parts. The recent chatter regarding Landis/Kimmage being no exception to this doctrine of halfassedery. Paul Kimmage interviewed Floyd Landis a few days before Thanksgiving of ’10. Their 7 hour conversation was distilled into Kimmage’s Sunday Times article published yesterday, Read the full article…

Alberto has been suspended for a year. Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has been suspended for one year because of his failed doping test during last year’s race, according to the Spanish newspaper El Pais. . . . El Pais also reported that Contador will be stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title. Read the full article…