It’s coming into focus now. With doping its always 2-3 or 5 years down the line that it all makes sense. Of course, by that time, the products have been tipped into the urinal, or in one special case, down the sink. We learn from this article, some little facts about HemoPure. I remember some [...]

Today’s question: How many checks did Jan Ullrich write to Eufemiano Fuentes and for how much? Show me the money! Switzerland’s supreme court on Monday gave authorities the green light to hand over details of Jan Ullrich’s Swiss bank accounts to German magistrates examining doping-related offenses. Source: velonews.com This is going to get very interesting.

It seems that the UCI has asked the team, to withdraw Rasmussen from its Tour team (source: AFP – article: “La direction du Tour embarrassée par l’affaire Rasmussen) & HLN Source: cycling4all.com That’s what they’re claiming. Whether there is much to it, I can’t really say. They mention the following article as support of the [...]

After uncorking the time trial of his life on Saturday to retain the yellow jersey going into the first of three tough stages in the Pyrenees, Rabobank’s Michael Rasmussen was once again asked about allegations that in 2002 he had attempted to trick a friend into delivering him a package of hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier made [...]

I guess the men in black story had something to it after all. Leading the Tour means nothing to the Danish National Team. You toe the line, or you stay home. Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen has been axed from the Danish national team and told he will not take part in either the [...]

Hey all. Here is what I can figure out. The guys at ARD and ZDF decided to pull coverage because it is still ‘a farce’. By that I mean as I mentioned in my reply to the original post, I said we all pay TV tax, to get better coverage, less commercials, uncensored boobs (ok, [...]

This is an old one, but it’s making the rounds again. Must be Tour time or something. Back in January of 2006 I posted a transcript of an instant message between Frankie Andreu (FDREU) and Jonathan Vaughters (Cyclevaughters) the morning of July 26, 2005. Cyclevaughters: yeah, it’s very complex how the avoid all the controls [...]

Today I rode my single speed for three hours. I still weight 210 pounds. I ate all the turkey yesterday. I am not happy. And so it goes. Jan Ullrich’s attorneys are trying to prevent Swiss investigators from turning over documents from the Bank Credit Suisse to German investigators, the German news magazine FOCUS has [...]

Zabel puts it out there: Amnesty. Erik Zabel has called for an amnesty for those who confess to having doped. “I see an amnesty as the chance for cycling,” he told the German magazine, Welt am Sonntag. “The International Olympic Committee, the UCI and the national federations could set a deadline, giving everyone until that [...]

Matthias Kessler fired by after positive B-sample. Team Astana has fired Matthias Kessler following the positive results of his B-sample, the team announced Friday. Swiss Cycling, the national federation responsible for Kessler, had earlier in the day officially announced the results of the B-sample. “The B-sample confirms the A-sample,” said Lorenz Schlaefli, the director of [...]

I can’t wait for this to drop. Former T-Mobile leader Jan Ullrich, who was implicated in the Spanish Operacion Peurto affair, will soon be holding a conference where he will talk in detail about “the events of the last few years”, according to Sports Wereld. “I will talk, and I will give my detailed opinion [...]

Did I read that right, eighty five to one? Matthias Kessler’s B-sample has also tested positive for testosterone, with an equally “exorbitantly high value” as the A-sample, according to the Sueedeutsche Zeitung, leading the newspaper to say that he had “obviously been caught in flagranti.” The German rider tested positive on April 24, and the [...]