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 Read the full article…
A call for amnesty
In doping news
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 Read the full article…
Jan Ullrich to sing like a bird?
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 Read the full article…
Matthias Kessler’s B-sample positive
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 Read the full article…
Joerg Jaksche Der Spiegel article translation
This was originally on the website spoke-n-word-cycles.com. I’m posting it here on Drunkcyclist to save them from the traffic hit linking that page will cause. Many thanks to the fine folks at Spoke-n-Word Cycles for providing this translation. So here we go. Der Spiegel has been publishing an incredible number of stories about doping in Read the full article…
Doping at Mapei?
Is there really “Proof of systematic doping at Mapei?” Could be. We’ll be hearing more on this one, I’m sure of that. The truth wants to come out. Documents have surfaced in Italy which offer proof of systematic doping by the defunct Italian Team Mapei, according to German television station ARD. During the 2001 season Read the full article…
Petacchi back out
The script has been flipped and Alessandro Petacchi will not be at start line of this years Tour de France. Oh, my head is spinning around in circle. He’s in, he’s out, in, back out. Are we set yet? Alessandro Petacchi lost his spot on Milram’s Tour de France team on Wednesday after being charged Read the full article…
Implicated on the Internet
This is an instant message between Frankie Andreu (FDREU) and Jonathan Vaughters (Cyclevaughters) the morning of July 26, 2005. it was was originally posted on CBC Sports Online on January 3, 2006: Cyclevaughters: frankie – hey – thanks for talking the other day FDREU: no problem, where are you Cyclevaughters: back in CO FDREU: nice, Read the full article…
Beneficial effects of erythropoietin
I found this article titled: Beneficial effects of erythropoietin on haematological parameters, aerobic capacity, and body fluid composition in patients on haemodialysis. To be certain, haemodialysis is serious business. Not fun at all. These were some sick people. But look at these numbers: Eleven patients on haemodialysis were treated with erythropoietin (EPO), 50-200 U kg-1 Read the full article…
Oh my…and the shit hits the fan a little faster
So after a weekend of running our first ever mountain bike festival into the history books and pouring a week’s worth of Deschutes Brewing’s production down my neck I felt pretty good about the world. Then this morning I returned to work and began the day with my usual “Coffee and Scandal” fifteen minutes on Read the full article…
Greg Lemond interviewed by Paul Kimmage
This one is definitely than worth your time. “There are a lot of unhealthy people that are driven to sports and they are driven by their own demons, their own past. You see it in business too; I’ve known some very successful, wealthy people and they are the most unhappy people you will ever meet. Read the full article…
Jörg Jaksche admits doping
The birds are singing… German Jörg Jaksche, one of dozens of cyclists implicated in the Operación Puerto doping scandal that erupted last year, admitted Saturday that he used banned substances for years. “I’m Bella. It’s my blood which was found in three bags (at Dr Fuentes offices). I was a client of Dr. Fuentes from Read the full article…