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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

I’d categorize this one under the heading “brutal assessment”. Sometimes the truth hurts, don’t it? From: SAC Subject: Armstrong, doper? Jonny– Looks like the gloves are coming off…check this: sportsillustrated.cnn.com How long until LA is stripped of 7 TdF titles? I’d say the possibility of Armstrong being stripped of one, if not all, of his [...]

Mazzoleni is out. Who had him picked? The odds were what, one to one on that? The Astana has dropped Italian rider Eddy Mazzoleni from its nine-man Tour de France team due to doping allegations…. Mazzoleni, a strong climber, has been dropped because of his implication in a doping affair dating back to 2004. Source: [...]

The hits just keep coming. From: Kt Subject: Et tu DiLuca You read the latest on Cycling News? DiLuca recorded on tape talking w/ a doctor about taking EPO prior to Milano-San Remo… shit just keeps sliding downhill… Yeah, I saw that. I’d like to say I’m surprised… But I’m not. In a recorded conversation [...]

Caught this one over at velonews.com: With the Tour de France just weeks away, there’s a high stakes game of cat and mouse between a half-dozen so-called suspect riders identified by the UCI and anti-doping testers. “We have targeted six, seven riders considered a high risk because of their suspicious behavior and because they could [...]