My apologies to Dirty, in a perfect world his most recent post would be left up with top billing for the next two weeks.  Looks like it has been twenty years since Paul Kimmage dropped the “Rough Ride” bomb on the cycling world. I was six at the time, busy spinning my wheels at the [...]

Amazing what a few years can change. Brian Holm has admitted that doping was a widely accepted, everyday activity back in the late 1980s and early 1990s when he was riding as a pro cyclist but insisted that riders’ attitudes have changed greatly, with doping now being the exception, rather than the rule. He knew [...]

came across this tidbit whilst surfing… from the WADA website – paragraph 8 of the “code” SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED IN PARTICULAR SPORTS P1. ALCOHOL Alcohol (ethanol) is prohibited In-Competition only, in the following sports. Detection will be conducted by analysis of breath and/or blood. The doping violation threshold (haematological values) is 0.10 g/L. Aeronautic (FAI) Archery [...]

Seen those new Nike commercials? The one’s that go “Boom!”? Yeah. Boom. That’s what they’re saying. We’ll see, of course, how it all plays out. MONTREAL – The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency says he wouldn’t be surprised if some BALCO-like revelations come out of the ongoing investigation into cycling that has Lance Armstrong [...]

A few of these links are getting a little long in the tooth, but the story just keeps unfolding in front of us. Another iced latte? Sure. And bring me a donut as well. This may take a few minutes. From: bgw ….ettore torri, italy’s anti-doping prosecutor ain’t pulling his punches…just telling it like it [...]

Stefan Matschiner has revealed details of how he helped his athletes carry out blood doping and has promised further revelations about how he helped them cheat in a book he plans to call ‘Borderline’. The Austrian was the agent for Bernhard Kohl, Michael Rasmussen and 20 other high-level triathletes and runners until 2008. He was [...]

Belgian magazine Humo has published claims from an individual with the Astana team, who alleges that Alberto Contador used Clenbuterol after the Criterium du Dauphiné as part of a weight-loss treatment. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity, claims that the Spaniard had blood extracted between that race and the Tour when, crucially, traces [...]

Former US criterium champion Kirk O’Bee has been hit with a lifetime ban from the sport, incurring the ban after a positive test for EPO plus proof that he had purchased doping substances on multiple occasions. www.velonation.com/News/ID/5926/OBee-hit-with-lifetime-ban-for-multiple-doping-offences.aspx Awesome. I feel great. I’m kidding. The panel also disqualified O’Bee’s results back to Oct. 3, 2005, including [...]

I had plans to do a post today about some quality riding I have gotten to do over the past five days here in Colorado, but alas if it bleeds, it leads.  And by “bleed” I mean, has to deal with professional cyclists doping.  Hump day started so good, free coffee and treats for us [...]

Credit to Santiago for the pic.

Alright, so it was late (for me) when I posted this up last night, but wanted to do some writing on this. I am very happy for Thor “Motherfucking” Hushovd to have won this world championship. I am also happy (as someone said in the comments section already) as a self admitted non-fan of Cadel [...]