Back in January, following developments in baseball’s doping saga, Dave McKenna asked (what I think is) an interesting question:
Why not go after the Biggest Kahuna of all the alleged drug cheats: Lance Armstrong?
Unlike Tejada, Armstrong has represented America and been named to various White House panels.
By the evidential standard used in the Mitchell Report — [...]

On the lighter side of life, I ate pretty good shit rolling through campus the other day. En route, back from the DMV where I retrieved a title to the car I sold, I clipped a pedal on an uneven cobbled corner and as Miller said… “You got Godsmacked”. My hands didn’t leave the bars. [...]

If nothing else, the man is not afraid of a microphone.
VN: Can you be confident in a winner of this Tour?
GL: Yes, because they’re finally making changes. Look at Taylor Phinney, he only just started racing and two years later he won the junior world championship. I recently read an interview with Davis and [...]

Cycling: The sport where Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, Marijuana, Ecstasy and Alcohol became Cortisones, Albutamol, EPO, Testosterone, and Amphetamines.
The July 2008 issue of Men’s Journal has a good piece on Greg LeMond. The author may or may not read drunkcyclist (he does) and you can view article here: www.mensjournal.com/feature/johnson/lemond.html.
Here’s a taste:
…In 1990 he won [...]

I believe the Chicken… was doped to the gills.

From: cyclingnews.com
Nearly one year after he was forced to leave the Tour de France while wearing the race leader’s maillot jaune, Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen has been suspended for two years for missing out-of-competition doping controls prior to the race.
The Monaco cycling federation, with whom the 34 [...]

I believe Floyd…was doped to the gills.
The Mennonite Sensation is now the first man ever stripped of a Tour title for a doping offense.
Something to be proud of, I’m sure.

Tour de France organizers already have said they no longer consider Floyd Landis the champion.
Photo: Reuters

From velonews.com:
The International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) [...]

Some great news out of this mornings NY Times:
Athletes who want to cheat by injecting themselves with a performance-enhancing drug that boosts their blood cell count can do so with little risk of getting caught, a new study indicates, possibly exposing another flaw in what is regarded as the world’s toughest anti-doping program.
Little risk of [...]

Friday was one hell of a day. I had flatted the front tire on my cross bike about week prior while pedaling my happy ass back from the jobby job. Since I’ve got a garage full of bikes, I left her at home and ran through a couple of worthy alternates for some [...]

So, he likes the blow.

Sign the petition below to be heard by, well, no one in particular. Dude likes the ski lodge. And he’s available for kid’s parties, wedding and bar mitzvahs this July. ‘Cause he sure as shit ain’t gonna be in France that month. You should see him whip [...]

I’m not sure how this will all play out yet. Well, no one is. But it looks like some good news from where I’m standing.
From: Michael
Subject: A win for Liberty!
At long last, some good news regarding American Liberty!
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the court, said, “The laws and Constitution are [...]

The advances in gene therapy have been huge. There is a recent article in Sports Illustrated outlining the current state of the technology. It does have medical application, e.g. reversing or limiting muscle wasting diseases. The scientists behind this research report being contacted after publication by many athletes/coaches, included a high school coach offering his [...]

From velonews.com
Boonen tests positive for cocaine
Paris-Roubaix winner and former world champion Tom Boonen has tested positive for cocaine, Het Laatste Nieuws reported on Tuesday.
Confirmation of the story came from WADA and the Flemish sources responsible for drug-testing in the north of Belgium.
The newspaper said that the 27-year-old Boonen tested positive for the drug three days [...]

Tonight we’re going with the Daiquiri. Why? Because I have all the ingredients and I need a drink.
The Daiquiri is thought to have been developed in the late 1800’s in Cuba as a medicinal treatment for malaria. Today it is enjoyed as a light cocktail and can be blended for a Frozen Daiquiri.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 [...]

I’ll lead out the gate with this one, because it’s about the coolest thing I’ve seen all day. And, I might tell you, I’ve seen a lot today already. Check it: bicyclepaintings.com. My favorite so far (and there is a whole lot to choose from) is Andy Hampsten’s Giro bike.
New movie [...]

This came out today (5/15/08) in cyclingnews.com
Reminiscent of what Rassmussen is accused of:
Balco head reveals methods, offers anti-doping advice
After masterminding a designer steroids ring which allowed athletes to cheat without detection, former BALCO head Victor Conte is now offering up detailed accounts of the doping regime used by top track and field athletes and giving [...]

Lance-Trek decided to dump Greg Lemond. Lemond was suing them it looks like. Because they were dissing Lemond Bikes, I think. That’s what is alleged in the complaint, read items 9-13 here, Lance-Trek provides the link. Lance Trek Bikes
Greg Lemond just isn’t enough of a whore. Because if he was, when confronted with the reality [...]

 
I’ve used the same title, and now I’m going to cut and past the editors note right in here. Three is nothing more for me to add. Read this. Now.
…the following is an essay written by 1984 Olympic gold medalist Alexi Grewal. A full article on Grewal and his admitted use of [...]

Anti-doping officials at the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) requested Wednesday that Tour of Italy champion Danilo Di Luca be banned for two years after an abnormal doping test.
The abnormal result was returned after the 17th stage of the Giro from Linz in Austria to Monte Zoncolan on May 30. Check it: afp.google.com
Stick a [...]

The ramifications of doping spread out like fire through a house of sleeping people. It takes jobs, it sends people into severe moral quandaries, it exposes them to legal jeopardy that can cost then tens of thousands of dollars just for being around.
It’s a game played by narcissists that brings down the good.
From Velonews
The soigneur [...]

Charles Manantan has a new piece titled absolute bullshit over at pezcycling. I am with him for the call to create a stronger riders union that can represent the interests of the professional cycling athlete. There absolutely needs to be a strong, robust, transparent organization in place and pronto. Either through a [...]