Daniel Engber, of Slate, asks the question: What if Doping Were Legal?
Our attitudes may be changing. A few weeks ago, freakonomist Stephen Dubner proposed on his blog that cycling might come up with a list of approved doping agents. And on Thursday, the respected science magazine Nature published an editorial calling for similar [...]

Oh, such fun.
Astana’s Andriy Kashechkin has tested positive for a homologous blood transfusion at an out of competition control in Turkey on August 1.
The 27-year-old Kazakh is the third member of his team to fail a dope test this season, after Matthias Kessler was found to have an abnormally high level of testosterone a day [...]

This is an add on to the bush43 “All you need to know” post and your post titled: Doping expert levels charges against Contador
Let me preface this by saying I am not a professional physiologist, but this is what I’ve gathered through my graduate studies.
The following info may help you calculate if someone is performing [...]

We all knew it was coming.
Barry Bonds cemented his place in Major League Baseball history in San Francisco last night, becoming the all-time home run record holder. The Giants’ slugger hit his 756th homer to surpass the mark set by Hank Aaron 31 years ago.
The 43-year-old, on two strikes, clubbed a fastball by [...]

that doping shit again
fuck that doping shit
Anyway, here is a short (7:00 short?) piece on doping, which shows it as a two-headed monster, not only for the events won by doping and stolen from clean riders, but also for the injustice of the labs, the denial of rider rights and all that stuff.
This is a [...]

I got an email today that said, “the dividing line between those riders who get pissed about other riders doping, and those that don’t get mad is pretty stark.”
I have to agree.
Tour de France winner Alberto Contador said Thursday that the forced exit of Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen, which paved the way for his own [...]

The woman has a point:
And while we can make all the jokes we want about Floyd Landis, last year’s Tour champion, the most glorified record in American sports is on the verge of being shattered by a man with numerous ties to performance-enhancing drugs. Tour officials already don’t recognize Landis as the champion and are [...]

Credit to Bush43 for the title of this one. I can’t come up with shit like that, I’m a dumb ass.
Like you don’t know that already.
German authorities said Tuesday they have received documents from doping expert Werner Franke which he claims show Tour de France winner Alberto Contador was involved in doping.
Franke said he [...]

You just knew this was coming.
I Believe Mayo

I left for a minute to go around the corner and buy a soda. And I come back to this:
Iban Mayo tested positive for EPO on the Tour de France’s rest day, July 24, it was announced Monday night. His team Saunier Duval was informed of the positive test by the UCI and immediately [...]

Cousin Vino has hired the same two fine American Attorneys who are brilliantly steering the S.S. Landis away from the shoals. Or they’re trying to anyway. Funny thing is, they get paid the same either way.
Alexandre Vinokourov and his Astana team, forced out of the Tour de France after Vinokourov’s initial [...]

I don’t usually cite an entire article from one of the Big Cycling Websites (we are a small cycling website). But today, right here, right now, I pretty much will:
A leading German expert in the fight against doping claimed Monday to have evidence indicating that Tour de France winner Alberto Contador had used drugs.
Twenty-four [...]

I support the anti-doping effort. It isn’t easy on any side. I can understand the difficulty between the professional cyclists, race promoters and cycling organizations.
There is some truth to accusations that this is killing the sport. If the drug users, suppliers or testers are to blame is a question [...]

Watts/KG take a big, big jump when you can get that oxygen to the muscles. To do that, you need to increase the O2 carrying capacity of the blood. The ultimate test of how much O2 one can get their blood to carry, is a tough climb.
Plateau de Beille ; a steep 15.9 KM climb [...]

A reader writes:
From: fritzaholic
Subject: Kloden
Is it me, or is he setting up his defense for his failed test?
Andreas Klöden is sweating jail time. Something has him worried.
“Maybe I will quit completely, I fear that the sport will become criminalized and people will end up in prison,” added Klöden. “What will happen if somebody [...]

Thanks to everyone for the comments and emails regarding my dog, Cheeba. It is much appreciated.
File this one under “you gotta be fucking shitting me”.
Colombian Juan Mauricio Soler may be the next rider involved in a doping scandal. Danish media report that the Barloworld rider tested positive after stage fourteen.
Soler, currently the leader in [...]

This could be huge.
Germany’s 1997 Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich will tell all about the allegations of his taking drugs once the German public are ready to listen he told a German satellite television channel on Monday.
The 33-year-old retired in February having been sacked by Team T-Mobile last year when he was linked to [...]

Reader email kicking it off:
From: Robert
Subject: Armstrong, etc.
Does the tour want to come clean? Publish the exceptions list of every medication every rider took over the last 10 years. That’s right — let’s find out who was doped up legally. And don’t forget — doped up for the tour organizer’s benefit. [...]

You know it’s all gone pear shaped when you see this.

When all seems lost, Rasmussen can always rely on the fine folks (er, bovines) at the Biopure Corporation to stand behind him.