I believe Mayo…was doped to the gills. Spanish climbing specialist Iban Mayo became the latest rider to fail a drugs test after it was revealed he had tested positive for EPO during the Tour de France… The 29-year-old, who finished 16th in the Tour, which finished on Sunday, has been suspended by his team. “The [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 back and [...]

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 out a couple [...]

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 designed [...]

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 [...]