You can draw a line in the sand across which we have the testimony of George Hincapie on one side and all that which came before hand on the other. Greg Lemond, Betsy and Frankie Andreu, David Walsh, Emma O’Reilly, Filippo Simeoni, all were attacked on the basis of character. It was said they are [...]

Yes, the man has come clean. Well, as much as he could, I suppose, in his present situation. There are those that will never believe him, or believe in him, again. But, I believe in him more now than perhaps I ever have. He recently sent a letter out to folks taking ownership of the [...]

I came across a pretty cool article in Outside Magazine the other day about doping in amateur ranks of cycling. The author decided to be the guinea pig in an experiment to see how Testosterone would affect his cycling. It is a ballsy move by the author and I don’t think anything like this has ever [...]

The latest on the Armstrong Investigation: The Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport reported Thursday that U.S. investigators are working with their Italian counterparts to review millions of dollars’ worth of financial transactions involving physician Michele Ferrari and several high-profile cyclists. La Gazzetta’s Luca Gialanella reported that U.S. Food and Drug Administration criminal division [...]

Who am I kidding? It’s not like they’d have me. (Can’t remember if I had even applied to that school. Let’s assume I did & they didn’t.) To quote the late, great, Groucho Marx; “I would not join any club that would have someone like me for a member.” Who and what? Zirbel now free [...]

May you rest in peace, Marco. You were once a King. When I think of Marco Pantani, I first think of a photo from the French newspaper, L’Equipe. On Stage 12 of the Tour de France, along with the rest of the peloton, Marco sits in the middle of the road, his bike next to [...]

We’re often (as a matter of course) a day late & a dollar short around these parts. The recent chatter regarding Landis/Kimmage being no exception to this doctrine of halfassedery. Paul Kimmage interviewed Floyd Landis a few days before Thanksgiving of ’10. Their 7 hour conversation was distilled into Kimmage’s Sunday Times article published yesterday, [...]

Alberto has been suspended for a year. Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has been suspended for one year because of his failed doping test during last year’s race, according to the Spanish newspaper El Pais. . . . El Pais also reported that Contador will be stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title. [...]

There are two sides to the current debate; those that support a legalization of use, and those that call for continued restriction on drug use in professional cycling. That may be, frankly, a gross oversimplification of the issue at hand. These are, really, two ends of a broad spectrum, with the current state of affairs [...]

Lance Armstrong said Saturday he was losing no sleep despite the threat of a federal investigation into alleged doping practices casting a cloud over his stunning career. “It has no effect on my life – zero,” said the American. http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/01/news/armstrong-defiant-on-doping-claims_155525. You are alone in that, Mr. Armstrong. If you are convicted, it will hurt many. [...]

Facts are scarce at the moment. Which is another way of saying; I have no idea. But, it doesn’t look good. Cyclingnews has gathered information that the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is in the process of appealing a case against American cyclist Phillip Zajicek. Cyclingnews also understands that the American was cleared of purchasing EPO [...]

From: Colin M. Subject: With all this local pro doping conversation going on lately… I wish someone would be brave enough to do what this former pro runner did. http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-243-521–13729-1-1X2X3X4X5X6X7X8-9,00.html (The Confessions of Eddy Hellebuyck) I was reading this article last night and I wanted to share it. Finally, unless I missed someone’s book, a [...]