Former Gerolsteiner manager Hans-Michael Holczer has revealed that he went close to suspending his team’s top rider Levi Leipheimer during the 2005 Tour de France, due to suspicions of doping. The German has just released a book, entitled Garantiert Positiv, about his experiences in the pro peloton, and said that the American went extremely close [...]

As Joe Biden is prone to say, “This is a big fucking deal.” Floyd Landis took his accusations against Lance Armstrong to the airwaves Friday night, slamming the seven-time Tour de France champion with his most blunt attack yet. “I saw Lance Armstrong using drugs.” . . . “Look, at some point, people have to [...]

Get a load of this: In the ultimate drubbing of an embattled man, they are ridiculing him as a wimpy has-been, a ceremonial rider, a hapless greeter who shakes hands and kisses babies, just another spectator watching the race he used to dominate. All through France, all through the cycling domain, Lance Armstrong is seen [...]

Armstrong has enlisted the services of Los Angeles-based criminal-defense lawyer Bryan D. Daly, a former federal prosecutor and partner at the firm Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton. velonews.competitor.com. Bryan D. Daly got his J.D. from Rutgers in 1985. He is known for, among other things, his experience in fraud cases. Seems to fit what Mr. [...]

The long knives are coming out. Is Armstrong’s empire crashing around him? . . . [w]hether on the bike or in front of a microphone, Armstrong seems to have lost the finely tuned balance that saw him successfully fend off challengers, whether they were on the bike or in press row. Armstrong told reporters at [...]

I was chanting that yesterday after this driver got hell bent with me for being in the road on my bike.  This lady slurping on her big drink in hand with a big ass bright straw was not liking my manual down the road going just under speed limit which is 25 mph- she decided [...]

‘Cause I’m about to blow your door clean off. Today was not the first time Lance Armstrong got his door blown off at the Tour de France. All you folks that never heard of cycling until Boy Wonder was on the cover of a Wheaties box need to pay attention. It was the 1994 Tour [...]

The name to remember is Jeff Novitzky. Not to be confused with Dirk Nowitzki, who is a different type of badass entirely. Novitzky was heavily involved the Balco investigation. More on him here: en.wikipedia.org and nydailynews.com. Novitzky, the lead investigator in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative steroids case, is in charge of the fraud case [...]

Jan Ullrich’s former directeur sportif and mentor Rudy Pévenage has revealed that he organised trips for the German rider to visit Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes in Spain, confirming, for the first time, his involvement with the blood doping scheme unearthed in Operación Puerto. “I organised Jan Ullrich’s trips to Madrid to see Dr. Fuentes. What’s the [...]

Damn, how about these apples?? Rock Racing’s Michael Ballsack is said to be the subject of a federal search warrant. The FDA is investigating the possible use of PED’s by former members of his fancy-pants racing outfit. I guess Rock IS Dead… Michael Ball, owner of Rock Racing Team, is named in a sealed federal [...]

Look. He said what he did. He came clean. Took him years, but he did it. Someone step up and sign the guy already. Reward truthfulness. Encourage other to do the same in like situations. Push the ball forward. Clean up the sport. The alternative is that other cyclists will continue to deny everything. Because [...]

I sure hope not.  Check out  the video, let us know what you think in the comments. I’m curious to hear what the DC nation has to say about this. I don’t really know what to make of it. My first instinct is to call bullshit.  But at this point,  nothing would surprise me. Here is [...]