The good Dr. Ferrari is still working with professional cyclists. Awesome. Controversial Italian sports doctor Dr Michele Ferrari has revealed he still works with 10 professional riders but refused to name them and insists he has always been against doping. Ferrari confirmed that Lance Armstrong is no longer one of his clients but said he [...]

First we had the catch. Then we had the apology. Now we have the ban. Williams handed two-year ban by USADA Kenny Williams has been handed a two-year ban by the United States Anti-doping Agency (USADA) as a result of a positive drug test at the USA Cycling Masters Track National Championships in August. Williams [...]

Appears that Spanish authorities uncovered yet another doping ring and arrested an acquaintance of Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes who was also formerly associated with the Kelme squad. A number of athletes were taken into custody, including cyclists and…. a prominent Spanish race walker. A race walker? Are you fuggin serious? I’ve heard rumblings of pro golfers [...]

To my friends, clients, competitors and USA Cycling officials, My name is Kenny Williams and I’ve been racing my bike for 20 years. In June 2009 I broke and had surgery on my left collarbone. In my haste to return to the top of my game I purchased DHEA at the local Drug Store, without [...]

Image by our own Snake Hawk. Just because he could. Download at will. Do as you please. PDF: VDB_posse (right click, save as) Trackback: vdbhasaposse.com. (url redirect to drunkcyclist) Good write up on VDB: http://zkahlina.ca/eng/2009/10/16/frank-vandenbrucke/.

Not to make light of anything said here in the past day or two, but goddammit if this whole VDB thing isn’t just bugging the shit out of me. It’s been the elephant in the room of my cycling spectatorship since Pantani gave up.  It really bothers me that we put so much emphasis on [...]

babies and hangovers: they go together like jihad and a plane ticket. conceptually, they are best of friends. just ask this dude:   i think i found the well last night.  It came in the form of a little number i like to call a “nighthawk,” which is like a redbull/vodka, only the point is to [...]

Tomorrow is Mont Ventoux. Pretenders need not apply. I’ll be on my sofa in my underwear hollering something fierce come morning. After I do much the same all night. Because it’s Friday and I’m struggling with my midlife crisis. And by “midlife crisis” I mean “thought I’d try law school”. I’m a lot of things. [...]

Holy shit, just read this: Freiburg report details cycling’s dark side The findings of an independent commission have broken new ground on systemic doping on one of the sport’s most successful teams. It has been revealed that two doctors from the Freiburg University Clinic ran an organised doping programme for the enormously successful German Telekom/T-mobile [...]

Got this link sent in a few times. Oh my. Boonen: “cocaine is everywhere” Tom Boonen’s recreational drug problem continues to make headlines in Belgium, where the rider is a public superstar. In an interview with the three-time Paris-Roubaix winner, dating back from the end of 2008, Boonen talks openly about his use of the [...]

The first time it was kinda funny. Boom Boom likes the nose powder. Kid’s a fucking dumbass. I put up www.letboonenride.com. Now it’s like come the fuck on. You’re facing a shit storm of trouble. At twenty eight years of age. Criminal Charges loom. Team will dump you. Racing ban awaits. Will miss Tour for [...]

Seems Rebellin has some explaining to do, and maybe the former Gerolsteiner team manager, too! Davide Rebellin’s former teammates Bernie Kohl and Stephan Schumacher already tested positive for CERA, and now La Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting that Rebellin tested positive from the Olympics. Fucking dopers. More info over at Cycling News.