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I wish I could have been at the Giro this year but with the world economy where it is, I need to hold out for the Tour. But judging by what happened today with Astana, I feel a little better. Apparently sponsors of Team Astana have not paid the team […]
Cocaine was found following a doping control on Belgian sprinter Tom Boonen. This is the second in-competition positive test for cocaine in a year and the third time since November 2007. Boonen blames the pressure from the sport. He says he really has a problem with alcohol and has had […]
While awaiting Saturday’s start of the Giro d’Italia, Lance Armstrong called Colorado Governor Bill Ritter to ask why there’s no Tour of Colorado. There’s a Tour of California, Missouri, Indiana and there was the beloved Red Zinger/Coors Classic which ran until 1988. The European stars of that time came to […]
After additional doping tests from the summer Olympics, silver medalist David Rebellin and Stefan Schumacher were found to have doped. Schumacher is already serving a two year ban for positive tests at the Tour de France. Armstrong is back racing at the Tour de Gila in southern New Mexico and […]
Tyler Hamilton has announced his retirement from cycling. He was caught in an out of competition doping test prior to the Tour of California in February. He’s admitted to having used DHEA, a steriod banned in cycling, but which is used to treat depression in homeopathic medications. He says depression […]
Chris Horner crashed in the Tour of the Basque Country and had to abandon after injuring his shoulder. Lance vs the French continues. Apparently as soon as it was known that Lance was training in the south of France last month, a French AFLD agent was dispatched to check up […]
The Boulder Indoor Cycling venue is quickly becoming the place to be for cycling enthusiasts from near and far. It’s a really cool place housing a 142-meter indoor wooden track with 45-degree corners and 16-degree straights. In case you’re not going fast enough on the track you can have a […]
Lance underwent successful surgery for his broken clavicle which was fractured into 4 pieces. A stainless steel plate as well as 12 screws were used in the repair, which is more than what’s typical but what was needed in this case. Lance went home to his Austin house to recuperate. […]
Lance Armstrong was involved in a group crash about 20k from the finish at Baltanas during the Castille-et-Leon race in Spain. He was evacuated to a university hospital in Valladolid. He has a non-complicated fracture of his right collarbone. He is now not expecting to participate in the Giro d’Italia, […]
