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The 2010 ban on bikes in Black Hawk was overturned by the Colorado Supreme Court yesterday. State law allows local municipalities to prohibit bikes from the streets only when there’s an alternate route within 450′. Three cyclists were ticketed $68 apiece and appealed them. Locals were able to commute by […]
Operation Veto lays bare extent of criminal assault on football’s worldwide credibility By Keir Radnedge,Chairman-AIPS Football Commission,www.keirradnedge.com After Operacion Puerto, attacking doping in sport out of Spain, football has Operation Veto . . . revealed as the co-ordinating process between European and international police chasing down matchfixing worldwide. Europol, the […]
The UCI has decided to dissolve its independent commission that would have investigated the role played by its directors in the Armstrong scandal. They’ve decided instead to form a “Truth and Reconciliation” commission. There is so much contention between the UCI, WADA and the USADA who has refused to cooperate. […]
Former Rabobank cyclist Grischa Niermann has admitted having doped while on the Rabobank team. He said he doped many times using EPO while with the team from 2000-2003. He was part of the team for a dozen years. He said that in 2003 he realized doping was not the path […]
First time This will be a historic first edition of the Tour de France in Corsica.Together with the Tour de France, Corsica is planning to make the “Grand Depart” unforgettable. Corsica is known as the Island of Beauty. It is planning to showcase its terrain and roads that are meant […]
Spain is beginning its trial of Eufemiano Fuentes, of Operation Puerto fame and later detailed in the tell all book by Tyler Hamilton. He’s been accused of running an one of the largest sports doping rings in the world. In May 2006 his offices were raided by Spanish police where they […]
Italian victory in the final stage of the Tour de San Luis – Contador abseil total The 154.7 km long seventh and last stage of the Tour San Luis started in San Luis and ended on a hilltop in Juana Koslay. A group of riders tried to get sprinters ahead […]
Finally, Bernard Hinault has publicly commented on the Lance Armstrong saga and doping in cycling while in Australia for the Tour Down Under. Hinault won the Tour de France 5 times. He said “Lance Armstrong is not the first (cyclist) to have hurt cycling. We must fight against this problem. […]
There have been varying coments in Europe in reaction to the Lance Armstrong-Oprah Winfrey interview. Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee has said that it’s a sad story. But he said one needs to look at it as an opportunity, a turning point for a new spirit in […]
Astana Pro Team kicked off its 2013 season on Monday in Argentina at the Tour de San Luis, racing 164km from San Luis to Villa Mercedes. All riders finished safely in the main bunch after a fast and windy stage won by former World Champion Mark Cavendish of the UK […]
