Monday update
The DCU's Jesper Worre thinks Riis should have fired Frank Schleck, and wonders why he is treated differently than Basso. The answer to that question is patently obvious, and his name is Andy.
Interesting interview with Christophe Laurent.
Help. More Twitter from DZ.
Comprehensive list of doping cases in cycling in 2008. Long enough for you?
Pass the Pepto-bismol.
Roger Legeay on the end of Credit Agricole.
Does anyone get the feeling that this year's Giro is going to be a total nutty circus?
Cozy Beehive raises safety concerns: "I feel we're losing logic and sight of reality by going to extreme lengths to lighten every single thing out there while ignoring structural stability."
CaliRado Cyclist reads between the headlines.
An interesting proposal on how to save American cycling.
Can someone please just tell me once and for all, what is the proper way to spell this team's name in English?
If there is any possible reason that I might actually want to watch the Giro this year, despite the presence of many of those riders who I really can't stand, this is it.
A sadly common health problem of cyclists, iliac endofibrosis, strikes again.
On the CERA front, I've heard that the Italian NAS police were well aware of possible use in the peloton as early as 2005. Not that it matters, seeing as McQuaid is too terrified of retro-active testing to do anything about it.
IT Factory's ex-head Bagger has quite a story to tell.... and it seems that the sponsorship arrangement between Saxo Bank and IT Factory involved IT Factory paying off Saxo Bank to be allowed to take over half the title sponsorship. Details are explained at CSC Forums, and they do not cast Saxo Bank itself in a particularly good light. Riis meanwhile has begun laying off parts of his administrative staff in an attempt to cut costs and stay afloat.
Several emailers tell me that Rock Racing is over and done with. Rock themselves deny it.
Blake Caldwell interview.
So what ever happened to the bio-passport results, which were supposed to be announced in November?
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I don't know what the proper English spelling of that team would be but it reads "Katjoosha".
I think the English spelling is Kayusha
Or Katyusha - cyrillic alphabet here. Let's just hope that the parallel to the Katyusha rockets is accidental. Oh wait...
Does anyone think the Giro's totally lax doping controls factor into who is gonna ride?
Love the course, though. It will be some great racing.
Floyd Landis stage 17 = CERA
Thanks, the official winner is Katyusha.
The team dynamic must be a little hard, ridiculous American youth dominated after all, but Laurent still strikes me as a bit of a whiner.
Not that we don't hear it time and time again from Americans who go abroad and can't make it work, but in that instance I get the feeling that its more of an issue of not compromising personal integrity (doping) that is covered by the old 'the language barrier foreign food, lonely' excuse.
I mean come on, everyone wants to ride the Tour and no team just takes whoever. His head must be in the clouds, he's not exactly had the most remarkable career, far from a Tour roster lock.
Furthermore, anyone can look online and learn that Girona is in the Catalan speaking part of the world.
The guy professed a desire for adventure, but clearly wasn't really up for.
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