Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Monday, 12 November 2012
Dont you just luv Lances latest tweet,'' just hanging around at home" His world is crumbling around him, all his sponsers have left him, people/corparations are lining up there Lawyers to recover millions of dollars and Lance replies with this !
I am half way thru Tyler Hamilton's book "The Secret Race" wow! riveting stuff, no holds barred, Tyler names everyone involved, the processes, dates and places, although they were not alone, all the big teams were doing it as well and long before US Postal arrived at the front of the Peleton.
But Lance's penchant for perfection meant they just did it better!!
Remember not one rider, went positive (convicted) at Postal/Discovery, many that left didn't fair so well though!
I am half way thru Tyler Hamilton's book "The Secret Race" wow! riveting stuff, no holds barred, Tyler names everyone involved, the processes, dates and places, although they were not alone, all the big teams were doing it as well and long before US Postal arrived at the front of the Peleton.
But Lance's penchant for perfection meant they just did it better!!
Remember not one rider, went positive (convicted) at Postal/Discovery, many that left didn't fair so well though!
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Hamilton on Tinkov: His return is a setback for cycling

Hamilton's claims follow in quick succession after revealing his former CSC team director Bjarne Riis was aware of his relationship with doctor Eufemiano Fuentes.
Hamilton has reportedly told Sportken.dk that Tinkov expressed his attitude toward untold practices at the team's first meeting. The American joined Tinkoff Credit Systems in 2007 after serving a two-year ban for failing a blood test at the 2004 Vuelta a EspaƱa.
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Obree calls the UCI a chum-ocracy
Scotsman recalls his refusal to dope after breaking the hour record
Graeme Obree has called for change at the UCI, suggesting that the international governing body of cycling should be reformed with far more involvement from sponsors, teams and the riders.Speaking to the Scotland on Sunday newspaper, the former hour record holder and cycling maverick described the current structure of cycling's international governing body as a chum-ocracy.
Several leading media including The Times, L'Equipe and Gazzetta dello Sport have drawn up a manifesto for credible cycling, which includes a "cycling summit" before the start of the 2013 season in order to define the new organization and new rules. Obree agrees.
Monday, 5 November 2012
UCI to investigate Vinokourov's Liege-Bastogne-Liege victory
The UCI has confirmed to Cyclingnews that it will open an official investigation into Alexandre Vinokourov's victory at the 2010 edition of Liege-Bastogne-Liege after details of payments to Alexandr Kolobnev were revealed by the Italian police investigation into Dr. Michele Ferrari.
The allegations of Vinokourov paying off the Russian so he could secure victory in the Ardennes classic after returning from a ban for blood doping were first published by the L'illustre newspaper in Switzerland in 2011. Vinokourov and Kolobnev rubbished the accusations at the time and the UCI refused to open an investigation due to a lack of proof.
Read more !
The allegations of Vinokourov paying off the Russian so he could secure victory in the Ardennes classic after returning from a ban for blood doping were first published by the L'illustre newspaper in Switzerland in 2011. Vinokourov and Kolobnev rubbished the accusations at the time and the UCI refused to open an investigation due to a lack of proof.
Read more !
Thursday, 1 November 2012
The Rabobank Years: A Look Back
Today's news that Rabobank will stop sponsoring both their men's and women's teams following on from the fallout of the USADA report and their own shady past has rocked the sport. Whatever you think of their riders past and present and their management there's no doubting that in the seventeen years that they've been in the sport they've given us many memories. Good times, bad times
Full Story : http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=10890

Full Story : http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=10890
Orica-GreenEdge dismisses Matt White
Orica-GreenEdge dismisses Matt White
Team begins external review led by former WADA director

Orica-GreenEdge has announced the immediate dismissal of sports director Matt White, meantime an external review into the team and its practices will be led by experienced anti-doping expert, Nicki Vance.
White was identified as Rider 9 in Floyd Landis' evidence in USADA's Reasoned Decision documentation to the UCI. On October 13, White stood down from his role with Orica-GreenEdge and confessed to his own involvement in "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen." Four days later he was sacked from his role with Cycling Australia where he was men's professional road co-ordinator.
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