How is doping like a pregnancy? Because—according to the IOC, anyway—you’ve gotta wait nine months to find out whose responsible. I don’t know if they’re still sleeping in Boulder, but Velonews has yet to report that Rebellin’s positive has indeed been confirmed by IOC. Not that this means his guilty, of course, but just that…
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Team Management Lets Him Do This?
Given the problems Astana had the last time star riders were training in black jerseys in remote locations, you’d think they have a rule against this sort of thing. (via twitpic)
Schedeprijs Crash Aftermath
“I have road rash, but I think there’s worse stuff, too. My hip and ribs hurt. Fuck, everything hurts” -Robbie McEwen Big crash at the Scheldeprijs today, with, in the words of Sporza’s writeup, riders going down like “dominoblokjs”. The English (sort of) translation has some great lines, with McEwen saying Van Avermaet was “drunk”…
I Wonder What His Feelings on Twilight Are?
Not only is the 7-time Tour winner 5 years behind on movies, but apparently, he’s also a depressed, 14-year-old girl. Just watched Garden State. Best movie soundtrack ever. — Lance Armstrong (@lancearmstrong) April 14, 2009
Overheard at Roubaix
Your browser does not support the audio tag. The Belgian fans were blasting this when Boonen suddenly found himself alone with 24k to go. It doesn’t really get interesting until 1:50 in, but apparently this song was all the rage in the peloton back in 2006. In fact, I’d even have a video to show…
The Long Shadow of Tom Boonen
How many more riders will build their careers on Tom Boonen’s back? Sure, Stijn Devolder is a fine cyclist in his own right, but based on his performances with Discovery Channel, I can’t imagine he’d have a pair of Flanders wins stuffed into his jersey pockets, if not for the utter unwillingness of the rest…
Three Days of Stupid, Two Days to Go
Well, looks like the Three Days of Stupid is finally over. Can’t see why so many big names agree to do this event. It’s four days before Flanders, it’s hard, and it’s dangerous. See this photo: that’s a bunch sprint—on cobblestones. I suppose you could claim it’s “practice” for Sunday’s grundle-slamming parcours (like the Muur…
Looking Forward to Flanders/Roubaix
Weekend Wrap-up, Renaming Races, Below the BikeRadar
Ah, a fine weekend of spring racing in Belgium at E3 Prijs and Brabantse Pijl. Impressive wins by Pipo Pozzatto, who was no doubt stinging from my jibe in last week’s How the Race was Won, and Anthony Geslin, who’s probably still in shock that he’s won anything outside the Coupe de France series. Should…
Twitter Dropping Knowledge on Cycling
Ah, I love twitter. Practically does my job for me. Yesterday, I posited to the Internets that Rock Racing was little more than a drain-sieve for washed up dopers. And some dude said I was crazy. Oh yeah, Rayh62? Then what about this? Heck, I wouldn’t be surprised if Michael Ball went so far as…