Ok, I’m back from what should be my last weekend departure for some time. I missed talking about a “surprise” overall win from Christophe Moreau at the Dauphine – though it’s not all that surprising, since he was right up there last year, too. I suppose I could also talk about the “surprise” performances of…
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Short Post On Dauphine TT
Man, how about Astana in those TTs, yeah? 1-2 in arguably the biggest two time trials of the season. I wonder if Dave Zabriskie, the poor little 3rd place finisher in both instances, is remembering that Astana used to be the Liberty Seguros squad at the heart of the whole Operation Puerto thing when it…
VDB's Comeback, Moreau's Win, Men's Journal
You didn’t need a doctor to tell you this one, folks: doing drugs, even just performance enhancers, can really mess you up. Just take a look at poor VDB – attempts suicide, survives, kinda shrugs it off, then says he’s making a comeback. Sometimes I wish all that dope really had been for his dog….
The Pseudo-Season Contiues
You know it’s slow when Nude Bike Day grabs headlines on Cyclingnews. Well, at least it was slow this weekend – now people can pretend they care about the Dauphine Libere. I mean, Brad Wiggins winning the Dauphine prologue – I am Cosmo’s complete lack of surprise. We all know the real action was over…
False Alarms, Dauphine Li-boring
So I woke up this morning, rolled my battered carcass to the side of the bed, popped open the laptop and said “OMFG!’ Well, ok – I didn’t say that. But come on, look at these headlines: “Police Raid Quick Step” and “VDB Attempts Suicice” [sic]. Not to pick on Podium Cafe, but they’ve been…
I'm Back (Mostly)
Sorry not to have posted a bit. I have a road rash and other bits of pain distributed in small amounts all over my body. So if you’re wondering where my normal zest and vigor’s gone to, most it’s been reserved for forcing myself to shower, come to work, ascend stairs, etc. Not that anything…
Petacchi, Zabel Win; Doping Worse Than Killing Babies
Ok, I think we’ve returned to the point that a Petacchi Giro win is no longer an important story. Even if he has to go alone from 800m. Sorry, Peta, but you’re just a victim of your own success. Your teammake Erik gets props, though, for his first vic of the season, exactly a week…
Simoni Takes Zoncolon, DiLuca Stays Pink, ASO Still Clueless
Monte Zoncolan – need I say more? I’m not sure why people would build roads on such a thing, or where you would find engineers perverse enough to design them, but they’re there, so why not race bikes up them? Giberto Simoni put in an 11th hour attack in his 4th consecutive Giro, and for…
Giro Weekend Recap, Things Don't Make Sense
You know, I’m thinking I might buy some Breathe Right strips – I mean, look what they do for Eddy Mazzoleni! While Cyclingnews’ story / buddy comedy film pitch on Savoldelli and Mazzo has put me in slightly less of a mood to mention the latter’s association with a pair of ongoing dope investigations, it’s…
I Have Doper Mind Control, Bruseghin wins Giro HTT
Oh, man – I am so excited. For the past two days I have been rocking some major mind-control powers on dope confessions. I say “maybe Zabel will own up to it” – boom. Zabel owns up to it. I comment it’s time for Bjarne to come clean – boom. Bjarne comes clean. So who’s…