Posted August 30th, 2007
No worlds for you!
UCI.
During the meticulous studying of the 6,000-page Puerto dossier, the International Cycling Union (UCI) has concluded that several documents may show the involvement of Alejandro Valverde in the affair.
In accordance with its regulations, the UCI has requested the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) to open disciplinary proceedings against the rider as soon as […]
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Posted August 10th, 2007
Move along, nothing to see here.
I’ve never committed a doping offense. I’ve never been involved in any act of doping, My promise against doping is absolute.
And.
I am available to all competent authorities in the matter of doping, and will answer any questions, including providing my DNA.
Furthermore.
I have passed all controls … surprise and scheduled, in […]
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Posted August 9th, 2007
Andrej Kashechkin has returned a positive control for blood doping.
New hard blow for the Astana Cycling Team: the Kazakh Andrej Kashechkin has been positively controlled by homologue blood transfusion. This result is the consequence of an unexpected control carried out on August 1st in Belek (TUR).
The rider is suspended from the team with immediate […]
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Posted July 26th, 2007
Breaking news! Cyclingnews and Velo News are reporting that Michael Rasmussen has been removed from the Tour de France and fired by his team, Rabobank.
However the team has learnt that Rasmussen lied to them over where and what he was up to during the month of June when he was in fact in Italy and […]
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Posted July 24th, 2007
Journalist David Walsh has an interesting piece in the Times Online that while not adding anything new to what we’ve learned about the past actions of Michael Rasmussen, does strip bare the ethics involved.
Lars Werge, cycling correspondent for the Copenhagen-based daily Extra Bladet, recounted for Rasmussen the sport’s recent doping controversies, especially the confession […]
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Posted July 21st, 2007
Yesterday, Christian Prudhomme, the Tour’s director wondered “why now?” about the decision of the Danish cycling federation to drop it’s bomb regarding Michael Rasmussen and his missed doping inspections, well he has an answer. Never say “trust me” when you know there might be people out there who have information suggesting that you may not […]
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Posted July 12th, 2007
In addition to digging Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwin riffing on about the relative merits of renewables versus Nuclear energy last night, I really enjoyed Liggett’s opening comments on the TdF broadcast. Unfortunately I forgot to save them for posterity.
His comments were made in the context of a discussion on the tiredness and the lower […]
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Posted July 10th, 2007
The UCI has released the text of the anti-doping statement to be signed by team Managers and staff.
I do solemnly declare, to my team, my colleagues, the UCI, the cycling movement and the public that I am not involved in any doping case and that I will not commit any infringement to the UCI anti-doping […]
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Posted June 30th, 2007
A bit of Monday madness coming.
German Jörg Jaksche, one of dozens of cyclists implicated in the Operación Puerto doping scandal which erupted last year, is set to make a series of stunning revelations about current doping practices.
Jaksche’s lawyer Michael Lehner said on Friday the German, who has protested his innocence but been suspended from all […]
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Posted June 28th, 2007
Men like Johan Bruyneel of Discovery are the real obstacles when it comes to the sport cleansing itself of it’s doping problem.
Bruyneel also took a shot at the much-publicized internal doping control programs that CSC and T-Mobile have instituted this year, calling them in-part publicity stunts.
“Maybe this is not smart for me to say, but […]
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