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No Crack in Georgia!

VeloNews | No Rock Racing for Tour de Georgia

Organizers on Thursday announced the 15, 8-rider teams that will compete in next month’s Tour de Georgia.

A total of 120 professional cyclists will compete in the 600-mile, seven-day event to be held April 21-27.

The final field:

Astana CSC Gerolsteiner High Road Saunier Duval-Scott BMC [...]

Who didn’t see this coming?

Another crack in (Crack) Rock Racing’s armor? Or just Cipollini being Cipollini?

VeloNews | No more Rock, no more rolling for Cipollini

Mario Cipollini’s relationship with the American team Rock Racing has ended, and the Italian is quashing rumors that he might jump into this weekend’s Milan-San Remo for a different team.

“Unfortunately I’ve had [...]

And they’re off!

From cyclingnews.com comes word that “Cipollini and Ball’s relationship on the rocks”:

The relationship that was started last fall in a Las Vegas discotheque could come to an end if Mario Cipollini does not get his say in the management of Rock Racing. The Italian, who came out of retirement at the age of 40 [...]

2008 Teams Announced | Amgen Tour of California

2008 Teams Announced | Amgen Tour of California

I cannot believe that the organizers have invited (Crack) Rock Racing to participate in the Amgen Tour of California …

This is a team that has hired alleged (and in at least one rider’s case, convicted) dopers like Santiago Botero, Oscar Sevilla, and Tyler Hamilton. This is [...]

Dopers-R-Us

Ball signs Sevilla, invites Landis to camp Rubber has yet to hit the road in ’08, but second-year continental road team Rock Racing continues to generate considerable attention, this time because of reports that owner Michael Ball has been courting Floyd Landis to fill an unspecified team advisory position.

Word of the deposed 2006 Tour [...]

He’s back …

Hamilton to Rock Racing

Tyler Hamilton has reportedly signed with Rock Racing for 2008. Several sources have confirmed that the team inked a deal with the one-time grand tour contender and that he plans to race with the UCI continental squad in the coming season.

VeloNews requested comment from both Hamilton and team owner Michael [...]

USA Cycling sacks Bisceglia

From VeloNews:

After four years as CEO of USA Cycling, Gerard Bisceglia was given his walking papers Tuesday morning. USA Cycling board president Jim Ochowicz dismissed him, but did not give him a reason, Bisceglia said.

Bisceglia says he was given no reason for his dismissal.

“I have no idea [why],” Bisceglia said. “No cause [...]

Boycott the Lance Armstrong Foundation!

I’m not giving any more money to the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and I don’t think anyone else should either.

This has nothing to do with my belief that Lance Armstrong is a doper, as evidenced by his “positive” retroactive EPO test on one of his remaining urine samples from 1999, his “positive” test for cortisone [...]