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Padraig, over at the Red Kite Prayer, wrote a great post today comparing Pat McQuaid’s proposed rule which will prevent riders caught and banned for doping practices from working in team management in the future. When we consider the problem of doping it’s easy to look at the issue in terms of black and [...] View Larger Map In honor of both the Giro and Tour of California mountain stages today, I decided to go out and climb a couple mountains … I thought that Little Mountain to Big Mountain and back to Little Mountain sounded good. Then, in honor of the UCI’s decision to skip one of the Giro [...] posted publically, and emailed to the UCI Mr. McQuaid, et al – As a long time fan of professional cycling, who has stuck with the sport despite the myriad of doping (and other) problems over the years, I would like to express my (and I suspect many fans) views on race radios. From a [...] COLORADO SPRING, Co ─ After gathering input from U.S. teams, riders, organizers, officials and other stakeholders, USA Cycling has determined that teams will be allowed to once again use race radios in National Racing Calendar (NRC) competition and at the USA Cycling professional and elite road national championship events. Following international precedent in 2010, USA [...] There’s been a lot of chatter on various sites about Riccardo Ricco’s current “situation” … but the upshot of a lot of it is that the sport will be better off (and cleaner) without him. We’re assuming, of course, that the powers that be in the UCI and elsewhere really want to clean the sport [...] It’s a good thing the Utah Cyclocross Series isn’t sanctioned, or we’d be fucked too … nothing like taking an obscure rule that no one knows about and which has never been enforced and then stating that not only is it going to be enforced next season, but oh, because you didn’t get approval in [...] Well, the UCI has shown they are being run by idiots once again. Getting rid of the individual pursuit is like the IAAF getting ride of the 1500 metre race. Honestly, I’d rather see the UCI get rid of the team sprint, which is truly one of the most boring events I have ever seen. [...] Di Luca suspended after positive doping test – Cycling – Yahoo! Sports AIGLE, Switzerland (AP)—Cycling’s governing body suspended former Giro d’Italia winner Danilo Di Luca on Wednesday after he tested positive for the banned blood-booster CERA. The International Cycling Union told the Italian rider he was provisionally banned until his national federation can have a [...] Doping-Tour de France riders face intensive testing – Cycling – Yahoo Sports PARIS, June 10 Reuters – This year’s Tour de France will be the most scrutinised sports event ever by anti-doping authorities, International Cycling Union UCI president Pat McQuaid said on Wednesday. More than 500 tests will be carried out during the world’s greatest [...] |
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