UCI WorldTour and other pro cycling nonsense 2011

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poor Li Fuyu...

i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link

smdh

end aggro business now (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link

hahahahahahha:

Verbruggen, McQuaid threaten Landis with lawsuit for saying UCI protects riders:
http://nyvelocity.com/content/features/2011/uci-verbruggen-mcquaid-sue-landis

i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link

Sky may relax ‘zero tolerance’ doping policy:

http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/02/news/cycling-sky-may-relax-zero-tolerance-doping-policy_159909

end aggro business now (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link

Prentice Steffen, SF sports MD and frequent team doc who initially gained attn in cycling world when he blew whistle on Ty Hamilton and called Lance Armstrong "an unpleasant doper" (in French! to L'Equipe!) in the 2005, is the current team med for GarVelo. He was later called to apologize to LA in writing here.

Kinda went under the radar but I found this internal leak Garvelo leak fascinating:

8 Jun 2008 06:08:01 -0700, "Prentice Steffen"

Riders and Staff,

There have been some questions and confusion about access to data
generated by the ACE testing. I'd like to clarify how this works and
then answer any questions that you may have.

First, the people who have access to the data are ACE, JV, and all
members of the team's medical/science staff. As part of our
transparency policy, we have offered to make data available to
journalists upon formal request... a couple of you have already been
involved in that process. That is a very limited and controlled
process, so don't worry that journalist have free access to the
numbers.

Second, please understand that this is about perception rather than
reality. Of course we all know the "perception is reality" thing, so
know too that while we trust everyone this issue is quite important.

The ACE data is not available to you directly because a major
criticism leveled against ACE is that it is a system put in place to
insure none of you test positive and is really a system that "aids
and abets" doping. ACE does sort of walk a fine line when you think
about it like that. If we gave you real time access to the data,
then it could of course actually be used in that manner which is
obviously not our desire or intent. So obviously much of this has to
do with perceptions outsiders may have.

It's worth pointing out here that you do have full access to your
quarterly UCI testing which I'll gladly provide to you in .pdf
format. That data is ostensibly for your health and is really quite
good in that regard.

All that said, JV and I don't have a problem if asked to look at your
ACE data and tell you whether or not all looks good. We might go as
far as to tell you some specific results to reassure you that all is
well from a lab numbers perspective. So there will be some degree of
discretion involved, but this will be our general approach/philosophy.

Sorry to be a bit of a downer after that last mass email that went
out. Nice work and thanks to all who are making that happen!!!

Questions?

Prentice

i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link

UK mens team pursuit team were pretty awesome today - Also Anna Mears

problem chimp (Porkpie), Sunday, 20 February 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link

they were rather good, but only just seen this, ouch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD5UK-qt9HY

problem chimp (Porkpie), Sunday, 20 February 2011 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link

That crash was the cause of the hideous injury which I've twice tried to post of photo of. Third time lucky:
http://sports.yahoo.com/sc/photo?slug=88a6aa1e66cf794395b92628606c8720-getty-cycling-world_cup-track&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Death and Taxis (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 20 February 2011 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link

he crossed the line then fainted! chapeau

problem chimp (Porkpie), Sunday, 20 February 2011 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link

awang lives in melbourne! as do the malaysian road squad.

anna meares has teh best haircut.

phwoar tit (haitch), Sunday, 20 February 2011 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link

What it looks like after being pulled out

http://road.cc/sites/default/files/images/Awang

American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 21 February 2011 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link

ahhhh a nice relaxing hour of Paris-Nice before the trauma and worry of the match at Anfield starts. The Eurosport boys are right - the new Europcar kit is rather nice.

problem chimp (Porkpie), Sunday, 6 March 2011 12:36 (thirteen years ago) link

Philippe Gilbert rode at least part of that Eroica race with a tubie around his shoulders, old tymey style:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/strade-bianche-1-1/photos/161691

sous les paves, Sunday, 6 March 2011 23:49 (thirteen years ago) link

oops, wrong photo:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/strade-bianche-1-1/photos/161690

sous les paves, Sunday, 6 March 2011 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link

btw dudes watched a torrent of the strade bianche last night....seemed like a pretty nice race

ullr saves (gbx), Thursday, 10 March 2011 02:13 (thirteen years ago) link

"DeGrogorio always looks so odd when he gets out of the saddle, it's as if he's going to bang his head on the bars.... like some demented tortoise"

-David Harmon, stage 7, Paris-Nice

taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 12 March 2011 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link

That was one of the greatest final 10km I've watched in a long time. Hopefully it will make it on youtube.

taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 12 March 2011 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link

Amazing recovery after he nearly went over with about 1km left

WAYNE ROONEY ELBOW STORM (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 12 March 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link

Also - good to see Wiggins still hanging in there

WAYNE ROONEY ELBOW STORM (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 12 March 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link

Bobke really sucks as an announcer. Nothing insightful, mis-speaks constantly.

sous les paves, Saturday, 12 March 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link

Voeckler thoroughly badass today

problem chimp (Porkpie), Sunday, 13 March 2011 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link

Fucking hell: just seen Gilbert's stage win in Tirreno-Adriatico - incredible stuff.

United Are Back (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 13 March 2011 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sWCGR8ZR50

so baller

i'm not a racist butt (haitch), Monday, 14 March 2011 12:00 (thirteen years ago) link

aw look at cuddles wif his new toy

FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link

he'll have someone's eye out with that

i'm not a racist butt (haitch), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:48 (thirteen years ago) link

What is Cadel's body fat %, dude is incredibly lean right now. The way he made zipping up those 19% ramps yesterday look so damn easy was really unbelievable.

taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 23:51 (thirteen years ago) link

What is up with the dudes from down under?

taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 20 March 2011 05:46 (thirteen years ago) link

HAEMATOCRITS

beatbox snitchin' (haitch), Sunday, 20 March 2011 11:37 (thirteen years ago) link

Clen tainted 'roo meat.

sous les paves, Sunday, 20 March 2011 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link

Anybody else watching what Fabian just did / is doing at the E3 today? Yow! Start engraving his name on the RVV and PR trophies now.

sous les paves, Saturday, 26 March 2011 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link

something very relaxing about watching Gent - Wevelghem live with Vlaamse commentary.

problem chimp (Porkpie), Sunday, 27 March 2011 12:41 (thirteen years ago) link

jesus - Cav with an off again, missed the actual incident as I'm flitting around trying to find a decent stream

problem chimp (Porkpie), Sunday, 27 March 2011 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link

the WCC video of fabian picking off all the breaks at E3 is amazing - every other strong rider has to team up and keep hitting him with attacks at flanders otherwise he'll just choose his moment and ride away.

lacan't (haitch), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link

The work of rabid Boonen fans?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/flanders-route-changed-after-cobbles-theft

American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link

http://www.fexx.co.uk/zakblack/dungeon_files/makka_pakka.jpg
Makka Pakka, eh? I suspect this story will seem less distressing on 2nd April.

in a wonderful balloon! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link

Wow. So, Boonen made his move, Cancellara countered, then put the hammer down, bridged to Chavannel, opened up a gap of a minute, Boonen couldn't find anyone to help him chase, game over - the same old story. Except suddenly it wasn't.

in a wonderful balloon! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 3 April 2011 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link

What a race!

sous les paves, Sunday, 3 April 2011 23:22 (thirteen years ago) link

what do yall think boonen was playing at there - all i can think is that he was hoping to hang onto cancellara until they caught chavanel, then they'd try to double-team him or something?

think he might've just got a bit over-excited tbh. it made the race tho!

marcus unread (haitch), Monday, 4 April 2011 00:20 (thirteen years ago) link

hot basque country action 4u - check about 7.50 in and lol hard

Father Drongo (haitch), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 13:36 (thirteen years ago) link

"And in the end the one who was always in the wheels won. Congratulations to Nuyens, but for me [winning] like that has no value.”

City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link

how do you sit on a saddle with that much butthurt. he needs some dznuts.

this country is domed (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link

Haha. W/R/T FSchleck's tt/camelback-gate, check out this awesome comment section post killing it:

http://inrng.com/?p=2407#comment-3590

City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link


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